Andrea Domanick

*The Internet's Video That Outraged One Corner Of The Lesbian Community *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre In this week's cover story, we kick it with Odd Future members Syd the......

Read outtakes from our interview with Syd the Kid and Matt Martian, in which she talks more about her sexuality and the lack of role models in urban music. It&...

For this week's feature story, we wrote about the impending demise of World Famous V.I.P. Records in Long Beach, which once boasted a dozen branches and was instrumental in the rise of West Coast hip-hop. Now it's official: the store took down its iconic sign last Monday, Jan. 2, just......

It's a smoggy afternoon in Long Beach. World Famous V.I.P. Records sits tucked in a strip mall off Pacific Coast Highway, its façade marked with sun-bleached outlines of album posters. The store's iconic record-shaped sign still stands tall, though it could use a paint job. Speakers in the doorway, meanwhile,......

We at West Coast Sound love little more than good tunes and good booze. So, when Drinkify dropped earlier this month -- an Internet app that suggests cocktails to sip while listening to your artist of choice -- we were intrigued. So much so that we bought a whole shopping......

The Pixies The Music Box November 19, 2011 If you're just learning that indie rock deity the Pixies were in town last night, there's no need to cry -- most folks didn't know about the gig either, as it was announced exclusively in emails to fans through the band's website......

It's been nearly three months since Sunset Junction was canceled, but most people still haven't gotten their refunds. Frustrated ticketholders are now taking steps to file a class-action lawsuit against the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance, whose founder and organizer Michael McKinley has been AWOL since late August, when the festival's......

11/7 UPDATE: Photographer Amy Harris has decided to press charges against Left Brain. He faces six months in jail and fines of up to $1000. 10/31 UPDATE: A photographer at the event named Skip Bolen says that Left Brain did, in fact, hit Amy Harris, as well as another photographer......

See also: Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. Last week we told you about Mexican indie-pop star Ximena Sariñana, who just embarked on her first American headlining tour as part of her U.S. crossover attempt. Ahead of her Wednesday appearance on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic," here......