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Jimmy Iovine’s brand of carefree goodtime radio rock

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Within a crowded field already overflowing with Weezer wannabes and vapid Vampire Weekenders

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If Lana Del Rey had been born a guy

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Aerosmithian rock balladry

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Jimmy Iovine’s brand of carefree goodtime radio rock

L.A. alt-rockers Rooney will be celebrating 20 years of music, “unplugged and live,” for their Break the Wall Tour, due to hit Soda Bar on June 27. Fronted by singer ...

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Within a crowded field already overflowing with Weezer wannabes and vapid Vampire Weekenders

There’s something about Epitaph Records, when you hear of a band signed to that label, you pretty much always know what you’re in for. Emo, power pop, and pop punk ...

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If Lana Del Rey had been born a guy

L.A.-based art rock quartet Young Jesus (not to be confused with the Logic song by that name) sounds kind of like if Lana Del Rey had been born a guy ...

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Aerosmithian rock balladry

It sometimes seems as if British alt-rockers Deaf Havana are embarrassed by the top-five chart success of their biggest release, 2017’s All These Countless Nights. Formed in 2005, their fifth ...

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Effortless proficiency on Dobro, mandolin, acoustic bass, piano, sax, and even the clarinet and bassoon

John Jorgenson is one of the first and few guitarists since the late Dick Dale or Stanley Jordan to so quickly establish an instantly recognizable signature sound. His playing can easily be picked out from ...

March 7, 2019

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Hand-stamped authentic via Woody Guthrie

There’s an art to telling stories through music that has nearly been lost since the advent of multitracking. It takes a fierce kind of bravery to face an audience armed only with a guitar, mic, ...

February 28, 2019

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February 21, 2019

Twisted doo-wopian hooks

Pop-punk originators the Dickies have never been shy about their love for the Ramones, and not just the pure pop masterworks co-created by Phil Spector. The San Fernando Valley band worships every twisted doo-wopian hook ...

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February 14, 2019

New look for “King Without a Crown” writer & more just announced concerts

Matthew Paul Miller, aka Matisyahu, earned a lot of early press for being the first widely known Hasidic Jewish reggae performer to incorporate rapping and beat-boxing into his music. You could run down a calculator ...

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February 7, 2019

Syncopated soulful groove of the Suffers & more Just Announced concerts

Houston’s The Suffers were still trying to match their funky 1970s “Workin’ at the Car Wash” R&B sound to contemporary reggae and dub music when their first singles and debut Make Some Room EP dropped ...

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January 31, 2019

Party like it’s 1965

Rarely has an artist summed up both their sound and philosophy as succinctly as Gene Evaro Jr. does on his album, song, and video for “Like It’s 1965.” Nearly everything he says, does, sings, and ...

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January 24, 2019

Ryan Bingham: snarky desert troubadour

Americana singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham may not be breaking any new ground in the roots music field, but it is called roots; you’re not supposed to dig ‘em up. Maintaining sagebrush authenticity isn’t a problem for ...

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January 17, 2019

Honky-tonk swagger and bitter laments

Former Black Crowe Chris Robinson may be looking more and more like he posed for the Shroud of Turin, but his voice has only gotten stronger through the years, as heard over the course of ...

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Nearly novelty

Canadian rock trio Danko Jones will make their first appearance at Observatory North Park (having previously favored the Casbah and Brick By Brick) on February 10, where they’ll presumably preview their upcoming ninth studio album, ...

January 10, 2019

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Pop-punk lounge act's novelty punch preserved

Had Frank Sinatra had been born in Chicago circa 1971 and grown up on Naked Raygun and the Ramones, he probably would have founded the Smoking Popes. Their pop-punk-lounge act has retained the novelty punch ...

January 3, 2019

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December 20, 2018

Bilingual dream pop

Listening to bilingual dream pop band the Marias is like being presented with a soundtrack to the weirdest second hand store you ever went home and told your friends about. Everything is vintage and stacked ...

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December 13, 2018

The concert game

I realize that all the morbid online dead pools are betting on the upcoming tours by 76 year-old Paul McCartney (coming to Petco Park June 22), John Prine (now 72), and/or the Rolling Stones (70s-and-up) ...

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Jimmy Iovine’s brand of carefree goodtime radio rock

Within a crowded field already overflowing with Weezer wannabes and vapid Vampire Weekenders

If Lana Del Rey had been born a guy

Aerosmithian rock balladry

Shows Just Announced

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