AltWeeklies Wire
Doing Drugs at Coachella? Here's How to Avoid Trouble With the Policenew
A festival fan's guide to how to partake without fear of rude surprises.
L.A. Weekly |
Katie Bain |
04-16-2013 |
Concerts
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Laternew
Currently touched up for 20th-anniversary reissue treatment, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was a rap gateway drug, a powerfully psychedelic expansion.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
05-24-2012 |
Music
Hard Out Here for a Thugnew
Compton rapper Game returns to an industry that's gone soft.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
08-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
DJ Quik: Trials and Tribulations of a West Coast Legendnew
Like most redemption stories worth telling, this one starts with the lowest point: solitary confinement in the West Valley Penitentiary, where for most of the sweltering summer of 2006 DJ Quik contemplated the cruel arc of his rise and fall.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
06-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Quik
Insane Clown Posse: Exclusive Interviewnew
Down (and out) with the Clown.
L.A. Weekly |
Gustavo Turner |
03-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Radiohead Album "The King Of Limbs" Is Out Nownew
Radiohead's new album The King Of Limbs was slated to be released tomorrow, but like an early holiday gift, Thom Yorke and the gang dropped the new LP early.
L.A. Weekly |
Drew Tewksbury |
02-18-2011 |
Music
Tags: Radiohead, King Of Limbs
R.I.P. Ari Upnew
Reggae-punk icon Ari Up has died, according to John Lydon. The Slits singer, born Ariane Forster, was 48 years old.
L.A. Weekly |
Chris Martins |
10-20-2010 |
Music
Damian Lazarus Talks Techno and the Changing Face of Electronic Labelsnew
Damian Lazarus is sitting at the dining-room table of his Echo Park home trying to recover from a five-day touring blitz that he and his label mates at Crosstown Rebels have just finished. He's a bit worn down, but that's part of the deal.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dreams of Life and Death: Looking Back with Patti Smithnew
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe were barely 20 when they met, a couple of androgynous hippies newly arrived in New York City to live among the bohos and Beats, the Factory divas and "extravagant bums" swirling around the boroughs, the Bowery and the Chelsea.
L.A. Weekly |
Steve Appleford |
02-19-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Top 10 Dance Albums of 2009: Club-Land Crossovernew
2009 was a banner year for core e-music grooves. If one thing marked 2009 on the dance floor, it was a new sense of eclecticism. Cool-kid indie DJs played trance, trance jocks name-checked MGMT, dance stars went pop, pop stars went dance.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
12-28-2009 |
Reviews
2009: The Musical Year In Reviewnew
What follows is 10 of my obsessions from this past year. This is the stuff that I couldn’t get out of my head, starting with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's self-titled album.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
12-28-2009 |
Reviews
Sunn 0))) Guitarist Greg Anderson Talks 'Big Church' and 'Monoliths & Dimensions'new
Sunn 0))) offer big ideas gradually, thoughtfully, create a monolith of sound and then mold it into something graceful but menacing. It's no accident that their new album features a cover painting by sculptor Richard Serra; the band's output feels heavily inspired by Serra's massive series of Torqued Spirals.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
At the Hollywood Bowl, Grace Jones Proves She's, Well, Just Differentnew
In case you need reminding after all these years, Grace Jones isn't like us. If, halfway through her astounding show Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl, a flying saucer had descended from above and carried her away, few in the crowd would have been too surprised.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
07-31-2009 |
Concerts
Buddyhead Redux: L.A.'s Most Loved and Feared Music Website is Backnew
Travis Keller describes the origins of Buddyhead's notorious "take no prisoners" gossip column, his record label, and why it went quiet in 2005. He then digs into the details of his latest project, creating Buddyhead 2.0.
L.A. Weekly |
Erin Broadley |
07-17-2009 |
Music
Memorial Day: Michael's Staples Center Farewellnew
Roll your eyes at the spectacle if you want. You're right. It's insane, and says something about something. But, still, a man, once filled with supreme musical inspiration and overwhelming charity, has fallen, and that sucks, regardless of whether said man was a kook or not.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
07-10-2009 |
Music
Tags: Michael Jackson
