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Rolling Stones - The Echoplex - April 27, 2013

We get big bands in small venues around these parts not infrequently. Hell, Depeche Mode just played the Troubadour on Friday. But the Rolling Stones at the Echoplex? That's as good as it gets. The announcement that a small amount of tickets -- maybe 350 -- would be available yesterday at the El Rey ... More >>

10 Types of People You See at Coachella Parties

See also: *More Coachella coverage *5 Fashion Combos to Expect at Coachella *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Festival schmestival. The party scene that's emerged and evolved around the Coachella Music Fest has gotten nearly as huge and musically plentiful as the main event. This year, our W ... More >>

Spring Breakers Review: Godard Meets Girls Gone Wild

Exclusive: KCRW to Relaunch Metropolis with Original Host Jason Bentley

Electronic music program Metropolis is returning to KCRW with its original host Jason Bentley, West Coast Sound can exclusively report. The dance music show, which Bentley created and hosted from 1992 to 2008, will air Saturdays from 10pm to midnight, starting this Saturday. Bentley will maintain hi ... More >>

Nosaj Thing Is Back

But the producer and Low End Theory stalwart is not in the mood to party

DJ Muggs Does Dubstep. Prepare For Your Head to Explode

DJ Muggs at 44 still rocks his skull cap and looks not unlike the 20-something hip-hop head who first appeared in Cypress Hill's video for "How I Could Just Kill a Man." He sits at a laptop in his Burbank studio, playing a track he recently produced featuring a pair of hit Queens rappers, Action Bro ... More >>

Top 10 Geek Heroes of 2012

In 2012, Stan Lee got his own comic book convention, Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo came to town, web sensations like the comic Homestuck and series Dick Figures had wild success on Kickstarter and Lloyd Kaufman put a whole ton of Troma films on YouTube. Sure, there's plenty more that happened in 2 ... More >>

Jason Bentley: Al Walser's "Embarrassing" Grammy Nomination the Result of Manipulating the System

Al Walser-gate continues. After the Hollywood-via-Lichtenstein DJ somehow snagged a Grammy nomination for best dance recording last week -- alongside much more famous folks like Aviici and Skrillex -- many suspected fraud. In our interview, Walser got defensive and posited that simple good old-fas ... More >>

Al Walser: Our Interview With a Beguiling Grammy Nominee

Since the Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday, folks have been wondering how the hell someone named Al Walser was able to swing a nomination for best dance recording. The DJs also nominated in his category -- Avicii, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Skrillex -- are quite famous, but ... More >>

Miike Snow - The Palladium - 10/30/12

Miike Snow The Palladium 10/30/12 Better Than: Actual snow Miike Snow finished their fall tour last night with an All Hallow's Eve eve show at The Palladium in Hollywood. The Swedish act sounded tight and right as they tore through hits and deeper cuts from their albums Miike Snow and Happy to You ... More >>

Don't Think He's Weird, But Eskmo Believes Music Has the Power to Heal People

Five months ago, Brendan Angelides spent ten days in silence. There was no talking, no Internet and no music, which was a decided change of pace for the DJ-producer, who records under the name Eskmo. "It's all about equilibrium," Angelides says of this Vipassana meditation retreat in Joshua Tree. ... More >>

Why Are So Many International DJs Moving to Los Angeles?

Los Angeles has recently experienced a heavy influx of international dance music producers, DJs, and label chiefs. Brits like Michael Cook and Mark Lewis were throwing raves in the Southland in the late '80s and early '90s, while French dance royalty Daft Punk arrived at some point in the late '90s ... More >>

KCRW Masquerade Ball Featuring Z-Trip and Others - 10/27/12

KCRW Masquerade Ball The Legendary Park Plaza 10/27/12 Better Than: Left, Right & Center For a party thrown by a public radio station, things got impressively rowdy at KCRW's fourth annual Masquerade Ball on Saturday night. Thrown at art-deco castle The Legendary Park Plaza, the Ball was a multi ... More >>

The Best L.A. Raves This Halloween

This Halloween, who wants to dress like a trick and eat a "treat"? Haha, j/k, but seriously if you want to hit a scary electronic dance music party in the coming weeks, check out our guide, below. See also: Halloween Costumes You're Guaranteed to See This Year And then keep reading for our 'Which ... More >>

I Hung Out With Ty$ the Other Night. Things Got Out of Hand

10:00 PM, Monday, Oct 8: I'm standing outside Paramount Recording studios on Santa Monica Boulevard waiting for the publicist for rapper Ty Dolla $ign -- aka Ty$. The plan is for me to hang out with the Hollywood denizen, who rolls with the Pushaz Ink label crew (YG, DJ Mustard, Fuego). Ty$'s blowin ... More >>

Music Picks: Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Low End Theory Anniversary

Myspace Was Better Than Facebook (For Music)

With Facebook's stock and growth rates skydiving, it's time to say something that should have been said a long time ago: Myspace was better. Maybe not when it came to its coding or those garish "personalized" pages, but definitely when it came to music. Back in the day -- say, about 2004 or so -- ... More >>

Music Picks: Charli XCX, Polica, Esperanza Spalding and More

Music Picks: Rusko, HARD Summer, SMOD

Also, Beachwood Sparks, Jesca Hoop, Ravi Coltrane and others

How Dick Figures Broke the Kickstarter Record for Funding of an Animation Project

See also: *Dick Figures, a Hit YouTube Series That References Memes, Video Games and Skrillex *L.A. Weekly's YouTube Issue It's been a whirlwind few months for Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, creators of the popular animated web series Dick Figures. When we first met, they were at Los Angeles Animation ... More >>

EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building

Twenty years after rave culture first entered the American mainstream, the success of a festival like Electric Daisy Carnival begs the question: Can electronic dance music retain its authenticity, warehouse roots and peace, love, unity and respect (PLUR)? EDC, whose organizers claim they sold out t ... More >>

LA Weekly Nominated for Over 20 National, Regional Journalism Awards: Read the Stories That Got Us Here

It's award season again for America's journalists, and LA Weekly is racking up the noms like a fat chick on Pinterest. On a national scale, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia just released its list of finalists for the annual AltWeeklies Awards, the most coveted alt-plaques around. At that Ju ... More >>

Off! - Whisky a Go Go - 5/8/12

Off! Whisky a Go Go 5/8/12 See also: Off!'s Keith Morris Mouths Off, Before the Group's Show at the Whisky Tomorrow Better than... a keg party at Ian McKaye's house. Somewhere between a rock and roll history lesson and a lock-in at the Punk Rock Rec Center, Keith Morris and his supergroup Off! ... More >>

Ask a Teen Raver: I'm 35, Like EDM and College Chicks. Help!

Kerah Rose is a 19-year-old college student from Riverside and EDM aficionado. Ask a Teen Raver appears on Tuesdays in West Coast Sound. Send your questions to teenraver@laweekly.com. Dear Teen Raver: Hi, as a parent of a Raver what can you tell me that will help me sleep at night? I've heard stori ... More >>

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Art Show Attracts David Lynch Die-Hards

Twenty years ago auteur filmmaker David Lynch elicited delight and (mostly) rancor from fans by making a film based on his critically successful TV series Twin Peaks called Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Only the staunchest of Twin Peaks fans seemed to appreciate the way the film amplified the TV se ... More >>

Coachella 2012: Top Five Acts at the Sahara Tent

See also: *Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac's Hologram *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs *Our Complete Coachella Coverage By Alejandra Loera The weekend is over and Coachella came and went in a blink of an eye. It was pure amazingness, and there were so many talented artists to see. For elect ... More >>

Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs

*"What My Spirit Hood Means To Me": Coachella-Goers Explain *Coachella: The Black Lips' Cole Alexander Goes Full Monty, Plays Guitar With His Ding-Dong At Coachella, folks come from all over the world to lose themselves in the music. They'll employ almost anything in this quest -- but mostly drugs. ... More >>

Nero's Joseph Ray On Classical Music, Being Inspired by Sci-Fi Flicks and Why People Bash American Dubstep

Nero's eclectic, electronic sound has always been a bit obsessed with sci-fi and spaceships. So it seems fitting that their profile has blasted off in the last year following the release of their 2011 debut, Welcome Reality. Their ability to build on the ferocity of dubstep for the last several year ... More >>

Photek: Veteran EDM Producer Is Not Glossy, Not Flossing

Last November, Rupert Parkes was having coffee when KCRW's Jason Bentley called to congratulate him. "For what?" asked the Hollywood electronic music producer and DJ, known as Photek. Turns out his remix of a Daft Punk Tron: Legacy track called "End of Line" was nominated for a Grammy. Skrillex eve ... More >>

7 Reasons You Should Be Watching Adventure Time

Read more in "Adventure Time Is a Hit at San Diego Comic-Con" and "Adventure Time Creator Pendleton Ward on Video Games, Zombies and Comic-Con." It didn't take long for Adventure Time to become a cultural touchstone, at least for Internet-surfing youth. The wildly popular Cartoon Network series, wh ... More >>

Skrillex's 'First of the Year': Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Skrillex's "First of the Year" History: There were some remarkable musical things happening in London right around the beginning of this century and a guy ... More >>

Nicolas Jaar - Echoplex - 3/26/12

Nicolas Jaar, Nicola Cruz The Echoplex 3/26/12 With only one full-length album and a couple EP's under his belt, it was quite a surprise to see electronic artist Nicolas Jaar's show turn into the hottest ticket in town on Monday night. The standby line outside the Echoplex stretched down the sidewa ... More >>

Rave Culture Implicated, Wrongly, in Case Against L.A. Coliseum Promoters

In its prosecution of two electronic dance music promoters and four others for alleged corruption at the L.A. Coliseum, the office of Republican District Attorney Steve Cooley also nearly indicted rave culture itself. Cooley, also known for his stance against medical marijuana dispensaries, almost ... More >>

DJ Gets Death Threats for Playing Dubstep

See also: *Our Beyond Wonderland slideshow *Beyond Wonderland Rave Could Get Snow This Weekend. No, Really. *Dave Grohl: His Grammys Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit This weekend, L.A.-based DJ Fei-Fei Wang performed at Armin Van Buuren's trance party at the Beyond Wonderland rave. With ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Music Picks: Hugh Cornwell, Carlos Guitarlos, Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion

Also, Charlene Soraia, Chuck Loeb, the Head Cat, Feed Me and others

Fuck SXSW: 10 Ways to Re-Create It in Los Angeles

South by Southwest (or just "South by" if you're cool and/or in a fake hurry) is well under way, with the interactive and film portions kicking off last weekend and the biggest draw, the music, just beginning. Couldn't make it all the way to Texas? Fuck it. For those of us left behind, we bring you ... More >>

Steve Nalepa, the Professor of Party

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: *Low End Theory Anniversary *More Low End Theory Oral History From Those Who Helped Build It All apologies to Mr. Holland, but our opuses hav ... More >>

Why the Grammys Stink

See also: *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" So, our Grammy credentials were fairly limited last night. In fact, we were trapped in a room for eight hours, with journalists ... More >>

Music Picks: X, Lucinda Williams, Jackie DeShannon, Fujiya & Miyagi

Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others

Moguai - Monday Social at the Playhouse - 1/23/12

See also: Our Moguai Interview: Deadmau5's Associate Leads A Big Beat Comeback. Moguai Monday Social @ The Playhouse January 24, 2012 Better than...Remembering that the week has only just started. When I interviewed Moguai for West Coast Sound recently, he spoke about keeping an eye on the crowd. ... More >>

Korn - Hollywood Palladium - 12/6/11

Daniel Kohn​See also: Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! Korn Hollywood Palladium 12/6/11 Better Than...going to a Brian Welch book reading. To mark the release of their latest album, The Path of Totality, veteran hard rock outfit Korn took over The Palladium with an assortment of guests las ... More >>

Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: That Time Big Cam And I Started A Dubstep Cult

[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] There was a brief period, a few months back, where I disappeared from my everyday life. Neither my family nor friends had any idea of my whereabouts. What happened was that ... More >>

Glen Parrish: UCLA Frat House Death Involves Teen at Theta Chi

FacebookGlen Parrish.​Updated at the bottom: The teen's dad says there were "a lot" of drugs at the location. First posted at 7 a.m. An 18-year-old was found dead at a UCLA fraternity house over the weekend, authorities said. The body of Glen Parrish was found in a bed at the Theta Chi frate ... More >>

Music Picks: Amanda Palmer & Jason Webley, Tinariwen, Mastodon

Also: Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Danzig and others

7 Must-See L.A. Halloween Events This Weekend

Nanette Gonzales​ No plans for Halloween? Not looking forward to trying to park in WeHo for the parade Monday night? Check out these seven other weekend events. We won't say they're spook-tacular. If we did you'd have to shoot us.

Club Moscow Seven Year Anniversary Party: Mr. Downstairs, Standing Shadows, and Roey Rider

Lina Lecaro Moscow Girls.​Club Moscow, the popular 18 live music and dance night marked seven years strong last night at Boardner's. Even after all this time, the place is still packed with the hippest haircuts and happiest faces at a Hollywood club. The bands are pretty much always good he ... More >>

Tiesto Heads to L.A. For Record Crowds at Home Depot Center Saturday: We Ask Him Why

See also: *Our review of Tiesto's show at Home Depot Center, October 8, 2011 *Tiesto's Home Depot Center Show in October Billed as Largest One-DJ Gig in U.S. History Tiesto is a love-him-or-hate-him DJ, but if you look at his draw in the L.A. market and beyond, you have to think people really do l ... More >>

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other: Our Off-the-Beaten Path Guide To Summer Festivals

​ One of the best parts about being at a festival are those moments you walk by a stage and have that "what the fuck" moment. It's when you hear something that just doesn't fit. It's the feeling some people probably had at Chaos In Tejas this summer when, coming from Unbroken's set, they stumble ... More >>