You can't please everyone. No sooner had my list of the five best punk rock guitarists gone up than the complaining started. Folks were annoyed that there was a
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[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 playl
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The Coachella lineup is here. It's actually here! There have been ten tons of fakes, some quite convincing, and many of which had the Rolling Stones headlining.
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8:55 PM: I arrive at Corner Bakery Cafe in Westwood to pick up 43-year-old rapper/producer/MC Michael Troy (aka Myka 9) and his Canadian producer Factor. For some ba
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Timothy Norris
New Order
The Greek Theatre
10/7/12
A lot has changed for New Order since they last played Los Angeles in 2001. Longtime bassist Peter Hook cr
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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 a
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[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.]
Song: “Humpty Du
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Most cocktail jazz gigs are not particularly rewarding on an artistic level, but they aren't supposed to be. They pay well but they usually go on for too long an
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[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, excep
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Click here for “L.A. Woman: Track List,” by Jeff Weiss
In the winter of 1970-71, the Doors hibernated inside their rehearsal studio in West Hollywood to
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Last week we crowned former American Idol contestant William Hung the greatest musician of al
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Future Islands is on a mission — to not have one. Five years after their founding, the Baltimore trio remains as categorically amorphous as ever. Their Twitter
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