Wu-Tang Clan

The Coachella 2013 Awards

The brunette in the backward pink mesh trucker hat and booty shorts grabs a megaphone and addresses her fellow campers. "WECOME TO COOOOACHEELLLA." The congregation of twenty 20-somethings lustily applauds. It's Thursday night, a dozen hours before the festival officially begins, and the rules ar ... More >>

Music Picks: Coachella, Merle Haggard, Spiritualized

I Go Out With the Group Substance Abuse and a Rapper Who Tries To Convince Me to Ho

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with MCs Subz and Eso Tre from Substance Abuse, who are known for their well-regarded 2006 album Overproof and their just-rele ... More >>

Xzibit Carries the Weight

Post–Pimp My Ride, the rapper strides forward

The 15 Most Ridiculous Band Photos

By Daniel Hill Here at West Coast Sound we see literally one shitload of press photos every week. Many of them stick to a template: Gather all band members together, shoulder to shoulder. Make sure no one smiles, ever. Have the artists try to look thoughtful, but also like they are not trying to l ... More >>

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Garbage, Neon Trees, Jennifer Leitham

Also, Kitty, Slaughterhouse, James, Chairlift and others

Music Picks: Roberta Flack, Summer Twins, John Cage Centenary Festival

Also, Spindrift, Lenny Kravitz, Dorian Wood, Howlin Rain and others

Hollywood's 10 Most Memorable Coffee Quotes

In honor of National Coffee Day, we've compiled a list of Hollywood's 10 Most Memorable Coffee Quotations. Why memorable movie quotations, and not, say, quotations from your favorite novels? Because we live in L.A. Duh. Turn the page.

Live Review: Top Five Reasons Odd Future is L.A.'s Best Live Act

Andrea Domanick#swaggin'​ If Wu Tang, Iggy Pop and the Flaming Lips threw a birthday party, it might approximate Odd Future's swag-as-hell show Saturday night at House of Blues Sunset. Swinging stateside amidst their first European tour, the horrorcore collective took the stage in full force ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse: Exclusive Interview

Down (and out) with the Clown

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

Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah

Music Picks: Laurie Anderson, Onibaba, Superchunk

Also, Hoodoo Gurus, Die Antwoord, Jonsi and others

Wait. What? Weird Al Joins Black Francis, Tenacious D and more Tuesday for 'Winston Calling' Benefit

Wait. What? Weird Al Joins Black Francis, Tenacious D and more Tuesday 'Winston Calling' Benefit

Rock Picks: Grizzly Bear, Michigan and Smiley, Meshell Ndegeocello, Aztlan Underground

Also, Ghostface Killah, Pi, Brother Ali and others

Rock Picks: Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, Elvis Costello, Rock & Roll Summer Circus

Also, Flaming Lips, Clipse, Silk Flowers, the Muffs and others

A Conversation with Posdnuos of De La Soul: On Nike Run Mixes, The Current State of Hip-Hop and Oodles of O's

De La Soul, back in the day Only a handful of rap groups can be bandied about as G.O.A.T: Wu-Tang, Outkast, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, UGK, The Geto Boys, and De La Soul. If you need an introduction to the De La -- Posdnuos, Dave/Trugoy the Dove, and Maseo -- you obviously hav ... More >>

Boxing, Sex and Madness: Mike Tyson, James Toback and the Ties That Bind

In Tyson documentary, boxer tells it in his own words

N.A.S.A.'s DJ Squeak E. Clean: Ready for Liftoff

Teams with Tom Waits, David Byrne, MIA, Santogold, Spank Rock, RZA, Ghostface Killah, Kanye West and others to create The Spirit of Apollo

Rock Picks: Pacha Massive, Calexico, Juliana Hatfield

Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more

Outside Lands Day 1-Don't Quote Me On It, But I Think This Radiohead Band Has a Chance to Get Big

(all photos by Christopher Victorio) Don't expect much. No one with an iota of common sense would attend a music festival after being struck by the snarling combination of African Sleeping Sickness/Mono/Ricketts/Gout/Scurvy that waylaid me for a full two weeks of misery and and continues to leave ... More >>

Rock Picks: Seun Kuti, Thievery Corporation, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Also, Death Cab for Cutie, Ingrid Michaelson and more

No One Wants to Smoke a Blunt with Lupe Fiasco

Nerd alert

Rock Picks: Neil Young, the Pogues, Michelle Shocked

For the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Test My Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and you still lose

Brett Ratner, The Popcorn King

Rush Hour 3's director has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway

Film Reviews: Lucky You, Waitress, Rock the Bells

Rock Picks

For the week of March 1 - 8

Rock Picks

For the week of February 22 – March 1

Rebel Central

The fantastical real-life story of L.A.’s Stones Throw Records, a hip-hop legend in the making

Pimp My Geo

Xzibit: Chrome wheels, platinum records, silver screens (and the dirt behind)

White Chocolate

U.K.’s Hot Chip love American R&B, cars and slang. Some things never change

The Dude With the Most Cake

Superhustler Damon Dash is sitting on ODB’s last album. What gives?

Avenues of Death

How Highland Park’s Latino gang targets African-Americans

A Small New Future

ALEC HANLEY BEMIS on the casualties and survivors in the war between the Cynics and the True Believers

Return of the Prodigal Son

Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent

Bloody Graft

Thugs on Film

Suspect Entertainment helps Hollywood keep it real

Venice Riots II

Can Blue Men Play the Whites?