Daniel Kohn

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Beyonce – Staples Center – 7/1/13

Daniel Kohn
Beyonce Staples Center 7/1/13 Just when you think Beyonce has exhausted all of her surprises for the evening, she'll attach herself to a zip line and glide 20 feet above the general admission area onto an impromptu second stage. By the time her ensemble of backing dancers reach the area,......
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She & Him – Hollywood Bowl – 6/23/13

Daniel Kohn
She & Him Hollywood Bowl 6/23/13 Better than...Watching Failure To Launch on basic cable When Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward first joined forces for what was supposed to a fun side project in 2007, they couldn't really have thought they'd eventually be playing the Hollywood Bowl for a second time......
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Atoms For Peace – Club Fais Do-Do – 6/14/13

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Atoms For Peace Café-Club Fais Do-Do 6/14/13 "This is a rehearsal, right?" Atoms For Peace singer Thom Yorke joked after the band's first song "Default." "You were the lucky ones who got tickets." Since the rumors began about a week ago that the experimental supergroup would be playing a not-so-secret......
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L.A.'s Capital Cities Are Big … in Peru

Daniel Kohn
In 2011, the Capital Cities' debut EP was released and got a ton of airplay ... in Peru. Catching wind of the band through the blogosphere, a station in Lima took notice of the band's upbeat, electro-pop single, "Safe and Sound," and immediately put it in heavy rotation. Shortly thereafter,......
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Fleetwood Mac – Hollywood Bowl – 5/25/13

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Fleetwood Mac Hollywood Bowl 5/25/13 Fleetwood Mac does their best work in dramatic circumstances. They put out their finest album in the midst of personal turmoil and needed Bill Clinton to broker a reunion in 1993. As recently as last year, Mick Fleetwood proclaimed that the band wouldn't tour again......
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Wiltern – 5/23/13

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Queens of the Stone Age The Wiltern 5/23/13 Better than...moshing alone. Queens of The Stone Age were becoming reliable, but as they were hitting their stride at the end of 2008, the band decided to take a break and work on solo projects, most notably Josh Homme with Them Crooked......
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The Killers – Los Angeles Sports Arena – 5/2/13

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The Killers Los Angeles Sports Arena 5/2/13 "Tonight, the City of Angels and Sin City are getting together," said Brandon Flowers last night at the Sports Arena, lead singer of the Las Vegas based Killers. "We'll try not to corrupt you." For 90 minutes, Flowers and company danced and moved......
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New Order – Coachella – April 13, 2013

Daniel Kohn
Oliver ScherilloBernard SumnerNew Order Coachella April 13,2013 While over at the main stage the bulk of the Coachella crowd was enduring Phoenix with the hope that Daft Punk would come out -- they instead got R. Kelly -- a smaller but perhaps-more-enthusiastic crowd got a first-rate greatest hits set from......
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The Neighbourhood: The Group's Rise Culminates in Coachella

Daniel Kohn
When Zach Abels played Jesse Rutherford a guitar riff two years ago in his parents' living room, the two of them knew they were onto something. They immediately recorded the song, and that track, "Sweater Weather" turned into a radio hit. The Neighbourhood have received strong radio support locally from......