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The Isley Brothers

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Top Five Most Embarrassing Early-'80s Soul Sell-Outs

    Larry Graham​By Sean O'Connell This Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl you'll be able to catch Larry Graham, wedged between performances by sand-swept Spyro Gyra and saxophone loverboy Dave Koz. But, Graham is a pioneering funk bassist, so why the heck is he a part of the Bowl's Smooth Summer Jazz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs

    Take that​This Friday, the Stokely Williams-fronted Mint Condition will be taking the stage at Club Nokia. The group came to prominence in the '90s with the huge hit ballad "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" But beyond Mint Condition's slick soul moments, the band also embraced the mid-'90s trend ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Slow Soul: The Rise of Neoclassical Soul

    Can R. Kelly’s latest be called “throwback” when all of R&B seems to be playing Back to the Future?

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Marvin Isley, Funk Bassist for the Isley Brothers, Dead at 56

    ​Marvin Isley, bass player for the Isley Brothers during their funk renaissance in the '70s and their commercially successful '80s, died today in Chicago at 56. Marvin was too young to join the original Isley Brother trio of O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald in the '60s, the group responsible for s ... More >>

  • Music

    March 6, 2010

    Music Picks: Laura Veirs, Experience Hendrix, Boyz II Men, Earthworm Ensemble

    Also, David Scott Stone, Slow Club, Little Boots and others

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Guest Blogger Jason Reitman on 14 Perfect Musical Moments

    ​Editor's note. This week director Jason Reitman is guest blogging at West Coast Sound. Reitman, whose new film, Up in the Air, was nominated for five Golden Globes this morning (including Best Director and Best Screenplay nominations for Reitman ... congrats!), is also a pretty big music head ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

    Mayer Hawthorne: From Motown to Our Town

    Soul salvation finds seed in Los Angeles

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    LA Weekly Coachella Awards 2009: The Best and Worst of the Festival

    View more Coachella pics here: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Half-Dressed People & Scenes from the Desert Timothy NorrisCoachella 2009, at the awards ceremony Weirdest Between-song Banter: Paul McCartney, bless his heart, played an epic set, staked a claim on a body of work that only fools would i ... More >>

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Boyz II Men: A Philadelphia Story

    The only thing these guys didn't do was cater

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Dying to Get Off Skid Row

    Downtown can be a last chance... or the last stop

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    Brother Love

    The Isley Brothers at the Henry Fonda Theater

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Live in LA

    Sunset Junction August 27-28 Snoop Dogg/Red Hot Chili Peppers/Ice Cube at the Greek, August 25

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Woman vs. Machine

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2004

    Coachella 2004

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    20 Ways To Shake It

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Columns

    September 4, 2003

    Luna Vista

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Music

    January 30, 2003

    The Diva in Ms. Houston

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Music

    April 25, 2002

    Love in the Abstract

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Music

    January 3, 2002

    The Year in Music

    As persona overtakes person, Love, Angel, Music, Baby shows Gwen Stefani still drives her own ambition

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    Frozen Entrée

    Hope Sandoval wants to make you cry

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Just Like This

    Back to school with the Isley Brother

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters

    Back to school with the Isley Brother

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    Out of the Woods

    Loren Mazzacane Connors, ax hero

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Brotherly Love

    Shouting with the Isleys

  • LA Life

    May 27, 1999

    Mob Rule

    Swept away in New Orleans

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Earth to Cloud Nine

    Barrett Strong on 'Money,' Motown and the muse

  • Music

    February 26, 1998

    Come and Get These Memories

    Holland-Dozier-Holland and the sound of young America

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