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The Night Marchers, All Star Lanes, Feb. 10

Randall Roberts
The Night Marchers All Star Lanes, Feb. 10, 2008 By Ryan Ritchie Photos by Timothy Norris Two songs into The Night Marchers’ L.A. debut on Monday night, it became clear why John Reis has abandoned three talented bands within the past three years. Sure, the angular post-punk band Hot Snakes......
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Radiohead not playing L.A. until late summer at the earliest

Randall Roberts
The bad news: we're gonna have to wait until the fall. The good news: we've got frequent flier miles. RADIOHEAD CONFIRMS MAY 2008 U.S. DATES & VENUES RADIOHEAD has confirmed the dates and venues to be visited on the first segment of its upcoming North American tour. They are: May......
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Grammys from the Press Room

Randall Roberts
The best view of the Grammy Awards from where I sat. The coolest thing I learned last night in the media room at the 50th anniversary Grammy celebration had to do with a Woody Guthrie performance. Recorded on a spool of wire, The Live Wire – Woody Guthrie in Performance......

My Conversation with Charles "Cookie" Thornton

Randall Roberts
I don't remember much about the conversation, but enough of it to know that this morning when I heard NPR report that a lone gunman had walked into a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Missouri and killed five people and wounded two, the first thing that popped into my head......
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Peanut Butter Wolf to spin at Obama's California party tonight

Randall Roberts
This just in, offering further proof that Obama's down with the scene. PEANUT BUTTER WOLF SPINS TONIGHT AT CALIFORNIA FOR OBAMA PARTY AT THE AVALON Also on the bill are Dam-Funk, James Rockwell and DJ Skeet Skeet. 8:30-11:30 February, 5 2008 at Avalon Hollywood 1735 Vine Street, Hollywood, California 90028......
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Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

Randall Roberts
The prognosticators have been speculating for weeks on who LA-based producer Daedalus was going to endorse for president. We had our money on Ron Paul, but in fact he's going with Barack. This track is from Daedelus' newest side project, FMB (Fire Magic Blood), featuring Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra) and Taz......
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Tonight's Hot Chip show at the El Rey cancelled

Randall Roberts
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......
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Hot Chip: Epics in Minutes

Randall Roberts
Because they've got good taste, first of all. Because on one of the best mixtapes in my collection, called the Greco Roman Mix, Joe Hot Chip and Alex of K7...