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Coldplay
Coldplay is everywhere. You can’t turn on your television without seeing the band members’ silhouettes playing “Viva la Vida” at seemingly every commercial... read more»
Darker My Love
I had an old friend fly into LAX last Friday morning. She’s from Pennsylvania. Not Philly or Pittsburg, but rural PA. The kind of rural PA where the only band you’re gonna find within a... read more»
Fleet Foxes
There’s a memory I sometimes like to recall of when I was about seven years old, only weeks moved into a new house and just getting to know it. I’d spend early summer Sunday mornings in... read more»
Supergrass
Remember back in ’96 when Fleetwood Mac did that reunion tour and they put out the live album The Dance? Do you also remember how they made the listeners sit through... read more»
Devendra Banhart, Gilberto Gil
Sunday’s show at the Bowl was billed as a trans-generation, trans-genre, trans-national event and they weren’t lying.  The night was chalk full of “trans.”  First of... read more»
A Place to Bury Strangers, King Khan & the Shrines
It’s pretty much scientific fact that if you gather a crowd on a clear summer night and present them with a show infused with rock, soul and total sonic annihilation – one hell of a dance... read more»
Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins
We’ve all seen a couple walking down the street and wondered, “How the hell did that happen?”  Maybe one’s way hotter than... read more»
Rilo Kiley
Nestled in the picturesque tree-enclosed setting of Griffith Park, the award winning Greek Theatre is absolutely one of my favorite places to catch a concert in the... read more»
Thievery Corporation
What better way to start off the summer than with some of the best dance and electronic sounds from all over the globe?  With headliners Thievery Corporation, the... read more»
Autolux
Most people will agree that one of the worst things about outdoor festivals is that they are inevitably hotter than if you held a concert inside an old fashioned... read more»
Megapuss
When I arrived at the Hammer at 8:30 Wednesday night, I thought I'd be lucky to catch the opener but when I got out to the atrium all I saw were people milling about enjoying the... read more»
Jakob Dylan
As an intense heat wave and impending storm baked New York’s concrete jungle and its inhabitants with humid air thick enough to swim... read more»
Darker My Love, The Black Angels
I was curious about what this show would be like because all the bands on the bill occupy the relatively narrow niche of neo-psych rock, which as... read more»
Priscilla Ahn
“Thank you for all the support.  This really is a dream come true for me to put out an album.”  The adorably sweet Priscilla Ahn celebrated her very exciting CD... read more»
Beirut
Media hype has its pros and cons. It can do really good things for what would otherwise be an extremely low-profile indie act who can’t move any records. The flip side is... read more»
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