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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 >>
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December 25, 2008
Weiss' 50 Best Albums of the Year (#40-31) (Sponsored By Crystal Pepsi)
If you're going to drink one clear cola this year, make it Crystal Pepsi. Please.40. No Age-Nouns (Sub Pop) Face it, *Nouns* is this decade's *Let it Be* (The Replacements, not The Beatles): A ragtag posse of scruffy dudes sonically illustrating their homes with spectacular tunes and pure passi ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
Guy Groups: Five Men, One Dish
What exactly are Hot Chip, the Temptations or Pretty Ricky implying when they sing about a singular love?
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July 10, 2008
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Invites You to Lie Down in the Light
In the flaccid world of indie rock, Will Oldham stands fully erect
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March 12, 2009
Last Night: Cut Copy's Ingratiating Simplicity
Timothy NorrisFans at Cut Copy: Overjoyed, to say the least. Like The Editors and the Shitty Beatles, Cut Copy practically begged for derision the moment they named themselves. Let's be honest, these guys aren't exactly re-inventing the synthesizer, openly cribbing from New Order, Duran Duran, and ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Countdown to Coachella: Buraka Som Sistema's Portuguese/Angolian Funk (Hot Chip Remix, MP3)
Name check off the top: M.I.A. stars in the great video above, which features an amazing dance move that we around here have dubbed The Flop. It's easy to do: Just jump in the air, move your body horizontal to the ground, and land flat and hard. The chicks totally dig this move. Another variation: ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Prince Apologizes to L.A. Fans, Will Issue a Limited Edition Remix CD Through In-N-Out Burger
Who knew Prince liked his burgers animal style? In the wake of Prince's much decried three-show evening at L.A. Live on Saturday, which was plagued with sound problems and saw many fans still waiting in line for the Club Nokia show while he was inside performing, the musician last night issued a fo ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
West Coast Sound: Burger, Fries and a Prince Remix CD
Music ed takes Weekly readers for a ride
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April 24, 2008
Rock Picks: Coachella, Lynda Carter, Hot Chip
And other shows happening April 24-May 1
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April 3, 2008
Rock Picks: Watson Twins, Les Claypool, Autechre
Plus other April 3-10 shows
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January 31, 2008
Hot Chip: Epics in Minutes
Why this is the most entertaining band in the world right now
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March 2, 2006
White Chocolate
U.K.�s Hot Chip love American R&B, cars and slang. Some things never change
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October 25, 2007
Don't Hang the DJ!
At least not yet. New releases save the dying art of the mix CD.
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April 19, 2007
Coachella And the Cure for the Common Festivalitis
At least not yet. New releases save the dying art of the mix CD.
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June 7, 2007
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July 27, 2006
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February 2, 2006
For Whom the Cell Phone Tolls
For the week of July 27 - August 3
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May 30, 2008
Weiss' Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best "Indie" Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)
I won't deny it. Things started spiraling rapidly downhill the moment I started compiling mixtapes of my favorite non-hip hop songs released this year. Vampire Weekend? Santogold? Hercules & The Love Affair? I kind of wanted to kick my own ass or at the very least give myself a wedgie. Of cour ... More >>
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May 13, 2008
The Islands' "Arms Way," Islands' Kona Pie and The Pros of "Miscenegenation"
Last year when Sasha-Frere Jones wrote his now-infamous piece on the whiteness of indie rock, he repeatedly included the phrase "miscenegation" to describe the cross-pollination of sound between black and white music. The diction seemed deliberate, a molotov cocktail designed to rile up the chatte ... More >>
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April 27, 2008
Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”
I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of $7 wine deep and feeling good. No reason not to be friendly, after all, I no longer harbored a grudge from that time in the 11th grade when he tr ... More >>
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April 27, 2008
Coachella Day Two: The Triumvirate of Kraftwerk, Portishead and Prince
The Coachella mainstage on Saturday night was a glory to behold, a spirit-lifting evening celebrating joy through technology, through contemplation and through celebration. In a single four hour chunk of time, the lucky masses at Coachella witnessed two-and-a-half humongous performances, two of whic ... More >>
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April 26, 2008
Coachella Day One: Walk the Line
I hate lines. They're somewhere in the lower rungs of my own personal inferno along with club kids in fedoras, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the abstract concept of valet parking. Unfortunately, entering Coachella brings me into contact with three of those four food groups as quite often, while wai ... More >>
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February 6, 2008
The Block Is Hot: Hot Chip Take Over the Jimmy Kimmel Show
The Green Room backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel Show is one of the more supremely wonderful places on earth. It's Xanadu--a place specifically designed to hit all the pleasure receptors of the male mind. No matter how refined or cultured you think you might be, it's impossible not to get a little jan ... More >>
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February 4, 2008
Tonight's Hot Chip show at the El Rey cancelled
Bummer to start Monday off with bad news, but, alas, this news from Hot Chip's people: "Hot Chip have been forced to cancel tonight's show at the El Rey Theatre in L.A. due to illness. The band apologize to fans." They're working on rescheduling the show, but for now your best bet is to catch them ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
Halloween Weekend Priority: Hot Chip DJ Set at Avalon
Here's something that slipped under our radar, and completely transforms Halloween weekend. Friday, October 30 at Avalon: Control presents a Hot Chip DJ set. Now, any of you who have either Hot Chip's DJ Kicks session, or have fallen in love with the now vanished from online Greco-Roman Mix t ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Download Most Of Jump Clubb's Debut LP For Free
About a month ago we introduced you to an anonymously populated band from Beverly Hills called Jump Clubb and, well, you seemed to like them (at least, two of you, via the comments section -- I believe "good shyte" and "if Justice and Dandy Warhols had a baby" were the exact words). Well, West Coast ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Rock Picks: Amy Millan, Dirty Projectors, Chip Taylor, LA 101
Also, Pixies, Justice, the Happy Hollows and others
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October 30, 2009
Flying Lotus to Do Rare DJ Set Tonight at Calling All Kids at Hyperion
There's so much big stuff going on this weekend -- Massives, Mansions, Avalon parties, sweaty packed clubz -- that it's very tempting, if not necessary, to cower from all the huge stuff and head to something more manageable. Yes, sweat and Basement Jaxx makes for a good combo, as does sweat ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Interview with Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford, Live @ the Mayan TONIGHT
Simian Mobile Disco plays tonight at the Mayan and last week WCS caught up with James Ford, one half of the UK DJ duo. Ford and his mate Jas Shaw hooked up as electronic music bedroom experimentalists at Manchester University, but were eventually drafted as the rhythm section for indie also- ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Coachella Confirmations Begin to Trickle In, Rumors Abound
The Coachella message board is doing a good job of tracking the upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Now's the time that bands begin leaking confirmations, revealing their hands on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, and basically spilling the beans one way or another. For example, this f ... More >>
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April 18, 2010
Day 2: Coachella's WINs and FAILs (featuring Gossip, MGMT, Dead Weather, and Tiesto!)
On Saturday the "organizers" got some of their act together -- plus most people already had their wristbands after the clusterfuck of Day 1 -- so it was relatively painless to access the festival grounds. People were noticeably more chill throughout the day, which is what happens when you haven't ha ... More >>
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April 18, 2010
Day 2: Hannibal Moncrief, Hot Chip & Flying Lotus & The Ascent of Nerd-Chic
Hannibal Moncrief saw the future last night. No, he didn't brew mushroom tea and watch Doc Brown tinker with the fabric of the space-time continuum. And no, he didn't spend three hours inside the glowing pink origami bird mumbling the phrase, "cool colors, man." The double-stacks of white ... More >>
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April 18, 2010
Day 2: The xx, Blood, and Ketamine,
Considering the intimate, night-owl nature of London band the xx's languid rock ("Infinity," off their self-titled debut, has been compared to Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," of all things), last night's early evening set at the often problematic Outdoor Stage seemed a vague and impersonal compromise. ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Music Picks: Free Kutmah Benefit, Amanda Jo Williams, Rosie Ledet
Also, Svarte Greiner, Miike Snow, School of Seven Bells and others
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June 14, 2010
Over The Weekend: Juan Maclean @ A Club Called Rhonda
Spencer ChowThis weekend, the annual Gay Pride festival was celebrated in the heart of West Hollywood, shutting down San Monica and San Vicente for 48 hours of un-closetted (and often unclothed) good times. But while rainbow flags and strutting in the streets might be a very visible display o ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Can a Yeasayer Remix Save N*E*R*D (and Nelly Furtado) from Totally Sucking?
N*E*R*DsOr a Hot Chip remix? Or one from Crookers? Or an entire iTunes EP of remixes of the exact same song -- the Nelly Furtado-featuring "Hot-N-Fun," which is neither of the things its title suggests? The Neptunes have made some of the darkest, weirdest, greatest beats that mainstream hip- ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Manic at the Polysexual Disco
Music geeks and local promoters have created a gay-straight dance alliance
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August 30, 2010
Over the Weekend: Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl
Timothy NorrisWine, cheese and blockrockin' beats: The Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Klaxons and all other dance-rockers currently carving a profitable niche owe a debt of gratitude to electronica's "Born Slippy"-era--namely the holy trinity of stadium DJs ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Music Picks: Laurie Anderson, Onibaba, Superchunk
Also, Hoodoo Gurus, Die Antwoord, Jonsi and others
Music
October 14, 2010
Do Not Adjust Your iPod
Sleigh Bells, the band everyone's talking about, is meant to sound messed up. Roll with it
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October 15, 2010
This weekend: Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, the National, Die Antwoord, Paul Oakenfold, Hoodoo Gurus
JonsiFans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo alb ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Who Needs The Concert? LCD Soundsystem and Rye Rye After-Parties End Show Nights With A 'Bang'
Lina Lecaro Rye Rye Rocks The Shocker Yep, it's all about after-concert shindigs for Nightranger lately. They've become a frequently more-fun alternative to sitting through an entire arena spectacle, not to mention the disco nap factor. We were tempted to go see M.I.A. and Rye Rye at the Ma ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Nightranger: Music & Passion Were Always the Fashion
Lina Lecaro Rye Rye Rocks The Shocker Yep, it's all about after-concert shindigs for Nightranger lately. They've become a frequently more-fun alternative to sitting through an entire arena spectacle, not to mention the disco nap factor. We were tempted to go see M.I.A. and Rye Rye at the Ma ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010
Top 10 Cover Songs of 2010
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May 19, 2011
Music Picks: Stiff Little Fingers, CunninLynguists, The Nubians, System of a Down
Houses, Aloe Blacc, Krautrock Nite, The Radio Dept. and others
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September 27, 2011
Toddla T: Wicked Clever, Proper Smart, He Performs at Dim Mak Studios Tonight
Ben WesthoffToddla T comes into a room with the movement and energy of Russell Brand, hair akimbo, limbs constantly in motion. The 26-year-old Sheffield native producer -- whose real name is Thomas Bell -- also talks in a similarly manic, slang-riddled accent. In town to perform at Dim Mak S ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
The Rapture - The Music Box - October 7, 2011
Andrea DomanickThe Rapture The Music Box October 7, 2011 Better than... the Second Coming. There are some bands who are so good live that their first show compels you to cancel your plans and come back the next night. I've done that before. I was so knocked over by The Rapture's headlining ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Little Boots - Bardot - 11-21-11
Chris WalkerLittle Boots Bardot 11-21-11 Better than...studying on a school night. Over two years have passed since Victoria Hesketh, AKA Little Boots, released her debut album Hands. The electro pop work was popular in England, earning her a top 5 position in the UK album charts and winni ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Music Picks: X, Lucinda Williams, Jackie DeShannon, Fujiya & Miyagi
Also, Dengue Fever, Jessie Baylin, Reigning Sound, Black Bananas and others
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