KCRW BROADCAST #208 03-23-13 Â Fanatics! Hello from Honolulu, Hawaii. Due to a scheduling glitch, I am out here without the means to create this Saturday's show. Engineer X and I looked over some of our older shows and settled on one from last May to roll out for you. You might remember it from wh ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #170 for Saturday, June 23, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack Fanatics! Tonight and for the next few weeks, we are live! I will be back from a month in Canada and we will hit it with the full force of the Big Three--myself, Engineer X and the Young Will Bentley ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #167 for Saturday, June 2, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Globetrotting Blues Fanatics! Hello from Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian dates have started and I am glad to be back on the road. Tonight's show is a great one all the way through. A great warm weather mix tape tha ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Coming to you from a small room offstage in the very cozy and cool Belly Up in Aspen, Colo., t ... More >>
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 >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I am in Bristol, England. The cold outside has permeated the walls of the utilitarian bac ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] For many years I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] We are heading toward the holiday season. Retailers are steeling themselves for what might be ... More >>
KCRW Broadcast #140 for Saturday, November 12, 2011 Fanatics! Tonight, we are live at the rekkid sto! We will be broadcasting live from Amoeba Records at 6400 Sunset Blvd. Like I would need to tell you that address. Anyway, I will be there doing my shift from 8-10 live at the store. Any excu ... More >>
KCRW BROADCAST #139 for Saturday, November 5, 2011 Fanatics! The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas. At least that's what I've heard. For the first hour of our show, we will focus on music from the great state. I am in Austin, TX this weekend. I will be at the Fu ... More >>
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>
KCRW BROADCAST #1248 for Saturday, August 20 Fanatics! Beaming in from Edinburgh, Scotland. The weather is great and the streets are full of people. It is time for the annual Edinburgh Festival. You might remember that I wrote you from here last year. This year, I am only here for two shows. ... More >>
KCRW BROADCAST #1245 for Saturday, July 30 Fanatics! We have put together a stellar playlist for you to check out tomorrow night. It took me a long time to get into the MC5 album Back In The USA. It wasn't that the songs weren't great -- they are. It was always the production that bugged me ... More >>
Timothy Norris[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday eveni ... More >>
Timothy Norris [For the rest of Henry's columns, go to our Henry Rollins archives. To subscribe to his RSS, click here.] KCRW BROADCAST #103 for Saturday, Feb. 26. Fanatics! Are you kidding? This might be one of the bestest examples of sonic supremacy we have ever assembled! Immediatel ... More >>
Timothy Norris [For the rest of Henry's columns, go to our Henry Rollins archives. To subscribe to his RSS, click here.] KCRW BROADCAST #103 for Saturday, Feb. 26. Fanatics! Are you kidding? This might be one of the bestest examples of sonic supremacy we have ever assembled! Immediatel ... More >>
Sun Araw's Cameron Stallones is stoked about true interdimensional living
Sun Araw's Cameron Stallones is stoked about true interdimensional living
L.A. Weeklys music editor lists the 10 records he couldnt get out of his head
Hypnotic Brass Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble Shake the Explex
Just kidding. Not really like this. Yes, West Coast Sound is filling in for Henry Rollins during his KCRW show tonight. No, we won't be playing two hours of Grateful Dead. We won't be playing any Grateful Dead. You think we're stupid? More like this. We'll do our best not to besmirch our favo ... More >>
"Big Church" begins with a female chorus. Then a low-tuned distorted guitar powers up like a muscle car, and the juxtaposition between the chorale passage -- all altos and sopranos -- and the creeping guitar pattern -- baritone and bass -- is immense. Both move slowly and with great intent, beauty ... More >>
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-D-D-D-D-D-D-D A "freak-out group for the 21st century," Japan's Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple music-art commune. Led by electric guitarist/violinist/sometimes-bowed peacock player/visionary ... More >>
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-D-D-D-D-D-D-D A "freak-out group for the 21st century," Japan's Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple music-art commune. Led by electric guitarist/violinist/sometimes-bowed peacock player/visionary ... More >>
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Rollins and Hubbard keep the flame; Los Angeles Jazz Collective lights a fire
A legendary underground jazz movie returns
Fall Harvest While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped
Small jazz ensembles shake things up
The beginner
If ’60s turned out to be ’90s: Brightblack Morning Light
An excerpt from The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles
An excerpt from The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles
a.k.a. The Year in Greg Burk: Metal Went Mideastern, Paul Rodgers became Freddie Mercury, and Diana Krall did not become Ella Fitzgerald
a.k.a. The Year in Greg Burk: Metal Went Mideastern, Paul Rodgers became Freddie Mercury, and Diana Krall did not become Ella Fitzgerald
Build an Ark, before the flood
Build an Ark, before the flood
Build an Ark, before the flood
Polaroids from Silver Lake
Polaroids from Silver Lake
Polaroids from Silver Lake
What it means to love records
What it means to love records
Drugs and musicians, together forever
Drugs and musicians, together forever
Sun Ra’s cosmic tones for mental therapy
Sun Ra’s cosmic tones for mental therapy
Radical Jews and the abstract truth
Wayne Kramer on the MC5
Wayne Kramer on the MC5
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