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Blondie (Band)

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    January 4, 2013

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2013

    Music Picks: Lord Huron, Matthewdavid, Smell 15th Anniversary Party

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, December 14 Thrill Jockey 20th-anniversary party with Wooden Shjips, Liturgy, Trans Am, Kid Millions THE ECHOPLEX Back in the '90s, arty Chicago alt/indie warhorse label Thrill Jockey basically drew the map for marginalized music's move into the mainstream, with a roster including Tortoise, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2012

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: New York City Is a Helluva a Town

    KCRW Broadcast #189 for Saturday, November 10, 2012 See also: *The American People Kicked Your Ass, Republicans *Henry Rollins: Sandy, the Incredible Mood Swing of Mother Nature Fanatics! Tonight is a great one. I am in NYC this week, so I thought a show that was NYC-based would be just the thing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    The Best Jazz Concerts to See in L.A. This Month

    October 5,6,7,13,14 Angel City Jazz Festival LACMA, UCLA, Redcat, Ford Amphitheatre The theme of the fifth annual Angel City Jazz Festival is "artists and legends" which might as well be the theme for L.A.'s whole jazz scene in October. Legendary L.A. trombonist Phil Ranelin hits LACMA on Friday n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    10 Best L.A. Clubs For People Who Don't Like Clubs

    There are essentially four reasons why people don't like clubbing: 1) douchebags 2) over-priced drinks 3) shitty music 4) douchebags. Ok, there's also parking and traffic but that's sort of douche-driven too (obnoxious guys -- and gals -- either steal your space, try to hit on you while "cruising" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

    Monday, September 24 Lavender Diamond THE ECHO Lavender Diamond are back, and they come in peace, as usual, and also with synthesizers, which is a bit more unusual. The heartbroke piano-folk they made on their one-and-a-half beautiful albums about five years ago is still there on the new Incorrupti ... More >>

  • Music

    September 20, 2012

    Music Picks: Dublab Anniversary, Ladyhawke, Flying Lotus

    Monday, September 24 Lavender Diamond THE ECHO Lavender Diamond are back, and they come in peace, as usual, and also with synthesizers, which is a bit more unusual. The heartbroke piano-folk they made on their one-and-a-half beautiful albums about five years ago is still there on the new Incorrupti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    10 Groundbreaking Celebrity and Music Photographers

    Right now, there are at least three music-themed photo exhibits going on in L.A., and a few celebrity-themed ones, too. Peter Fetterman Gallery is showing "Forever Young: The Art of Music Photography" through September 8, while Kana Manglapus Projects is exhibiting "Factory 77" through September 10, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2012

    Roberta Bayley

    Right now, there are at least three music-themed photo exhibits going on in L.A., and a few celebrity-themed ones, too. Peter Fetterman Gallery is showing "Forever Young: The Art of Music Photography" through September 8, while Kana Manglapus Projects is exhibiting "Factory 77" through September 10, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 10-1

    *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List 10. The Di ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2012

    Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

    Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #5-1

    *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #15-11 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List 5. Avril Lavigne Combining ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

    Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    CBGB Gingerbread House

    UnknownCBGB gingerbread house​24, 24 hours to go, we wanna be sedated -- with cookies and sugar. Perhaps we will be if we tear into the most punk rock gingerbread house ever. Didn't think punk and baked goods could go together? Think again. We spotted this gingerbread replica of legendary NYC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Women! Comedy! Festival! at Room 101: Indie Improv Show Celebrates Female Comedians in L.A.

    Steve LaPickle Duck, with Laura Davis (left) and Suzi Barrett​On a cold and windy Wednesday night, an army of female performers assembled at the Flight Theatre in Hollywood. The women were dispersed onstage, in the hallways and lobby doing various types of theater warmups. In one corner of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Is Exile The Best Stones' Album? Nope, It's Some Girls

    ​[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Today marks the re-release of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album Some Girls, which has been remastered and expanded. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Mayer Hawthorne Is Back: Just Don't Call Him Retro

    Todd Cooper​Despite the doo-wop sound of his ditties, his silky old-soul croon, and the fact that he hails from the state that birthed Motown, Mayer Hawthorne swears he's not retro. The voice of Hawthorne may be golden, but it's untrained. In fact, the man born Andrew Cohen in Ann Arbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Blondie - Club Nokia - October 5, 2011

    Debi Del GrandeBlondie​See also: An Interview With Debbie Freaking Harry! Blondie Club Nokia October 5, 2011 Better than ... expected. Far better than we could have imagined, actually. When new wave erupted on the back end of punk, there was Blondie, with great hooks, crisp beats and a sul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    An Interview With Debbie Freaking Harry!

    Blondie's new Panic of Girls album is just out, and it's the band's first in eight years. The best thing about it? It sounds like Blondie! Now that's cool, because it's a sound that never gets old. Their rich hash of punky trashy, surfy funky dance-y rockerini came straight out of the grime of d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Make No Mistake: Bleached Are Punk as Fuck

    Smooth out punk's crinkly guitar riffs, replace the genre's frenetic deliveries with soothing harmonies, and give its drums a low dose of Xanax, and you have Jennifer and Jessica Clavin's brand-new band, Bleached. Like the visuals from their recent "Think of You" video, their sound is that of a vint ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

    Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Do Blondies Really Have More Fun?

    "So many people come up to me and say, `There's no good music today, it's all downhill!' But I don't feel that way at all. I think there's great music, great bands. It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound."

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Top Ten Bands Who Need To Reunite, NOW

    Nope, this doesn't count​Last week, we discussed ten bands who ruined their legacy by reuniting. Don't get the wrong idea, though -- we're not complete haters. And so, here are the groups we'd like to see put together one last reunion tour. Note: We're only talking about bands with all of thei ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    The Soundtrack to Your Life

    Nope, this doesn't count​Last week, we discussed ten bands who ruined their legacy by reuniting. Don't get the wrong idea, though -- we're not complete haters. And so, here are the groups we'd like to see put together one last reunion tour. Note: We're only talking about bands with all of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    The Five Best Cover Songs Ever Covered, Rediscovered!

    ​ Sometimes the artist who authored a song does a bang-up job in the recording and you never need hear from the song again, except to hear it over and over and enjoy its overwhelming awesomeness. And sometimes an artist writes an incredible song and does an amazing job, and later on, some oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Top Ten Ways to Make Your Band an Epic Fail in 2011

    Our Epic Fail Band could be your life! Here's how.​ We're gonna start 2011 by being servicey. We have seen too many talented bands (and the PR people they pay) squander opportunities and/or generally make our lives in the music press difficult. We thought we'd give you our (100% unsolicited) ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2010

    Mick Rock

    Our Epic Fail Band could be your life! Here's how.​ We're gonna start 2011 by being servicey. We have seen too many talented bands (and the PR people they pay) squander opportunities and/or generally make our lives in the music press difficult. We thought we'd give you our (100% unsolicited) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Why is Armenia Anti-Emo?

    Lauryn Hill Schedules Tour, Anti-Emo Armenia, Pearl Jam Makes Festival, Dylan's Lyrics Bring Big Bucks

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Rock & Rule Blu-Ray Release: Debbie Harry and Cheap Trick vs. Cartoon Guitar Mutants (and Lou Reed!)

    ​ How many big-budget rock and roll movies were made by Canadian animators in the early 1980s? How many of them featured at least one cast member from SCTV, the voice-over work of journeyman Don Francks, and a song by Cheap Trick? Well, at least two. Heavy Metal is the quintessential animat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Exclusive Interview: Megadeth's David Ellefson on Thrash Metal, his Favorite Bible Story and the Status of That Elusive American "Big Four" Tour (Yes You, Metallica. We're Waiting.)

    Valerie McRobertsDavid Ellefson enjoying a stiff Starbucks before Megadeth's set​Megadeth are undoubtedly one of the biggest thrash metal bands of all time. Fronted by Dave Mustaine, founder, guitarist and vocalist, the band was formed in the early '80s after Mustaine was kicked out of Metalli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    This Weekend: HARD Summer, Silversun Pickups, Weezer, New L.A. Folk Festival, Power of the Riff festival

    Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2010

    SHE WAS A PUNK BEFORE YOU WERE A PUNK

    Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2010

    Nightranger: Mo BET-ta Booze?

    Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Vinyl of the Week: Vintage Psych-Pop and a Blondie Cover from L.A.'s Mini Mansions [MP3]

    In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Nightranger: Ritual de lo Rock Show

    In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Jam's Addiction: Musicares MAP Fund Benefit Gathers Slash, Lemmy, Ace, Exene and more

    The rock community's struggle with substance abuse is no secret, but the glamorization of sex, drugs and rock n' roll means that some sad stats often get buried. For example, new studies show that only 8% of women with drug and alcohol problems ever seek help. The Grammy Foundation's Musicares MAP F ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    LIFE IS JUST A BOMB OF CHERRIES

    The rock community's struggle with substance abuse is no secret, but the glamorization of sex, drugs and rock n' roll means that some sad stats often get buried. For example, new studies show that only 8% of women with drug and alcohol problems ever seek help. The Grammy Foundation's Musicares MAP F ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Music Picks: Sasha & Kazell, She & Him, Efterklang, Xiu Xiu

    Also, Holly Miranda, Les Blanks, Mumiy Troll and others

  • Music

    February 18, 2010

    A Fresh New Scent

    Also, Holly Miranda, Les Blanks, Mumiy Troll and others

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    New Year's Eve in LA: Bubbly and Bumpin' In the Clubs with Arabian Prince, Hang the DJs, Part Time Punks and More

    The year -and decade- are done, and the city's biggest, most buzzed about New Year's Eve bashes (Hard, Giant, Gridlock) are either out of your budget or out of your comfort zone. The house party of a good friend -with lots of other good friends- might be optimal this Thursday night, but we think we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Camp Freddy's Billy Morrison Highlights His 10 Most Important Cultural Events of the 1970s

    Billy Morrison​Editor's Note: For Angelenos, guitarist Billy Morrison is perhaps best known for his work with all-star cover band Camp Freddy, which also features core members Dave Navarro (guitar), Matt Sorum (drums), Donovan Leitch, Jr. (vocals), Chris Chaney (bass). Indie 103.1 fans no doub ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Music Picks: Sky Saxon Tribute, Daddy Kev, Grace Jones, The Mekons

    Also, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Ida Maria, Themselves and others.

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    Rock Picks: Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, Femi Kuti, Isis

    Also, The Choke, Nouvelle Vague, Wilco, Sunset Rubdown and others

  • Music

    May 28, 2009

    Rock Picks: Fol Chen, Moonrats, Brightblack Morning Light, Bachelorette

    Also, the Curious Mystery, Graham Parker, Miss Derringer, Marduk and others

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Houston Press' Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    SXSW Day 1: Van Morrison, Division Day, The Ting Tings, The Duke Spirit at SXSW, March 12

    Van Morrison at La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas; Division Day, The Ting Tings and The Duke Spirit at Buffalo Billiards. Van Morrison's pretty cool, wearing his trademark cap and sunglasses, holding a saxophone and totally nonplussed about this show. He's got nothing to prove, nothing to hide. He couldn ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Kids Rock

    The bands that are saving L.A.’s music scene

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    June 28, 2001

    How To Be a Rock Promoter

    And not get punched in the face more than once

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    December 10, 1998

    Letters

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