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Ethan Johns, Sean Rowe

Andy Hermann
In a way, Ethan Johns is rock royalty. His father and uncle, Glyn and Andy Johns, produced, engineered and mixed classic albums by Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones and practically every other classic rock–era band you can think of. Ethan has stayed in the family business, playing studio......
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Tennis System

Andy Hermann
Like a lot of L.A. transplants, noise rockers Tennis System sound a little sun-drunk on the upcoming Technicolour Blind, their second album since relocating to the left coast from their native Washington, D.C. But as song titles such as "Suicide" and "Dead Honey" suggest, a bleak worldview lurks beneath the......
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Premiere: L.A. Duo Smoke Season's "Opaque" Video

Andy Hermann
Singer-songwriter Gabrielle Wortman first caught our ear as part of the electro-pop group TEMP3ST. Her new project, Smoke Season — a collaboration with The Honor Society's Jason Rosen — takes that group's atmospheric sound in rootsier direction, with acoustic and electric guitars adding a bit of organic grit and desert......
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Robert Plant

Andy Hermann
Robert Plant refuses to stand still. While most of his contemporaries continue to trot out their old hits on the nostalgia circuit, the former Led Zeppelin frontman lives up to the title of his 2005 album, Mighty Rearranger, reinventing his sound every few years with a rotating cast of collaborators......
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Greetings From Your New Music Editor

Andy Hermann
You know how sometimes in job interviews they ask, “If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?” Ever since I moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago, my standard answer to that question has been, “Music editor for L.A. Weekly.” Landing your dream job is......
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Bass Drops and Tequila Shots with Fei-Fei, EDM's Wild Child

Andy Hermann
If you’re a friend of Fei-Fei’s and you’re coming out to her club night, you’re going to be doing a tequila shot. “It’s paleo!” she says, explaining why it’s her intoxicant of choice. “It’s the only alcohol that’s not a depressant. It’s actually an upper, because it’s made from the......
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Porter Robinson

Andy Hermann
The 22-year-old EDM wunderkind and Skrillex protégé sounds eager to grow up on his just-released debut album, Worlds, mostly eschewing uptempo BPMs and vertiginous bass drops in favor of pretty, Passion Pit–like synth-pop. In a similar vein, Robinson has promised a "more sensitive experience" on this headlining tour, for which......
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This Morrissey Karaoke Night Is Amazing (VIDEO)

Andy Hermann
J.C. is a distinguished-looking gentlemen with a square jaw and a well-coiffed shock of silver hair. From a small band stage, he’s belting out The Smith’s “This Charming Man” in Spanish. “Saldría esta noche, pero no tengo nada que ponerme,” he croons. Latino love for Morrissey is well documented, so why......