Elliott SmithFigure 8 (DreamWorks)I remember the first time that I heard Elliott Smith. One of my first childhood girlfriends had burned me a couple cds and one of t
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The thirty-ninth?LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we've been writing about all week, is live now. There's rock from the Hives and Coachwhips, metal f
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As I started thinking about the question of the best gig I ever went to, a few times my mind went to Austin, and to South By Southwest. There was Dávila 666 in the
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Yarin Glam was just 14 years old when she moved with her family from a small town in Israel called Arad to the sprawling majesty of Los Angeles. As a child, she had
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Los Angeles-based party collective Space Yacht recently launched their own record label, and they're currently celebrating their six year anniversary with a virtual
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The man commonly referred to as Topic has been producing music since he was 16 years old, when his music teacher introduced him to computer-based music programs.I go
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New York rapper Princess Nokia has come a long way since the 2014 Metallic Butterfly album, highlighted by last year's excellent Everything is BeautifulÂ
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Phoenix metal veterans Sacred Reich are reissuing their first two albums --?Ignorance?and?The American Way -- plus the 1988?Surf Nicaragua EP through Metal Blade Rec
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Rising Detroit R&B star J. Brown is on the crest of a soulful wave right now. Last year, his "Moon" single became his second to hit the Billboard R&B top ten
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Alanis MorissetteJagged Little Pill (Maverick/Reprise)Hands down, my favorite album of all time is Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. Of course there are other
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Around the same time that the Strokes were topping the charts, the White Stripes were leading the charge from Detroit, and the likes of the Vines and the Datsuns wer
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The thirty-eighth?LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we've been writing about all week, is live now. There's rock from Foo Fighters and Jane's Addictio
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