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Bruce Springsteen - Honda Center - December 4, 2012

Bruce Springsteen Honda Center December 4, 2012 Having castigated myself during presidential season for missing Bruce Springsteen's show at the Sports Arena in April, I resolved to see him this time around, Orange County traffic be damned. Because the Greatest Rock and Roll Show One Will Ever Exp ... More >>

Fuck You You Fucking Baldists

Back in July, I met Slash for the first time ever. Sure, it's daunting and all to meet the guy whose MTV video solos you imitated on your coffee table with a broom. But then he was all, "I think we've met before." Uh, no. We had not. I think I would have remembered. Then it hits. He thinks I'm ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! When It Comes to Cracking Down On Protests, Are We Any Better Than Russia?

[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: Who Is Pussy Riot, and Why Do So Many Western Musicians Care? I have been thinking ... More >>

Walmart's Chinatown Dreams Challenged by Lawsuit Saying Public Kept in Dark

Foes of the planned Walmart Neighborhood Mart in Chinatown held a big rally over the weekend that featured entertainment from Tom Morello and Ben Harper. This week they've left the music behind, however, and taken things to court. The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and the United Fo ... More >>

Walmart Protest - Chinatown - 6/29/12

No Age and Tearist Walmart protest at Human Resources Gallery in Chinatown 6/29/12 *Walmart Protest in Chinatown is Turning Into Walstock Free Concert Featuring Tom Morello *Tom Morello Dishes On LA Rising, Politics and Rage's 20th Anniversary Activists and rockers descended upon a gallery in Chi ... More >>

Walmart Protest in Chinatown is Turning Into Walstock Free Concert Featuring Tom Morello

Walmart has been bracing itself for what union organizers are calling the largest ever protest against the big-box chain, scheduled this weekend. The store even hosted a traditional Chinese lion dance to ward off bad luck (really). But can Walmart really prepare for the rage against its non-union m ... More >>

7 Things to Do Under $7 in L.A. This Week

Bibliophiles, engine-loathing cyclists and fans of absurd but beautiful Technicolor art can probably leave their wallets at home this week, at least if they're looking for something fun to do.

Everything's Coming Up Woody

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - SXSW - 3/15/12

By Craig Hlavaty Bruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce". The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If ... More >>

Velvet Revolver - John O'Brien Tribute - House of Blues - 1/12/12

Velvet Revolver, Maroon 5, Sheryl Crow, Stephen Stills, The Nightwatchman House of Blues Los Angeles 1/12/11 Better Than...Scott Weiland's Christmas album. Last night, Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan and company put their differences aside to play a one-off set to honor the memory of composer a ... More >>

Occupy L.A.: The Revolution Is Being Televised

After 46 arrests for civil disobedience, Occupy L.A. feels its oats

Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Limp Bizkit Had An Amazing Run

They don't like hairy buttholes​Fred Durst was the Kanye West of his day. Not to say he was as talented. But at the height of Limp Bizkit's fame -- and make no mistake, this was hundreds of millions of dollars of fame -- he was the same type of beloved villain. He succeed in that era's popul ... More >>

Best Posts of the Week

We'll tell you exactly how they make us feel​Who needs Snakes On A Plane when you've got a Cobra Starship? This week in his kill-yourself-hilarious column Why This Song Sucks Shea Serrano explored the slick New York band's somehow-popular single "You Make Me Feel," proving why it blows using s ... More >>

Tom Morello Speaks On #Occupy: "Check the historical record -- you don't win unless you've got an excellent soundtrack."

Ed Carrasco​See also: Occupy L.A.: Street Musicians Reign at City Hall Music has historically played a strong role in social movements, including those led by Los Angeles artists N.W.A. and Rage Against the Machine. The latter's guitarist -- and longtime activist -- Tom Morello did a little r ... More >>

VIDEO: Occupy L.A. Serenaded by Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine Guitarist

The disgruntled campers on L.A. City Hall's front lawn -- suffocating grasses and inspiring driversby since October 1, like it's their job -- got some inspiration of their own this sweaty Saturday. Occupy Wall Street's much larger crowd may have been blessed by badass spoken-word from Brooklyn rapp ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Judges Cochon 555's Traveling Pork and Wine Bacchanalia

DUDES WITH FEELINGS

This weekend: Best Coast, Stars, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fistful of Mercy, Mayer Hawthorne, Junip, Pennywise, Ghostface Killah

Best Coast​"I went from being a college dropout to being NME's top-four cool list," Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino tells the Weekly's own Gustavo Turner in last week's cover story. "It's just bizarre the way life kind of turns and changes sometimes." Yeah, we'd say so. The L.A. trio's modest ... More >>

Music Picks: Amanda Jo Williams, Usher, Masaki Batoh, Procol Harum

Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah

Over the Weekend: Rage Against The Machine's Immigrant Rights Benefit at the Palladium

Timothy NorrisRage Against Arizona's Controversial Legislation​[For more photos check out Timothy Norris' slideshow,"Rage Against The Machine's Immigrant Rights Benefit @ Palladium."] With all the turmoil and wrongdoing in the world, it's a wonder Rage Against the Machine ever left the stage. ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello Does MIA's "Paper Planes," Wants to "Slay Goth Children"

Tom Morello wants to slay this​Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello has been playing with The Coup's Boots Riley as Street Sweeper Social Club for a few years now (Morello's minimum wage working-class fetish seems a staple of his side-projects: Street Sweeper, Nightwatchman--it's just a matt ... More >>

Gogol Bordello Tackles Immigration Reform in New Music Video, Eugene Hutz Explains Why and Shares Photos from the Set

Timothy NorrisGogol Bordello at The Mayan, June 2010​On June 29 gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello announced its plans to officially boycott the state of Arizona over the highly controversial SB 1070, the toughest anti-illegal immigration bill passed in America in decades -- one that requires auth ... More >>

I Love You But I've Chosen Authenticity: Gogol Bordello Live at the Mayan

Scott Sterling​By Scott Sterling Gogol Bordello is beyond cool. A survey of their jam-packed show at the appropriately ornate Mayan in Downtown L.A. last night revealed an impossibly diverse crowd generally reserved for bands that have made that precarious jump from clubs and college radio ... More >>

Nightranger: Ritual de lo Rock Show

Jam's Addiction: Musicares MAP Fund Benefit Gathers Slash, Lemmy, Ace, Exene and more

The rock community's struggle with substance abuse is no secret, but the glamorization of sex, drugs and rock n' roll means that some sad stats often get buried. For example, new studies show that only 8% of women with drug and alcohol problems ever seek help. The Grammy Foundation's Musicares MAP F ... More >>

Last Night: The New Lineup of Jane's Addiction @ Bardot

Gustavo TurnerJane's'n'Roses!​ Historic (i.e., pre-Chinese Democracy debacle) Guns'n'Roses bassist Duff McKagan debuted last night holding the low-end for Jane's Addiction in a small gig at Hollywood club Bardot. The band, dubbed by the fans Jane's Addiction 6.0 or Jane's'n'Roses, sounded hap ... More >>

The Pot Shop Boys

Returning with a new album, Cypress Hill discusses legalization, where you can get the best strains, and how great it feels to work for a stoner boss

Rage Against The Machine Win UK Chart Upset, Issue Statement, Plan Free 'Thank You' Concert

"No [sour] grapes!"​Typically, your standard-issue Christmas miracle concerns such causes as peace on Earth, but willfully launching a nearly 20-year-old single with "Killing" in its title to the top of the charts during the holiday season? Well, we're not quite sure what to call that, but Rag ... More >>

Today in "Man Bites Dog" News: Simon Cowell Calls Rage Against The Machine Fans "Stupid" and "Cynical"

Young, strapping, sweaty Morello action​Rolling Stone reports that The Nighwatchman himself, Tom Morello, has endorsed his UK fans' attempt to make Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" (their incendiary 1992 single) the number one song in the country for Christmas week. A little b ... More >>

Band of Horses, Tom Morello, and BRMC strip down for Pablove

View more photos in the Pablove Benefit slideshow. Anna Webber​The Pablove Foundation has found a pretty hip way to raise money for kids with cancer by throwing benefit concerts with talent like Silversun Pickups, Neon Indian, Peter, Bjorn and John, and Avi Buffalo. Most of the performers hav ... More >>

Interview: Slash Talks LAYN Rocks Benefit Concert, Reveals Surprise Guest Steven Adler

Erin BroadleySlash... not on a jet to Vegas​There's an old photograph in Slash's autobiography of him and actor Charlie Sheen on a private jet, where they're probably headed to Las Vegas. Sheen wears the guitar legend's signature black top hat and mugs for the camera, while Slash, Heineken in ... More >>

Band Of Horses, Sea Wolf Added to Pablove Across America Benefit Nov. 21st

Band Of Horses and Sea Wolf Added to Pablove Across America Benefit Nov. 21st

Pablove to Throw Benefit Show in Honor of Founder's Cross-Country Ride: Tom Morello, BRMC, Others Confirmed

Back in September we announced the then-pending cross-country bike trek of Dangerbird co-owner Jeff Castelaz, riding from the far end of Florida to our own Hollywood Hills in 30 days to raise money for The Pablove Foundation. Castelaz founded that non-profit in honor of his late 6-year-old son -- Pa ... More >>

Over the Weekend: John Mayer's Cruise, Tom Morello's Justice Tour, Lucha VaVoom's Girlie Girl Catfight, Chris Anderson's "Venice"

It's only been a week since we returned from the deafening, drunken mayhem that was SXSW but that didn't keep us from spending our weekend cruising the concert circuit here in L.A. We'll sleep when we're dead (or when they cut off our bar tab). In addition to live performances by John Mayer, Tom Mor ... More >>

Justice Tour: Tom Morello with Wayne Kramer, Slash, Lemmy Kilmister, Jerry Cantrell & more at Henry Fonda, March 28

View more photos in the Justice Tour slideshow. Timothy NorrisTom Morello backstage at the Henry Fonda for the Justice TourDo-gooders are easy to pick on, especially rock 'n' roll martyrs like Tom Morello who are damned if they don't and even more damned if they do. But rock's most incendiary axem ... More >>

GO LA: Louis C.K., Cupcakes for AIDS Research and Jokes for Old Jews

Plus various other events to help you forget this cruel world, March 27-April 2

The Year in Nightranger: Farewell to L.A.'s Shuttered Clubs, Greetings to Their Replacements

Rock Picks: AC/DC, Dressy Bessy, Meshell Ndegeocello

Also, the Submarines, Ruben Guevara, the Coup and more

Morello Jam, Smokin' Date, No A-ttitude

Come On Feel the Rage

Rage Against the Machine and Lemonheads at Coachella

Looking for Mr. Begley

Earth Day in L.A.

The whole shootin' match

So, I need to tell you about the show of the festival. My mind is blown, dude! I'm sitting in this bar, reading my Archies comics, because I am desperate for anything to keep me awake through a set by Aqualung. (Aqualung are one of these tragically earnest Nic Harcourt bands. They are attempting ... More >>

At Last, a Reason to Say No

What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

Rock Picks

For the week of Jan 12 – 18

For Those About Türoque

The world’s second-greatest air guitarist breaks wind in a new memoir

Absolutely Nothing About St. Patrick's Day

Nightranger

Rock in Total Retrograde!

How do you solve a problem like the Mars Volta?

Sing Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace

Where are the new protest songs?

Shadow Summit

The show of support along the U.S.-Mexico border