A Life Less Ordinary: Canadian indie-pop duo Tegan and Sara are proudly, unashamedly un-tabloid. They refer to themselves as “average, in non-self-effacing terms,
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Reggae Night XXI: Jamaican headliner Beres Hammond is known for his “lover’s rock brand of reggae — that is to say that he was influenced by the likes of Sam C
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Get Tori Amos to the Greek (On One Leg): You have to hand it to Tori — she recently broke her leg on this tour but has soldiered on wearing a cast. For an artist w
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Ray Volpe Eats Sleeps and Rages: DJ and producer Ray Volpe got his start in electronic music back in 2010."It’s been 13 years now, time flies, it's so crazy to thi
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Stinking Lizaveta Bring Anthems and Phantoms: What does that name mean? One day, we'll have to ask them. For now, we can content ourselves with the technically dazzl
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Pink Pantheress Says Turn Your Phones Off: Multi-platinum vocalist, songwriter and producer Pink Pantheress has joined forces with rising star Destroy Lonely for new
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Mac MillerSwimming (REMember Music/Warner Bros)SkyeChristy Love Swimming: L.A. sibling duo SkyeChristy told us about their love for a Mac Miller gem. (REMember Music
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Thrash is Revived at the Regent: The thrash revival of the mid-to-late 2000's threw some great bands into the metal-loving public's ears, some of which had already b
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Girlschool is in for Alice Cooper: Jackie Chambers, guitarist with British metal trailblazers Girlschool told us about her Alice Cooper experience.Jackie Chambers: W
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From Sparks to Claud: The 165th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from
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Sharper Image: After a two-year break, San Diego Comic-Con returned last year with, if not a bang, a moderate bump. It was one of those “should we, shouldn’t we
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Jimmy Eats World and Manchester Orchestra at the Greek: Alt-emo-pop-rock masters Jimmy Eat World commercially peaked with the 2001 album Bleed American, and super-c
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