Randall Roberts

Some of the many classics in Soft Rock Sundays host Mara Schwartz Kuge's collection; Credit: Courtesy Mara Schwartz Kuge

The Magic of David Lee Roth's voice, naked

Randall Roberts
Attention producers: I defy any of you to listen to this vocal track of David Lee Roth singing "Runnin' With the Devil" and not stumble across some sample-worthy snippet. Holy Toledo think of the remixes! The mashups! Those grunts are golden! (courtesy Chunklet) photo by Randall Roberts......
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers announce two area shows

Randall Roberts
Hot on the heels of LA Weekly's map of Tom Petty's Los Angeles, and a few days prior to their appearance at the Super Bowl, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers today announced two summer shows in the L.A. area. The first will be on Wednesday, June 25 at the Hollywood......
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Grizzly Bear teams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Randall Roberts
Great news from the L.A. Phil just arrived. Anyone who was at the recent Songs of the City series at Walt Disney Concert Hall and heard Daniel Rossen's voice echo through the room will understand: Don't miss this show. LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND INDIE ROCK BAND GRIZZLY BEAR CO-HEADLINE FOR......
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Portishead to headline Coachella

Randall Roberts
Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly freelancer Josh Glazer) here. Full schedule to be released on Monday......
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Panic at the Disco loses their exclamation point, help sell a Honda

Randall Roberts
Panic at the Disco at Studio 540 of the Honda Corporation's headquarters, Torrence, January 10. By Julie Seabaugh Around 250 VIPs, suits and press members -- and a few lucky teenagers -- gathered Thursday afternoon inside Studio 540 of the Honda Corporation's Torrence headquarters for a media event featuring an......
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Watch this now: new Radar Brothers video

Randall Roberts
The new video for "When Cold Air Goes to Sleep," from the Radar Brothers' upcoming Auditorium, does exactly what a clip should: sent me racing to the CD to see if the whole thing, which I've just listened to a few times so far, is as great as this song......
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Michael Hurley tonight, December 20, at The Bordello

Randall Roberts
Michael Hurley has been kicking around since 1965, when he released for Folkways Recordings his First Songs LP. Those songs introduced his aesthetic, one that has remained consistent in the intervening forty years and 21 albums: simple, joyous numbers accompanied on guitar and, occasionally, mouth trumpet (he squeezes his lips......