The Ramones

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Nov 5-8

Monday, November 5 Leonard Cohen NOKIA THEATRE Well-dressed man Leonard Cohen is often referred to as a ladykiller; no doubt, the gifted songwriter, musician and poet is effortlessly suave, with a quiet charisma that surely aids in conveying the pointedly poignant words and hues of his music and po ... More >>

Music Picks: Dublab Anniversary, Ladyhawke, Flying Lotus

Slutwave, Tumblr Rap, Rape Gaze: Obscure Musical Genres Explained

Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal but Were Afraid to Ask Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop In our music feature this week, Jason Roche ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Original Songs Vs. Their Covers

KCRW Broadcast #169 for Saturday, June 16, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Joey Ramone's Legacy Is in Danger Fanatics! Take cover! If you check out our show for tonight, you will note we have a bit of a concept happening here. I have broken the two hours below, so you can quickly see wha ... More >>

Open Fields! Alleys! The Five Most Overused Backdrops For Band Promo Photos

Ah, the band promo photo; the ultimate cliched publicist tool. But though band photos have survived into the digital age, they remain remarkably un-inventive. Sure, not every group can afford expensive props or exotic locations, but all it takes is the tiniest bit of imagination to do something uniq ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: California Love

KCRW Broadcast #158 for Saturday, March 31, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! The Ugly World of eBay Hustling Fanatics! Tomorrow night we have a bit of a concept show for your enjoyment. Since I write this ahead of a show in San Diego, I thought it would be a great idea to play bands from ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Damned If We Do

KCRW BROADCAST #134 for Saturday, October 1, 2011 Fanatics! And so we begin the month of October. My personal favorite month of the year. This month, we are lucky enough to have five Saturday nights. Taking advantage of this, we will be playing the first five Damned albums in their entirety, one a ... More >>

The Soundtrack to Your Life

Falling James' Gig of the Week: The Middle Class and Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds at the Echoplex, 6/24

Falling JamesThe Middle Class​So much of punk rock is centered around nostalgia these days, whether it's played by modern corporate pretenders aping their elders in watered-down, insipid ways or the surviving elders themselves, whose reunions are often too sluggish and self-congratulatory to e ... More >>

I Want to Be Tomatoed: Marky Ramone Shills Pasta Sauce

When we think of The Ramones, we think: spaghetti. You don't? You might now. Last year Marky Ramone, the last living member and former drummer of the legendary punk band, launched his own private-label pasta sauce, and he's shilling it at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills tomorrow. Yes, every wo ... More >>

Henry Rollins! The Column: Listening to Ramones in Tehran

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 Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>

No Babysitter? No Problem! Top Five Rockin' L.A. Events You Can Bring Your Kid To

Got a kid? LA can still be your playground, and we're not talkin' about the park or those germy indoor jungle gyms. Whether you're a music lover, an art tart or a scenester who simply likes to be out and about, there are options that don't require a sitter or sitting out on grown-up fun. Read on for ... More >>

Interview: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Awakens Sleeping Corpses With New Book

​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

The Black Apples: In Residency At The Echo And Dennis Hopper Is Invited

courtesy the black apples​ The Black Apples use two drummers to hold down the heaviest parts of the 13th Floor Elevators, the early Stooges, and Davie Allan's biker themes. Their debut LP--recorded half at Bedrock in Echo Park and half in a barn in Fort Collins, Colorado--is weeks away from r ... More >>

Shockingly, Phil Spector's Hot Young Wife Releases New Phil Spector-Produced Album

​We've just received the announcement of the imminent release of the latest production by convicted murderer and bad hair junkie (not to mention legendary pop producer) Phil Spector. This will be his first full-length production in 30 years (since the Ramones' End of the Century, to be more sp ... More >>

School of Rock

As his two L.A. punk classics get DVD reissues, B-movie legend and mentor to masters Roger Corman takes a victory lap

Lusty for Life

Billy Bragg to Perform Beethoven in Santa Monica??

West Coast Sound first stumbled across the information that respected British songwriter Billy Bragg would be covering Woody Guthr -- Ludwig van Beethoven when we were picking up an order of lentils at the Curious Palate restaurant and grocery in Mar Vista. A pile of fliers sat on a table next to a ... More >>

Rock Picks: Electric Daisy Carnival, Explosion in the Sky, Rodriguez

Also, DAT Politics, Mika Miko, Etta James and others

Record Review: The Nerves, One Way Ticket

The Night Marchers, All Star Lanes, Feb. 10

The Night Marchers All Star Lanes, Feb. 10, 2008 By Ryan Ritchie Photos by Timothy Norris Two songs into The Night Marchers’ L.A. debut on Monday night, it became clear why John Reis has abandoned three talented bands within the past three years. Sure, the angular post-punk band Hot Snakes werenâ ... More >>

The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007

10. Sea Wolf-Leaves in the River At times, Leaves In the River reads a little predictably quirky, but Alex Church's pop heart salvages this from being the effort of another accordian-toting, maritime metaphor-using copycat. The sound might not be the most original (I can't wait for Colin Meloy' ... More >>

Escape from Allentown

Beardo’s long journey into teenage wasteland

Record Reviews: Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

Thebasement Photos

Lighting theMasque

Hot Enough for You

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Hot off the Grill

And CHOLO a go-go

The Way We Wore

Our unofficial guide to vintage rock T-shirts

Outlaw Grub and Vision Boards

Snap, Crackle, Punk

Have Fun, F*ck Sh*t Up

Youth is not wasted on teen punks Be Your Own Pet

Pay to Play

Kids Do the Darnedest Things

Larry Clark

Into the Deep

Wild Horses

Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye return to celebrate the now-30-year-old debut that changed everything

Into the Deep

Destruction and Recreation

Amen

Builder’s Emporium

Let Bygones Be Buy Gone

Mr. Entertainer

Sammy Davis Jr., still going

Sons of the City

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have made an unlikely pop masterpiece by singing bittersweet songs of salvation that could have only been born in L.A.

Rock and Indeed Roll

Queer As Rock

Edited by Kateri Butler

Rebirth of the Uncool

The Von Steins know it’s only new wave, but they like it

Shock Treatment

Golden Girls

Perry Farrell's Mystical Musical Tour

The hedonist at 42

How To Be a Rock Promoter

And not get punched in the face more than once

Taking Thee Piss

Punk rock in re Headcoats, Cometbus

Smell Tha Noize

L7: You can take white thrash anywhere