Email Author Kate Sullivan

Awards

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Rock & Roll Love Letter

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2005 Stories by Kate Sullivan

• Christmas Music for People Who Like Music

  published December 15, 2005

  Four years ago, I was a cynic about Christmas music. It just seemed so full of shit. I was especially averse to the pop/rock stuff — wit... More >>

• Kitty Litter

  published December 1, 2005

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• The Prix

  published November 17, 2005

  Photo by Andrea LabargeWHAT: Brit-styled yet distinctly American classic mod-rock. Name rhymes with “free.”SECRET WEAPONS: Ga... More >>

• Two Great Tastes that Taste Kinda Awesome Together . . .

  published November 10, 2005

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• 10 Questions With The Lovetones

  published November 3, 2005

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• My Life With the Radical Nuns

  published November 3, 2005

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• An Immodest Proposal

  published November 3, 2005

  According to bus-stop benches a couple months back, alt-pinups the Suicide Girls have a documentary DVD out; they will also be presenting... More >>

• Don’t Go Away Mad, Just Go Away

  published October 13, 2005

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• Bowled Over

  published October 6, 2005

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• Smog Pop

  published September 22, 2005

  It’s amazing how beautiful looking down into a smog pit can be. —Trent Reznor, 1994 One day fossil fuels will ... More >>

• Kanye 4 Prezzy

  published September 15, 2005

  It’s not that I love all of Kanye West’s music so much, and I don’t have a crush on him. It’s just that Kanye West, through his art... More >>

• 10 Questions With Aretha Franklin

  published September 8, 2005

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• 5 Questions with Donna Summer

  published August 25, 2005

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• A Strange Phone Call With David Johansen

  published August 25, 2005

  Photo by Tony NelsonAfter megafan Morrissey lured them out of retirement last year to perform in England, the New York Dolls have (sort... More >>

• Shit & Payola

  published August 11, 2005

  It made me kind of sad to read last week that Audioslave’s former record label had bribed radio stations to play their song “Like... More >>

• Rock The Bells!

  published July 28, 2005

  Is it just us, or is underground hip-hop kind of, you know, happening again? The Rock the Bells festival, now in its third year, has... More >>

• Glam-rock Sunglasses

  published July 28, 2005

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• 10 Questions With Brendan Benson

  published July 21, 2005

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• 10 Questions With John Oates

  published June 23, 2005

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• 2005 LA Weekly Music Awards

  published June 16, 2005

  Photos by Ted SoquiThe 2005 L.A. Weekly Music Awards, held Tuesday at the Henry Fonda Theater, were a real love fest, with bizarre... More >>

• I, Songwriter

  published June 9, 2005

  Illustration by Erik SandbergEccentricity is a great rock tradition, and usually tolerated with some affection. Jack White can post his... More >>

• He Can Hear Music

  published June 9, 2005

  Photo by Wild Don LewisHardly anyone’s heard of Jeff Barry, and yet his rhythms are in our blood; his sounds, sensibilities and worldvie... More >>

• Superfan Strikes Again!

  published May 19, 2005

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• The New Originals!

  published April 21, 2005

  You’ve got to feel for Gang of Four. You can’t turn on rock radio today without hearing some damn hipster band copping their shit as if the... More >>

• Sister Gurls

  published April 14, 2005

  Photo by Dustin RabinTegan and Sara, the guitar-playing twin sisters from Calgary, have done something unbelievably rare: They’ve made a goo... More >>