Falling James

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THE HARDER THEY CORE …

Early Los Angeles punk rock was derided — much like the city itself — as plastic and shallow, especially in comparison to the presumably more authen...
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THE SPITTLE SCREEN

The history of punk rock in film and on television has been spotty — at best — but this weekend Cinefamily climbs fearlessly into the pit with a min...
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WHEN NELLIE MET ROXY

The singer-pianist/wunderkind/animal-rights activist/Broadway actor/unabashed Doris Day fan Nellie McKay is one of this country's finest songwriters, with a...
Manu Chao at The Troubadour; Credit: Timothy Norris

Live Review: Manu Chao's Secret Show at the Troubadour

Even with a stripped-down version of his crack backup band Radio Bemba, the French-Spanish world-music star Manu Chao was anything but mellow at last night's surprise concert at the Troubadour. There were certainly some disarmingly lovely interludes, such as lead guitarist Madjid Fahem's intricate flamenco trilling at the start of......
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KNOW YOUR PUNK

History is written by the victors, which is why the story of punk these days seems to be more about perky, lightweight mainstream pap-punk groups like Blink-182...
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ICE PICK OF THE WEEK

Most of the touring figure-skating exhibitions trot out the usual cast of suspects gallivanting around the ice to the usual soundtrack of sappy pop balladry, bu...
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KNOW YOUR PUNK

History is written by the victors, which is why the story of punk these days seems to be more about perky, lightweight mainstream pap-punk groups like Blink-182...
law logo2x b

ICE PICK OF THE WEEK

Most of the touring figure-skating exhibitions trot out the usual cast of suspects gallivanting around the ice to the usual soundtrack of sappy pop balladry, bu...
Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer, Extra Wide

Less is usually more in the world of Jon Spencer. When he first broke through with the Washington, D.C., minimalist noise-punk trio Pussy Galore in 1985, their music was so tinny, shriveled up and dehydrated-sounding that critics debated about whether the band could actually play their instruments. Their extremely rare......