Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>
Don Was is a frequent sight at shows around L.A. He's hard to miss: all hair, hat, sunglasses, and smiles. He made a name for himself as a bass player with Was (Not Was) as well as a producer for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt. Last year, he became the president of Blue Note Records. ... 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.] Of all the things that transpired last year, I want to take on the Sandy Hook shooting incident ... 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.] Of all the things that transpired last year, I want to take on the Sandy Hook shooting incident ... 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.] Of all the things that transpired last year, I want to take on the Sandy Hook shooting incident ... More >>
Angel City Jazz Festival Ford Amphitheatre 10-7-12 Is the Angel City Jazz Festival the best jazz festival in Los Angeles? It depends on how you measure it. If you are going by quality of acts, quantity of acts, accessibility of venue, price of parking or friendliness of crowd, then yes, it is the b ... More >>
Herbie Hancock Celebrates Peace Hollywood Bowl 8-29-12 Better than...the Republican National Convention. Let's get this out of the way early: I like peace. Obtaining peace and air conditioning are my two highest priorities these days and peace is winning by a mile. I also like pianist Herbie Hanco ... More >>
Monday, August 27 Summer Twins THE SATELLITE Summer's here and the time is right for a pure-pop escape. Sisters Chelsea (lead vocals and guitar) and Justine Brown (drums) lay down a simple, unabashedly irony-free form of pop that layers '60s garage rock with dreamy harmonies. "I'm just a piece of g ... More >>
Esperanza Spalding & Anita Baker Hollywood Bowl August 22, 2012 I came into last night's show expecting more from Esperanza Spalding and less from Anita Baker. The audience was clearly prepared for something else. Last night, in what amounted to a generational battle of stage-craft and radio-friend ... 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: Miles Davis Celebration and Postage Stamp Unveiling - Hollywood Bowl - 6/27/12 Abo ... More >>
Also, New Edition, Kátia Moraes & Sambaguru, Milo Greene and others
See also: *Top 10 Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop *Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 Lots of folks know almost nothing about jazz, but condensing the hundred some odd years of the genre into ten albums is not easy, something akin to asking someone to describe the histor ... More >>
Alex Sadnik Quintet Fingerprints Records 5-8-12 Better than...going swimming in Long Beach. Saxophonist Alex Sadnik is not a household name but he's trying. Aside from booking and playing a handful of rooms around the Long Beach area, he has embarked on a more globally minded project -- a podcast. ... More >>
Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others
Gretchen ParlatoSee also *The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums of 2011 *Top Ten Los Angles Metal Albums of 2011 Despite what some may believe, Los Angeles has a rich jazz history. From Central Avenue to Hermosa Beach, early innovators like Hampton Hawes, Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon honed thei ... More >>
See also: *Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Drank The Sweat From My Socks Onstage *Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro - Avalon - 11/30/11 KCRW Broadcast #143 for Saturday, December 3, 2011 Fanatics! What a week. Finally. We have arrived at our meeting place, Satu ... More >>
Also, J*DaVey, the Decemberists, Dragon Head, Wye Oak and others
Thundercat - Daylight by BRAINFEEDER When L.A.'s world-class beat/electronica crew Brainfeeder takes over the Fonda later this week, you'll spot one guy up there making music the (comparatively) old-fashioned way. Him with the extraterrestrial sense of style and supernatural ability ... More >>
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #104 for Saturday, March 5. Fanatics! It's me, your FM favorite. I am in Australia at the moment and to pay tribute to the great musicality of this country, we made the first hour all Aussie. Some of the bands are quite familiar but perhaps not all of them. The M ... More >>
Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins