Sasha Grey on Her Novel ‘The Juliette Society,’ James Deen, and More
Porn legend Sasha Grey sat down for margaritas with Marlow Stern to discuss her debut erotic novel, ‘The Juliette Society,’ her own sexual history—including her first time and a recurring BDSM fantasy....
View ArticleThe Seventh Circle of Hell
If you have some free time and want to feel like doing a swan dive off a skyscraper later -- go to Toys 'R' Us. I prance into the gargantuan store alongside a young woman carrying an adorably plump...
View ArticleThe secret to success? 'Bitchiness'
In Amy Poehler’s new book, Yes, Please, she gives it to us straight: “I am not as nice as you think I am.” She’s not lying....
View ArticleIntroducing the band: Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite interviews the Jesus and...
In the run up to Mogwai’s ATP event next week, Stuart Braithwaite speaks to some of the event’s performers. Here’s the Mary Chain’s Jim Reid, who talks acid, anger, banishment from the BBC and...
View ArticleFlorence Welch on Stripping Down at Coachella and Fooling Neil Young
"I had to fall apart a bit," says Florence Welch of How Big How Blue How Beautiful, the first Florence and the Machine album in four years. In the period leading up to the album, Welch, 28, endured a...
View ArticleInterview: Deniro Farrar Talks Growing Up In Charlotte, Conspiracy theories,...
You don't hear about many rappers coming out of Charlotte, North Carolina these days, and if you do, none of them sound like Deniro Farrar. Building his brand early on as a gritty storyteller with a...
View ArticleEarn It
*Look at this hot shit this novice has gotten This motherfucker is really spoiled rotten I wanna stop him but he’s not stopping A lot of ‘em are like this, it’s a problem* Verse 1: I’m serving this to...
View ArticleThe Black Keys Say They Share a Common Enemy With Jack White
By now, Jack White's distaste for the Black Keys — and vice versa — shouldn't come as a shock. Both bands currently reside in Nashville, where White reportedly once blocked Dan Auerbach from entering...
View ArticleWatch Foo Fighters Score David Letterman's Career-Spanning Montage
Foo Fighters, David Letterman's favorite band, appeared on the final episode of the host's Late Show to deliver a fiery, emotional and extended rendition of the band's 1997 single "Everlong." The band...
View ArticleHaving a Woman Stalk You is Not as Cool as It Sounds
She may also be the sanest one in the room. (Photo Tilly Brookes) As a guy I’d always assumed having a female stalk me would be kind of cool. Flattering, in a non-threatening kind of way. You know,...
View ArticleInterview: Run The Jewels Is Better Than Your Favorite Rap Group
It’s not at all an insult to call acclaimed hip-hop group Run the Jewels one of the most unlikely success stories in popular music folklore. In fact, the duo of hardboiled lyricist Michael “Killer...
View ArticleEX-CON TO BE TRIED IN PUNCHING DEATH OF MAN IN GASLAMP
SAN DIEGO A documented gang member accused of packing a fatal punch to a San Diego man in the Gaslamp Quarter was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a murder charge. San Diego Superior Court Judge...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus’s Weird Aural Acid Trip: Inside Her New Album ‘Miley Cyrus & Her...
On her fifth studio album, the ex-Disney starlet has transformed from Molly-poppin’ twerker into acid-trippin' psychedelic wailer. Shop ▾ In the two years since Miley Cyrus’s latex-covered butt cheeks...
View ArticleRun The Jewels
I'm not one to decry the materialistic nature of mainstream hip hop. When delivered with appropriate energy and flair – like on Drake's 'All Me', or Migos' 'Versace' – it can provide an exhilarating...
View ArticleWatch Gaslamp Killer, Elliphant Create Frenetic Track on iPad in New Ad
Los Angeles hip-hop/electronic DJ-producer Gaslamp Killer wasn't thinking of...
View ArticleAaron 'Jaws' Homoki: Skateboarding's King of the Road Gets High as F--k
Aaron "Jaws" Homoki isn't indestructible, but with each death-defying drop he survives – and every beer he butt-chugs – he gets ever closer to achieving immortality. Sidebar The Impossible Rise of...
View ArticleDave Grohl, Reed Mullin Explain Punk Supergroup Teenage Time Killers
"It was like hardcore karaoke with a bass," the ever-affable Dave Grohl says of recording with the all-star punk and metal project Teenage Time Killers. "I just sat there, ripping to my favorite...
View ArticleWatch the Throne: Dave Grohl on How the Foos Saved Their Summer
Dave Grohl sounds hoarse. On a day off from the Foo Fighters' current North American tour, the frontman comes off as typically amiable, but he blew out his vocal cords during a marathon,...
View ArticleTeen - Bootleg Theater - April 28, 2014
Teen The Bootleg Theater 4-28-14 Fresh off of their recent tour opening for Phantogram, New York-based, all-girl, R&B and psychedelia-infused act Teen played the Bootleg Theatre last night. Their...
View ArticleMeet Captain Supernova, Intergalactic Synth-Funk Man of Mystery
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. Follow him on twitter and also check out his archives.] You don’t meet someone named...
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