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Here's How Much a Bunch of Songs Are Worth, Including The Monkees Theme ($120,000)

A popular song is like a stock, or a mutual fund -- its value fluctuates based on market circumstances, and it can even be an investment. Licensing tracks to film, television and commercials has become one of the only ways to make money off of music these days, and you don't actually need to be a mu ... More >>

littlefork Review: If You're Craving New England in Los Angeles, Jason Travi's Restaurant Is the Place To Be

It's also a great place to get a drink in Hollywood

Marijuana Cannabis Cup Moves To San Bernardino After 'Opposition' In L.A., Glendale

See also: Los Angeles Medical Cannabis Cup 2012. This joint has been passed around more times than a blunt backstage with Snoop Dogg. High Times magazine has announced a last-minute move for its now-annual L.A. area Cannabis Cup weed competition and convention: It's headed to San Bernardino after ... More >>

The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 10-1

See also: The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 20-11 Electronic dance music's recent resurgence has made the genre more popular than ever before, but it's still often not taken seriously as an art form. And yeah, many goofily-dressed ravers are so high they'll literally dance to anything. But below we've highl ... More >>

Snarl For the Camera!

The Cataracs Are Not Like a G6

It's a Friday morning, and David Singer-Vine and Niles Hollowell-Dhar sit on the sun-dappled patio of their favorite taco stand, Silver Lake's El Siete Mares. But they don't order food. "It's too early for tacos," Singer-Vine, 24, says as he shakes his head, his eyes still a little sleepy. Just in ... More >>

Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House

See also: The Original Original Gangsta: Ice-T talks about his star-studded directorial debut, his famous affiliates and his life with Coco in New York Ice-T's ambitious documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap comes out today, and in honor of the occasion we spoke with him for our music ... More >>

The Original Original Gangsta

Ice-T talks about his star-studded directorial debut, his famous affiliates and his life with Coco in New York

Starry Kitchen's 4/20 Weed Dinner: Nothing Green Can Stay

If you happened to take a twilight stroll through downtown's industrial district last Friday, you may have spied a wild figure waltzing along the cracked asphalt, between the art houses, coffee galleries, and bombed-out warehouses. He was dressed in mismatched knee-high socks, a navy blue coat, an ... 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 >>

Coachella: Seven Lesser-Known Acts You'd Be Silly to Miss

Smells Like Romance: L.A.'s First Pheromone Party

Remember that time in college you walked into your dorm room and found the weird guy from down the hall sitting on your bed smelling your shirts? This is just like that but less creepy and more organized. Last night Cinefamily hosted a Pheromone Party, thrown by Pheromone Party creator, filmmaker, ... More >>

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Eight Brothers and Their Dad

From the Dorseys to the Davies', brother acts translates well to the stage, but few have a bond like the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The nine-piece, Chicago-based band boasts eight horn-playing sons of jazzman Kelan Phil Cohran. They, along with their father, will perform at the Exchange tomorrow, Febr ... More >>

Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced

See also: Coachella 2012 Sold Out The Coachella 2012 full lineup was just announced. Go crazy! Headliners include The Black Keys on Friday, April 13th and 20th; Radiohead on Saturday, April 14th and 21st; and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Sunday April 15th and 22nd. Full lineup below.

Loco Dice is The Antidote to Cheesy, David Guetta House: He DJs Tomorrow at The Music Box

Loco Dice.​We're glad trance is finally over (isn't it?), but something just as cheesy has stood up to take its place. While we won't name any names (Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta), they call this new sound "house." Now, if you've been alive since Clinton was president you know ... More >>

Iman Omari Isn't Ashamed To Be Emo

Iman Omari's uncle Josef Leimberg is scuttling around his Eagle Rock studio, working on improving its feng shui. He pauses by a door that's become unhinged. "A 400-pound dude busted through this, trying to get his rappers in to record." That wasn't going to fly, however, because Bootsy Collins was w ... More >>

Music Picks: Overdoz, The Cure, Lucinda Williams

Also, K. Flay, The Civil Wars, Bob Mould tribute

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: 10-6

​See also Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time: 20-16 Editor's note: For our music issue, out on Thursday, Ian Cohen, Rebecca Haithcoat, Jeff Weiss and Ben Westhoff run down the top 20 L.A. rap albums of all time. We're unveiling the list all this week on West Coast Sound. 10. Freesty ... More >>

Thundercat Emerges With His Debut, Co-produced by Flying Lotus

Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft

Will his old tricks still work?

Brandon Schoolhouse of Han Cholo: Star Wars in da Hood

8 Places To Get a Beer Cocktail in L.A.

Caroline on CrackSteingarten LA's Bavarian Marian beer cocktail.​ Beer cocktails are a growing trend in the Los Angeles cocktail scene, with Library Bar bartender Matthew Biancaniello's Hopping in the Rye being one of the first to start things off. Now you can take your pick of either traditio ... More >>

Venus Ramos, 2011's Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Is the Hottest 39-Year-Old We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)

Long Beach Press-TelegramIs she real?​TGIF, people. And TG for women willing to strut around for half the population of Long Beach in bikinis the size of baby bibs. Especially when they look like three-time winner Venus Strong. There's some pretty stiff competition for hottest 39-year-old to ... More >>

The Dirt Master: Neil Strauss Talks Rockers, Hookers, Drugs and Getting Hate Mail from his Ultimate Nemesis, Phil Collins

​You'll be seeing a lot in the blogosphere and beyond about Neil Strauss' revealing new book, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, (out this week). The tome reveals shocking things about -and intimate moments with- the author's vast array of interview subjects over the years: Lady Gaga bawling ... More >>

Snoop Dogg To Texas Sheriff Who Arrested Willie Nelson For Six Ounces Of Weed: 'Leave Willie The Fuck Alone!'

This one's for the elders​Another day, another way for Snoop Dogg to tell the world how much he loves smokin' deh weed. This time, though, he's not speaking for himself. Not even Prop. 19. Last night, it was country-music legend and "Dukes of Hazzard" sell-out Willie Nelson whose back Snoop h ... More >>

Eva: Intimate Bistro, Epic Meals

A place for regulars, at regular prices

Happy Hour: Suede Bar & Lounge in Downtown

Celia SoudryVodka-Pineapple​ The Place: Suede Bar & Lounge, 404 S Figueroa St., Suite 102, Los Angeles; (213) 489-3590. The Hours: Monday through Friday, from 4 to 8 p.m. The Deals: $4 well drinks and house wine, $4 draft beers, $4-$6 appetizers. Celia SoudrySuede Bar & Lounge​The Di ... More >>

Mars Volta Ax-man Makes Directorial Debut

​We here at West Coast Sound, existing as we do at the geographic crossroads of the music biz and the film industry, like to make a point of keeping readers abreast of inspired audio/visual intersections. For instance, exactly one month ago, we alerted you to yet another outgrowth of Maynard ... More >>

L.A.'s Reefer Revolution

City Hall's yawning loophole for pot dispensaries spawns a Woodstock economy

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Little Tujunga Fire Quelled A 130-acre blaze in a canyon of the Angeles National Forest has been almost completely contained, with no loss of life or structures. L.A. Daily NewsViolence Ends Amber Alert A man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend, then shot a woman while carjacking her vehicle -- an ... More >>

April Showers of Shindigs: Telekinesis, Snoop Dogg

Plus, Origami Records, Ghetto Gloss and more

Ask Mr. Gold: Steaked Out -- Is There Anything in LA's Argentine Restaurants to Eat Besides Parrillada?

Dear Mr. Gold, Do local Argentines eat anything but steak? Because when I was in Buenos Aires last year, there were fish restaurants and trattorias and fusion restaurants, plus a lot of chic, chef-owned bistros, but in Los Angeles it all seems like meat-meat-meat. Am I looking in the wrong places? ... More >>

Death Row Records Auctions Off Its History in Fullerton

(All photos by Brandon Perkins. For full gallery, check out the Death Row Auction slideshow.) It was perfect. The portrait of Nate Dogg in itself was tacky, but Suge Knight's alleged tweaks to the painting -- black eye and multiple bullet holes -- were priceless. The frameless artifact wasn't th ... More >>

Rock Picks: Slick Rick, Tapes 'n Tapes, Kate Nash

And other May 8-15 shows

It's Record Store Day!

Go out and visit your local independent record store today, if there is still one within 100 miles or so. You know your business model is in trouble when you get a "day" devoted to it. Why, I remember celebrating "Floppy Disc Day" and "Blacksmith Appreciation Day" as if they were yesterday. Ther ... More >>

The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 4 (#9-6)

The film that ended the Cold War. 9. Hi-Tek Ft. Talib Kweli & Dion-"Time" "People get caught up in a time and what that song represents to them at the time they hear it. Nothing I'm gonna do after that is going to match up to that time period, because they can't get that back. So I have to real ... More >>

Cool Katt Williams

It’s not so hard out there for this pimp

Pimp My Geo

Xzibit: Chrome wheels, platinum records, silver screens (and the dirt behind)

All in the Famima!!

A new convenience-store empire is among us

Sex, God and Little Armenians

Generational divides, from Hollywood to NYC

The Year in Live Music

Combat Dance

Letters

Deconstructing Prophets

California Love

The Game and Daz bring gangsta back where it belongs

Pose and Mean It

E. Raymond Brown, Ghetto Fabulist

First-time author and South Los Angeles native

Ask Mr. Gold

Space Cadets

Edited by Kateri Butler

Loco Moco and Other Delights

1998's best dishes