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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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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Song: “Humpty Du
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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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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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As reported earlier by our sister blog The Informer, Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator was arrested last night after losing his temper during the collective'
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As one blogger pointed out, V-Nasty raps like you
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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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[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.]
Song: Beyonce's &#
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By Linda Leseman
On Saturday, Judas Priest's farewell Epitaph World Tour comes to the San Manuel Amphitheater. (Thin Lizzy opens.) But frontman Rob Halford maint
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If you meet David Cohn, he won't tell you he's a rapper. Should you ask him what he does for a living, he'll answer that he's unemployed. He used to
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