The Jesus and Mary Chain

Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Moves to Sunday Nights

See also: Henry Rollins: Dead Children in Afghanistan KCRW BROADCAST #212 04-21-13 Fanatics! Our show has moved, or that is to say, has been moved by forces much, much greater than The Big Three and now we find ourselves on Sunday nights from 8 to 10 pm. The wisdom or lack thereof shall make itsel ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend: Oct. 19-21

Friday, October 19 Nosaj Thing LURE PATIO Nosaj Thing's 2009 album, Drift, was arguably the first in the trio of holy-shit records that made Low End Theory regulars -- and by extension, Los Angeles electronic music -- a global phenomenon. (The other two? Gaslamp Killer and Gonjasufi's A Sufi and a ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live in Studio

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 >>

Jenny Lewis, Ab-Soul, Céu

Also, Vinny Golia Sextet, Mary Anne Hobbs, Delta Rae and others

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live With a Ton of New Records

KCRW Broadcast #166 for Saturday, May 26, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! South Africa's Present and Future Fanatics! What a show! So many new tracks! Besides that, we give our thanks to some great musicians who have recently passed away. The last few weeks have been very tough with all ... More >>

Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio

Also, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Simon Stokes, Sonnymoon, and others

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Aussie Tribute

KCRW Broadcast #160 for Saturday, April 14, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Japanese Guitar Freaks From Outer Space Fanatics! I am Australia bound. At this moment, I am in Wellington, New Zealand with show #60 for the year a few hours behind me. I will be in Australia for quite a long sp ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Alone in My Man Box, Listening to Al Green

[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 came back to Los Angeles a few days ago with 32 shows behind me on this tour, in England, Ir ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: L.A.'s Experimental Punk Band Bark Bark Bark

KCRW Broadcast #148 for Saturday, January 14, 2012 Fanatics! As you know, I am on the road and will be for some time. Engineer X, the Young Will Bentley and I got together recently at the Auxiliary Wing of the Jasonic Temple and put together a fine show for you all. As you can see below, we have a ... More >>

The Horrors and The Stepkids - El Rey Theatre - 9/15/11

Timothy NorrisThe Horrors​See more photos in Timothy Norris' slideshow, "The Horrors, The Stepkids @ El Rey Theatre." The Horrors and The Stepkids El Rey Theatre 9/15/11 Better than: Squeezing into The Black Tubes' frontman's trousers. "Who Can Say," from The Horrors' sophomore album, Prim ... More >>

Simon Reynolds' Retromania: Critic Talks About Pop's Obsession with the Past and the Digiculture of Tomorrow

Courtesy of Simon ReynoldsThe cover of Retromania, released in May​ Isn't it ridiculous that it's now fair game to recycle the nineties and call your product retro? We've entered a phase where mashing up the sixties and the seventies is overdone -- now, the recent decades are up for grabs in t ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Procedure Club, Horrors

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #124 for Saturday, July 23. Fanatics! Another week, another great show lined up for you! I am listening down to the songs at this moment and it's going to be an excellent night of jams. I wanted to make a show that rocked out but had some quiet dynamics. I am r ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Kaoru Abe, Acid King, Pontiak

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #111 for Saturday, April 23. Fanatics! It is Friday, early afternoon and I am just now getting a chance to write these brief notes up for you. One of these days I'm going to get some sleep. Just back from Ann Arbor, Michigan where we had a major blast at the Stoo ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Ludos, Buzzcocks, Joy Division

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #109 for Saturday, April 9. Fanatics! If you notice, our show tonight does all it can to evade all classification. Perhaps the single song that embodies the idea behind the overall is track two, our Ludus. Check that arrangement! That's what tonight's show is all ... More >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Week

​ OK so it rained a teeny bit this weekend. But before that, it got up to a gorgeous 75 degrees and spring was here. The spring makes us feel all outdoorsy and infused with a certain get-up-and-go that we lack in the winter. Also, for most people, 70 degrees is a sartorial high point: too war ... More >>

People's Choice: Commenters Pick 4 More Female Drummers in L.A. for Our List!

Once again, sorry guys: actual, non-controversial-Wonderbra-ad drummers keep their shirts on​ Who knew that our Top 9 Female Drummers in L.A. list would inspire such passion? We are thrilled to be able to give you what commenters asked for--info about more female drummers from the LA area. So ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Optimism, Lemmy and 3,000 Downloads Just For You

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contirbutes 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 Monday and make sure to tune in to He ... More >>

Is This The Real Life?: Henry Rollins on Feeling Lonely in LA, His Utilitarian Hovel and the Respective Geniuses of Fela Kuti, Marnie Stern and Keiji Heino

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Nightranger: In Bloom

Live Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ the Echoplex

Six albums of girls-gone-bad and civilian unrest fantasies supplied Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with more than enough material to fill their three-show stint at the Echoplex this past week. On Friday (night two), perfectly back-lit by a rolling blue mist, bassist Robert Been greeted the audience and ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Strange Boys, Memory Tapes, Scout Niblett, Four Tet

Also, El Perro Del Mar, Phranc, Moonrats and others

John Hughes Remembered at Little Cave Tonight

​ It wasn't just the quirky teens and funny, sincere one-liners that made us love John Hughes' teen movies, it was the music. Whether we were introduced to The Smiths through Pretty in Pink or The March Violets through Some Kind of Wonderful, the soundtracks for Hughes' movies were, in many w ... More >>

Kim Fowley's Lipstick Orgy, Banana Split Sundaes and more

SXSW '09, Day 1: On Max Tundra, Mojoe, and Mediocrity

I have this theory: like most things, greatness at music generally* requires an alloy of natural talent, providence, and an Outliers-like tenacity requiring 10 years hard labor in dingy crackerbox clubs, or snagging a Best New Music on Pitchfork--whichever comes first. The corollary being that for ... More >>

Rock Picks: Raveonettes, Amebix, Thorns of Life

Also, the Head Cat, the Spanks, Jimmy Webb and others

Darker My Love Live @ Echoplex, December 19

By Paul Rogers If an Eastside indie show was portrayed in a mainstream movie it might look like Friday night at Echoplex. Bearded 'n' baseball-capped Brite Spot brunchers politely gathered in the Echo's low-slung basement to witness a psychedelic pop band deftly meld shoegazer staples Jesus and ... More >>

Jesus and Mary Chain, Gang of Four, M83, Gibson Amphitheater, 7/20/08

By Rita Neyter Download Festival Gibson Amphitheater, July 20, 2008 Not to be confused with the British 3-day, Download Festival, the American version takes place in three cities; San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, for just a day. This year featured the likes of M83, Mates of State, Ga ... More >>

Music Sales Sink to 1985 Levels. Did 1985 Really Suck or Something?

Sure, the papers are full of stories of gas prices shooting up and housing prices plummeting, but those are new phenomena compared to the steady declines in the fortunes of the record industry. The latest sales numbers show a decrease of 11% over last year - and that includes legal digital downloads ... More >>

The Raveonettes: Lust in the Wind

On their new album, the duo go deep

Music Picks: Black Heart Procession, Vandelles, Minnie Driver, Ronnie Mack

For the week of Jan. 11 - 17

Rock Picks: Jimmy Scott, the Raspberries, Sharon Jones, Wreckless Eric

For the week of November 30 - December 6

Rock Picks: Finland Station, M.I.A., Feist, Suzanne Vega

For the week of Nov. 9-15

Jesus & Mary Chain, Wiltern, 10/23

"Hiya. How ya doing?" Well, hey! Someone's in a talkative mood tonight. In the first five seconds of coming out on stage the Jesus & Mary Chain have already chatted the audience up more than they might have in an entire North American tour in the late-80s. But why shouldn't they be in a good moo ... More >>

Shields at Club Violaine, 9/15

Shields Club Violanie at Roberto's, Chinatown By Ryan Ward Every third Saturday of the month, Roberto's in Chinatown becomes Club Violaine and opens their doors in tribute to pre-grunge era shoegaze giants. This past Saturday the honorees were the beloved and astronomically influential Stone Roses. ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Humpers, Secretary Bird, Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow

For the week of June 21–28

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For the week of May 31 - June 7

Hella Coachella

When it comes to the annual desert festival, Nightranger’s no minor-leaguer.

Coachella: Friday

(Brief note regarding Lina's very complete Do and Don't list: I'd like to add one thing: DO bring your tickets! I overheard someone saying they got within a half hour of arriving here before realizing they forgot their tickets, they had to turn around to go all the way back to LA. 2:00 p.m. Stuck ... More >>

Hearts and Snow Cones

Giant Drag wake up and smell the celibacy

Hearts and Sno-Cones

Giant Drag wakes up and smells the celibacy

Coachella And the Cure for the Common Festivalitis

Live in LA

Satire, Punk and Politics

Or, black people don’t like George Bush

Lost, Indeed

A note on the perils of pastiche film scoring

Thou Art Slain

Denmark's Raveonettes crack the whip

Serious Racket

The intersection of art and decibels

The Year in Music

Frozen Entrée

Hope Sandoval wants to make you cry

The Wild Ones

BRMC comes to your town

Demolisten Derby