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Burbank hardcore group Touch Amor developed a worldwide following after the 2011 release of Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me, sparking strong reactions from newbies and longtime genre fans alike. AbsolutePunk.net called it "one of the most...
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Hi Fan!
I'm a freshman in college in Pennsylvania. Before enrolling, I was the lead singer of a Buffalo, NY band. We are reasonably successful and noteworthy in the area (having played nearly all of the biggest venues around the area, recording an EP...
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On Saturday night, during STS9's headlining set at Norcal's Symbiosis Gathering, two dreadlocked attendees, a man and a woman, danced naked together near the front of the crowd, both smiling widely. No one hassled them, laughed at them or asked them ...
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A glimpse of the crowd at Nocturnal Wonderland
On Saturday, Nocturnal Wonderland was hosted for the first time at San Bernardino's San Manuel Amphitheater, the largest outdoor amphitheater in the United States. Good thing too, as Nocturnal, the ...
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The Beach Ball: Reggae Fest
The Beach Ball: Reggae Fest
Santa Monica Pier
9/22/2013
This past weekend marked the inaugural Beach Ball Soul Revue and Reggae Fest, held at Santa Monica Pier and hosted by L.A. radio station KCRW, Rum & Humble and...
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Haim
Years are divided into seasons, and each one is three months. The latest, fall, just started!
As far as L.A. music, it's shaping up to be a winner. Big things are expected from veterans and rookies alike. Here are our picks for five you shou...
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Lorde -- See Tuesday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Monday, September 23
Little Boots
TROUBADOUR
With her sophomore LP, Nocturnes, Brit electro-popper Little Boots (Victoria Hesketh to 'er mates) has ...
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By Darryl Smyers
For the better part of four decades, Lucinda Williams has been one of the best songwriters going. Over the course of ten albums, Williams has moved from earthy blues and folk to jangly country/pop. What has remained consistent is he...
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[Editor's Note: Best Album Ever is a column where critics talk about their favorite records and what was happening in their lives when they got into them.]
When I was a junior in high school in 2001, my boyfriend took me to see Almost Famous. As the...
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You guessed it, Frank Stallone
Who's performing tomorrow at Vitello's Italian Restaurant in Studio City? You guessed it, Frank Stallone. Along with being Sylvester Stallone's acting and singing brother, Frank is probably best remembered as a frequ...
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RADIO BROADCAST #234
09-22-13
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Fanatics! Here we are together again. We are thankful for the opportunity to bring you this sampling of great music.
I know our show is listened to by Fanati...
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M83 -- See Sunday
Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar
Friday, September 20
Human Eye
LOS GLOBOS
Some humans make music, some humans make medicine, some humans make monsters -- Human Eye's Timmy Vulgar make...
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Our feature profile on the rapper Riff Raff, published last week, still has the internet doing a collective OMG. Tracing his story from childhood days in a tranquil Houston suburb through community college in northern Minnesota through a rapid ascent...
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When I was in Syria a few years ago, I wandered around Damascus. Besides the oppressive heat, I found the city to be beautiful and the many people I met to be friendly, curious and happy that I had come...
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Danish sludge band Bottom Feeder performing at an Ear/Splitters show at Five Star Bar
As usual, Ryan Avery had a hundred other things to worry about that night. He had booked two touring sludge bands at a small venue in downtown L.A. All night the...
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Pete Tong
In the world of EDM, they don't come much more influential than veteran DJ and radio personality Pete Tong, who has spent 20 years hosting shows on BBC Radio 1, introducing new electronic music artists to the masses. But guess what? Now ...
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Eddie Vedder or Darius Rucker?
Did you know that there are people out there -- kids, mostly -- who can't tell Pearl Jam and Hootie and the Blowfish apart?
No, seriously, we've witnessed it with our own eyes.
We understand their confusion. Beca...
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Let's just get it out of the way and say that Andrea Landis is really pretty. Sitting at this Hollywood cafe eating eggs and wearing yoga pants and a cutoff Metallica t-shirt, the 23-year-old singer/songwriter is one of those exceptionally beautiful ...
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Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same, is due out Tuesday, but it leaked earlier this week..
It is one of the year's best projects, as has been the case with any album he has released, with the possible exception of Comeback Season if you want to...
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[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.]
"If you set yourself up as the 'I don't give a fuck guy,' you can do whatever you want."
This is Nobod...
