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Spin Doctors (Band)

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    February 26, 2013

    Barenaked Ladies Were One of the Coolest, Cleverest Bands of the '90s

    Ahead of West Coast Sound's 20 Worst Albums of the '90s poll next week, let's talk about the Barenaked Ladies. When I tell people I love Barenaked Ladies, the first thing they usually say is, "I'm sorry." This is because I typically only bring it up after one of my friends has launched into a mini-r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2013

    Mark McGrath On His "Utopian" Cruise

    Sugar Ray lead singer and former Extra co-host Mark McGrath has a cruise. No, seriously! This October, fans of the '90s can travel on the Carnival Cruise ship Imagination, alongside Gin Blossoms, Smash Mouth, Cracker, Spin Doctors, Vertical Horizon, The Verve Pipe, Marcy Playground and, of course, S ... More >>

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    December 31, 2012

    Our Most Popular Stories of 2012

    It was a great year for the L.A. Weekly music section and our West Coast Sound blog. On the print side, we specialized in well-reported profiles, news stories, and essays that helped our readers understand better the music they love. On the blog we churned out compulsively-readable pieces that start ... More >>

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    February 17, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List

    ​What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16

    See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1 What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 4, 2010

    AFI Fest A to Z: Hey Man, Yeah

    Our critics' picks for what to see and skip at this year's festival

  • Music

    January 22, 2009
  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying

    A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That's like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the River Ganges, even going as far to sponsor the bash, which wasn't really as bad as it was boring. A bunch of people sitting in bleachers trying t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Beards, Blazers & Glasses, Or Yeasayer, The Indie Spin Doctors

    Yeasayer are a jam band, they just aren't aware of it yet. At one point during the Brooklyn four-piece's set Saturday night at the Echoplex, lead singer Chris Keating even paused to extemporaneously inform the crowd that "people call us hippies, but that's just not true. We're from Baltimore." Thi ... More >>

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