“This is the number one rule for your set/In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets/And through our travels we get separated, never forget/In or
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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. The original recordi
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In honor of poor Teddy Riley.
Nothing says “epic video” more than a hourglass filled with shifted sands. Nothing.
I'm fairly certain that &#
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In the heart of Larchmont Village, among the rows of cafes and retailers, Brushfire Records' headquarters looks like an antiquated mansion from the street. Look
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10. Spoon–Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [Merge]
Sasha Frere-Jones is a joke and Spoon can prove it. I mean, if all I had to judge indie rock on was the Arcade Fire and the
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10. Sea Wolf-Leaves in the River
At times, Leaves In the River reads a little predictably quirky, but Alex Church's pop heart salvages this from being the effo
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In a West Saugerties, New York, house dubbed by its tenants Big Pink,” Bob Dylan and a band who later named themselves The Band gathered daily for six months in 19
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{mosimage}“I always consider Run-DMC as the Beatles of rap,” proclaims Chuck D, front man of one of rap’s most revered groups, Public Enemy. “
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For a guy who’s been AARP-eligible for well over a decade, Joe Boyd has pretty amazing recall of numerous serendipitous experiences from 40 years ago. But, he
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The Bobby Bradford Mo’tet ?and other jazz picks
Trumpeter Bobby Bradford has long thrived on the avant edges of L.A. jazz. There were two stints in Ornette Coleman
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After seven years, the Hollywood Boulevard danceteria called Bang! is still busting at the seams with 18-and-over indie-music-lovin’ babes. Though its location is
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? WOW, SUCKERPUNCH! I’ve been waiting years for the Griffith Observatory to reopen — years! — and when it does, I find out they’re not bringing back Laserium
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