Chris Martins

Turns out the Walkman isn't dead yet, but let's face it (those of us who weren't surprised to find that the outmoded portable was still being manufactured): The writing's on the wall. As a sort of premature eulogy for the player, West Coast Sound revisits some of the Walkman's finer......

We're still a little salty about Morrissey's diss of our fair city (a city he's called home) but Los Angeles' estimable Smiths fans shouldn't be punished for the rantings of cranky old men. One young resident of California -- San Francisco's Janice Whaley -- has been working her way through......

In a brand new video directed by Antoine Wagner (Phoenix's "Lisztomania"), we get a first glimpse at the new record from Rain Phoenix's Papercranes project, via the song "Synapses." The older sister of Joaquin takes a much different tack than her brother (so relax, guy), spinning arrestingly gorgeous folk-pop with......

So ... last month somebody snapped a shot of metal icon Danzig leaving the grocery store with a box of kitty litter. It seems Fresh Step's taken notice, because they've got a new spokesperson. Well, sorta. A West Coast Sound reader going by Danziggy left us a comment on our......

There's an old joke, still told, about a Russian who goes to the doctor with a number of ailments. The doctor has a cure: "This medicine is for depression. ...

Terrible news. Reggae-punk icon Ari Up has died, according to John Lydon. The Slits singer, born Ariane Forster, was 48 years old. Lydon, who is married to Forster's mother Nora, announced the following on his website: John and Nora have asked us to let everyone know that Nora's daughter Arianna......

Whoa. Via a new video, the beatsmith behind the Postal Service drops an unauthorized remix of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" that reimagines the pop star as a Laurie Anderson type. James Tamborello (also known as Dntel or James Figurine) records this one under his government name, and we're not surprised considering......

Often troubled but admirably candid L.A. rapper Fatlip has returned with a brand new sound. The former Pharcyde member goes electro-funk in a just-out video for the unreleased song, "LA Girls." We assume he's not talking about the kind of L.A. girl that he accidentally picked up on Crenshaw Boulevard......

Big Sir vocalist, Air collaborator and solo artist Lisa Papineau lends her haunting voice to a pair of songs on a brand new album by the Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez. It seems like the axe-wielding afro'd wonder churns out a new album a week, but if they keep being......

The full-length debut from L.A. ladies Warpaint is out on Monday, October 25, but you can listen to all of The Fool now. As it turns out, the hype was right. The album is damn stunning -- an incredibly well produced collection of drifty, arty, swoony, low end-loving psychedelic rock......