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2011 Stories by Page Two Team

• Page Two: Cerebral Ballzy Are Brainy, Nuts

  published June 2, 2011

  Cerebral Ballzyis a hardcore punk band from Brooklyn. Influenced by Void and Circle Jerks — and... More >>

• Graveface Records No. 1: The Loose Salute

  published June 2, 2011

  Savannah, Ga.'s, Graveface Records is the unassuming indie label that could. Like L.A.'s In the Red, Graveface is clearly run... More >>

• Graveface Records No. 2: Black Moth Super Rainbow

  published June 2, 2011

  Once you've checked out The Loose Salute, may we interest you in Graveface's second offering for June 7: a revamped "deluxe" version... More >>

• Finders Keepers Records Revamps the Vampire Soundtrack

  published June 2, 2011

  Here's where we stand on Twilight: Those prudish books are a ghastly abomination, particularly for adult readers; that first Catherine... More >>

• Music to Pick Up/Download

  published June 2, 2011

  DAVID BOWIE VS. KCRW Golden Years [EMI, available June 7] In honor of Bowie... More >>

• Page Two: UCLA's Student-Run JazzReggae Festival

  published May 26, 2011

  If ever a spell had been cast, it was last Memorial Day weekend at the UCLA JazzReggae Festival. Coco, the chanteuse... More >>

• Dawes: The Boys Are Back in Town

  published May 26, 2011

  L.A. alt-folk quartet Dawes turned heads with their 2009 album North Hills. One of those heads belonged to Robbie... More >>

• Melvins' Sugar Daddy Live: Pour Some Sugar on Me

  published May 26, 2011

  On their new live album, released this week, Melvins sound like a slow-motion avalanche, with rumbling bass and grunge-metal guitar slamming... More >>

• Music to Pick Up/Download

  published May 26, 2011

  TYLER, THE CREATOR Goblin [XL Recordings, available now] This is where the... More >>

• Page Two: Kylie Minogue, the Goddess Next Door

  published May 19, 2011

  Unlike other pop princesses who aspired to take over the world, Kylie Minogue not only escaped one-hit-wonderdom in her youth... More >>

• Five Reasons Why Silver Lake Jubilee Is Not Just for Hipsters

  published May 19, 2011

  The Silver Lake Jubilee is back again in its full glory, with an impressive roster of bands, comedians, artists and writers... More >>

• Aloe Blacc's Golden God Voice

  published May 19, 2011

  Although a honeyed voice reminiscent of Sam Cooke and lyrics that recall Gil Scott-Heron provide evidence to the contrary, Aloe... More >>

• Music to Pick Up/Download

  published May 19, 2011

  MEXICANS WITH GUNS Ceremony [Innovative Leisure Records, available now] ... More >>

• Design of the Week: Alvarius B.

  published May 12, 2011

  Let's get the cover out of the way: the most artful use of the female nude in ages, beautiful, respectful and way more interesting than that... More >>

• Music to Pick Up/Download

  published May 12, 2011

  MAN MAN Life Fantastic [Anti-, available now] If you're one of many who... More >>

• Page Two: Sheila E.: The Helen Mirren of Pop

  published May 5, 2011

  Don't let the Tea Party assholes fool you: It doesn't get more American than a prancing little black genius from Minneapolis... More >>

• MUSIC TO PICK UP/DOWNLOAD

  published May 5, 2011

  MIA DOI TODD Cosmic Ocean Ship [City Zen Records/Virtual Label, May 17] This... More >>

• Page Two: Love album Black Beauty at the Roxy

  published April 28, 2011

  Guitarist Melvan Whittington and dexterous drummer Joe Blocker are monster musicians, and a major part of one of the most... More >>

• Tindersticks du Cinema

  published April 28, 2011

  In 1995 French film director Claire Denis met delicate English popsters Tindersticks in Paris, and one thing led to another. "Another" in this... More >>

• The Ballad of Kickball Katy

  published April 28, 2011

  There once was a girl named Kickball Katy, who played bass in a Pitchfork-endorsed garage-punk outfit from Brooklyn. She was... More >>

• Thao and Mirah Wield Words

  published April 28, 2011

  Back in 2010, Portland songwriter Mirah and Thao Nguyen (of Thao With the Get Down Stay Down) performed together at the Noise Pop Festival in... More >>

• Music to Pick Up/Download

  published April 28, 2011

  JONWAYNE Bowser [Alpha Pup Records, April 19] Gurgling with bleeps and burps,... More >>

• Page Two: Xzibit A

  published April 21, 2011

  Rapper and renowned Internet meme Xzibit performs Sat., April 23, at the Key Club. (Confused? Google KnowYourMeme + Xzibit.) More >>

• Elenco: The Blue Note of Bossa Nova

  published April 21, 2011

  Finally a great wrong has been righted: In the northern hemisphere, bossa nova implies "The Girl From Ipanema," Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes,... More >>

• White Mystery: Garage, Part 1

  published April 21, 2011

  Miss Alex White and Francis Scott Key White are a red-haired brother-sister duo from Chicago who (unlike another rock duo surnamed White)... More >>