Sly Stone

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 13 Monophonics THE MINT Monophonics are like a whole section of the record store come to life -- especially that wall above the register where they keep the serious stuff. The Bay Area band do acrobatic son ... More >>

The Mystery of Shuggie Otis

Gone for nearly four decades, the celebrated singer-songwriter is back. But where has he been?

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, December 14 Thrill Jockey 20th-anniversary party with Wooden Shjips, Liturgy, Trans Am, Kid Millions THE ECHOPLEX Back in the '90s, arty Chicago alt/indie warhorse label Thrill Jockey basically drew the map for marginalized music's move into the mainstream, with a roster including Tortoise, ... More >>

Music Picks: The Weeknd, That '70s Soul, Power of the Riff

Happy Repeal Day: Drink Up at the Longest Continuously Running Bar in L.A.

Farewell to the 18th Amendment. Seventy-nine years ago today, on Dec. 5, booze in the United States flowed freely again. Celebrate the repeal of Prohibition at the longest continuously running bar in Los Angeles. "We never technically closed during Prohibition," General Manager and Beverage Director ... More >>

Ten Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die

By Joseph Lapin Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it's almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my direction and call me a young whippersnapper. Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't ... More >>

L.A.. Riot

Top Chef Masters Recap: Cooking for Billionaires, and Why Curtis Stone Is, in Fact, the Man

Hooray! Top Chef Masters is back! You know, that souped-up version of the old Bravo staple in which we get to watch alreadyfamous chefs duke it out in the kitchen, not for money (as all their winnings go to charity) but for the prestige of being crowned truly the best of the best. Right? That must ... More >>

DJ of the Week: Dublab's Co-Founder Frosty

​ dublab has been an internet radio station for over ten years now, pioneering the format and introducing L.A.--and the world--to up-and-coming acts from all genres of music. Hip hop, psyche, jazz, funk, punk, beat--you name it, and it's streamed on dublab.com. Flying Lotus, the Gaslamp Kille ... More >>

Top 10 WTF LA Nightlife Moments of 2010

Lina Lecaro(T)hat's All Folks! at Dragstrip 66​ What a year. Looking back as we always do around this time, one thing was very clear, LA be crazy after dark! Was it end-(or beginning?)-of-decade (yup, look it up) dementia, all the mercury in retrograde activity or something else that gave th ... More >>

COME ON AND TAKE A TRAIN RIDE

Sly Stone's "White Boy" Coachella Rant Against Former Manager Allowed As Part of Defamation Lawsuit

Gustavo TurnerSly Stone at Coachella​We were among the first news outlets to report on Sly Stone's disastrous gig at this year's Coachella festival: Sly would sing a few bars of the classics ("Stand," "Family Affair") but he'd soon stop and start asking what time it was and how long he had to ... More >>

Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse

Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others

Golden State Funk

A new generation rediscovers the lost singles of California's "Right On" era. Plus: a real soul survivor speaks

Nightranger: Supermassive Black Hell

Five Ways Organizers Can Make Coachella A Better Experience

Dennis Romero​Following reports of three-hour waits to get in, a bizarre appearance by Sly Stone and a dirt-lot parking situation that had festival-goers walking for up to an hour in desert dust to get to their cars, the Los Angeles Times declared the 11th annual Coachella festival a rousing s ... More >>

Day 3: Sly & the Family Codependent

Gustavo Turner​Somewhere under that wig and that Halloween cop uniform there's a wonderful, talented human being named Sly Stone. Sadly, he didn't show up at Coachella this year. Instead, a 1/3 full Mojave tent witnessed the absolutely sad spectacle of a bunch of hanger-ons pretending everyth ... More >>

Tweeter Madness: #Coachella experience in under 140 characters

Veni, Vidi, Tweetie. Coachella experience in under 140 characters

Day 3: Coachella WINs and FAILs (featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, etc.)!

Gustavo TurnerThe Great Thom Yorke in the Sky​ Sunday was the hottest day of the Coachella weekend and it felt like the most crowded, a change from previous years when (thanks to the one-day passes) the last day had shown a welcome self-weeding-out of the masses. In terms of festival logisti ... More >>

DJ Tiesto Rocks Peak Time Set At Coachella

Dennis Romero​For those about to rock, we ... ask that you step aside and make room for 50,000 raging fans of the operatic dance sound known as trance. For all of Coachella's claims to being a desert temple of rock-god worship (Muse, Them Crooked Vultures, The Dillinger Escape Plan), the peak- ... More >>

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others

Booty Central: Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America

New film documents America's funkiest TV dance show

Shafiq Husayn, Sa-Ra Creative Partners and the Sound of Leimert Park Hip-Hop

Zulu rising (again)

Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW: Discusses Doris Day, Terry Melcher, Charles Manson and "Que Sera Sera."

Sly Stone, riding high in LA Sly Stone was interviewed by Chris Douridas on Morning Becomes Eclectic this morning, and though there were a few missed opportunities -- we want to know about his archives and unreleased stuff, and didn't think it necessary to dwell so much on his early years when that ... More >>

Sly Stone's Birthday Party/Funk Convergence at Zanzibar Features George Clinton and a Brother Johnson

Daniel SiwekSly Stone: A Scotsman on his birthday By Daniel Siwek How much funk is enough funk? No, it's not a trick question, the only answer is "there is never enough funk," especially when its been fied up (as in funk-a-fied) by Sly Stone and George Clinton; the Trade and the Mark of the genre. ... More >>

Notes on Sly Stone and George Clinton's Weird Night at Little Temple Last Tuesday

Novena CarmelHoly Funk! Clinton and Stone at Little Temple This from Weekly correspondent Daniel Siwek, who barely missed Tuesday night's five-minute Sly Stone Variety Show surprise performance at Little Temple. The secret show, one of a few that the legend has done around LA in the past month, was ... More >>

Like Fresh Cream: Al Green Teams With the Roots

Reverend re-imagines the notion of smooth soul

Hustle and Flow

Destination burlesque; nobodies, wait here; birthday cake and jam

The Dap-Kings: Soul's New Royalty

And Sharon Jones is its hardest-working woman

Rock Picks: Coachella, Lynda Carter, Hot Chip

And other shows happening April 24-May 1

The Gospel According to Cee-Lo

The poet of Gnarls Barkley reveals the broken-but-beating heart of an unlikely hit

grammy diary

Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

Breakestra

Local bands, man

Race & Roll

Lenny Kravitz

There’s a Riot Goin’ On

Weird War’s spit bombs from the front lines

The Whole Damn Thing

Outkast, Dead Prez in the freedom stakes

Burning Love

Molotov

Vintage Valiance

Who put the funk in the hip-hop boom?

Just Like This

Back to school with the Isley Brother

Road Rage

Rude Angel

Dead Air

Jim Ladd on the demise of freeform radio

African Sunrise

Melting into Chocolate City

Big Weird Fun

Funked up, bumming you out and completely down: Electric Miles still charged for days

The Steamy Muse

Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope

Sound of the Taurus

Vintage soul to please the people

Minstrels at the Crossroads

To live and love the blues

Into the Cauldron

Sweet Heart