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November 30, 2012
The Laurel Canyon Country Store's Inneresting Musical History
The Canyon Country Store has been the makeshift cultural center of Laurel Canyon for a full century. Immortalized in the Doors song "Love Street," this deli-market is not a venue, but it's got historical music importance to spare, and continues to be -- as Jim Morrison put it -- the "store where the ... More >>
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September 26, 2012
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: John Mayer's Body of Work is a Wonderland
[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.] John Mayer has been persecuted for years. Way back in 2003, the Village Voice mocked his music in an article called "Phal ... More >>
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September 12, 2012
Top 5 Blues Rock Bands That Don't Totally Suck
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June 5, 2012
Milo & Olive: Saturday, June 2, 1:17 p.m.
Cream (the Eric Clapton band, not the dairy product) blasts; two pretty girls in their late teens bop self consciously and mouth the words as they stand in the pastry line; the wait for a table has just gone from 30 minutes to an hour. From the blonde wood bar set up along the front of the room wh ... More >>
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May 25, 2012
The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List
*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 Considering that most all of today's popular music -- be it roc ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time: 10-6
See also: *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 20-16 *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time 10. Eric Clapton Eric Clapton makes Jack White look like Son House. Dude tries so hard it's embarrassing. Kind of weird, considering his pithy quip to a Lond ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Coachella: Seven Lesser-Known Acts You'd Be Silly to Miss
See also: *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 20-16 *The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time 10. Eric Clapton Eric Clapton makes Jack White look like Son House. Dude tries so hard it's embarrassing. Kind of weird, considering his pithy quip to a Lond ... More >>
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April 10, 2012
El Rincon Usuluteco: A Review of Salvadoran Cuisine's Most Harmonic Trio
When three incongruent but powerful forces come together, the end product can inspire awe. The legendary band Cream lit up the stage with the '60s jazz drumming of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce's haunting vocals and melodic bass lines and Eric Clapton's Delta blues-inspired guitar playing. It's not just ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012
If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Why the Grammys Stink
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January 13, 2012
Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List
Yeah, yeah, we know. The top 20 greatest musicians of all time, in any genre. Where do we get off? Well, we'll tell you where we get off -- at Accuracy Station. Our team of writers listened to thousands and thousands of hours of music for this list, digging deep into the annals of history and explor ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #10-6
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November 10, 2011
Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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June 10, 2011
EXCLUSIVE Interview: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull Talks About Aqualung, His Duet with an Astronaut and Why He Doesn't Attend Concerts
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.In 1967, Ian Anderson traded a Fender Stratocaster that previously belonged to Lemmy from Motorhead for a flute, since he felt he would never be as good of a guitar player as Eric Clapton. The rest is history. We caught up with Anderson to chat about the album Aq ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
The 10 Worst Songs About California That Aren't "California" By Datarock
Their latest single is terrible.We used to like Datarock a lot. Our working theory is that in 2007, while we slept, we were taken over by a hipster succubus that abused cocaine and drank too much Pedialyte--plausible explanation for how our critical functions were deactivated. Fortunately, D ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Top 10 Gratuitous Acoustic Pop Covers
Watching Katy Perry's cover of Lady Gaga's "Born this Way" reminded us: In college, roughly 68% of undergraduates (a figure we made up for purposes of sounding researched) take up the acoustic guitar. Think of it as a rite of passage marred by awful covers of Neil Young and the inevitable Bla ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Music Picks: Julieta Venegas, Deicide, Yefim Bronfman, Chick Corea and Gary Burton
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February 17, 2011
Most Legendary Blues Recordings Ever Get the Super Deluxe Treatment
Variety announces that the Robert Johnson recordings from 1936-1937, without a doubt the most legendary set of blues recordings ever, will be re-released in a super-deluxe "Centennial Edition." These are hallowed recordings that have changed the lives of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bob Dyl ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Who Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
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July 28, 2010
Book Review: "Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love," by John Einarson
Considering Arthur Lee's deep impact on modern music -- he fronted one of the first multiracial rock bands, recorded with Jimi Hendrix, was a prime influence on the Doors, had lyrics lifted by the Rolling Stones, and inspired stellar fans ranging from Robert Plant and Eric Clapton to Syd Barr ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR LEE
Considering Arthur Lee's deep impact on modern music -- he fronted one of the first multiracial rock bands, recorded with Jimi Hendrix, was a prime influence on the Doors, had lyrics lifted by the Rolling Stones, and inspired stellar fans ranging from Robert Plant and Eric Clapton to Syd Barr ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Villains w/Lykke Li at Echoplex Tonight AND Villains' EXCLUSIVE 5 Decade Remix Wishlist Free Remix MP3's
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December 3, 2009
Notes on the Grammy Nominations: Excuse Us While We Puke
What follows are a few random notes on LA-based nominees for the 2009 Grammys, which were announced yesterday in downtown LA. If you're looking for thoughts on the big-ass pop categories, go elsewhere; we're going to try and wade through the rock and lesser known categories without throwing u ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Bonamassa to Serenade "King of the Blues" Contestants Tonight @ House of Blues
Gibson.comTonight, at the House of Blues, current great white hope Joe Bonamassa will be on hand to perform and mentor the five finalists of King of the Blues, Guitar Center's version of American Idol for fledgling axemen. Roosevelt Collier (Kissimmee, FL), Joshua Gooch (San Diego, CA), Kirby ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
DREAM ON, HIPPIE CHICKS
Gibson.comTonight, at the House of Blues, current great white hope Joe Bonamassa will be on hand to perform and mentor the five finalists of King of the Blues, Guitar Center's version of American Idol for fledgling axemen. Roosevelt Collier (Kissimmee, FL), Joshua Gooch (San Diego, CA), Kirby ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Guitar Legends: Slash Remembers Friend and Mentor Les Paul, A Total Fuckin' Maverick
Yesterday after learning of Les Paul's death at 94 years old, L.A. Weekly caught up with Slash, a guitar legend in his own right, for an exclusive chat about the loss of not only a brilliant musician and innovator, but also a friend and mentor.
Music
August 13, 2009
It Might Get Loud: Davis Guggenheim’s Guitar Heroes
In director’s new documentary tribute, Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White talk axes, licks and other euphemisms
Music
June 25, 2009
Rock Picks: Electric Daisy Carnival, Explosion in the Sky, Rodriguez
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March 26, 2009
Sympathy for the Devils
Also, DAT Politics, Mika Miko, Etta James and others
LA Life
February 19, 2009
GO LA: Fat Beats, Fat Tuesday and a Fat Comedian
And a fat lot more to do in L.A., February 20-26
Music
December 11, 2008
The Resurrection of Frank Zappa's Soul
Two of the iconic Southern California artist's classic compositions, Lumpy Gravy and We're Only In It for the Money, will get the grand reissue treatment
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April 3, 2008
Wonderful Tonight
Two of the iconic Southern California artist's classic compositions, Lumpy Gravy and We're Only In It for the Money, will get the grand reissue treatment
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April 3, 2008
Hey! You! Get Off of My Lap!
What to do in L.A., April 4-10
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February 11, 2008
Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's
Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>
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March 30, 2006
Music Picks
Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>
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March 9, 2006
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September 8, 2005
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September 16, 2004
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July 1, 2004
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April 8, 2004
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April 8, 2004
Time of the Session
When the music was fast, and the players anonymous
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December 18, 2003
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April 10, 2003
The Yardbirds Roost Again
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June 27, 2002
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December 27, 2001
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August 31, 2000
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