Short blog item for O.C. WEEKLY 's blog on Koo's founder Dennis Lluy moving his all-ages venue out of Long Beach and back to Santa Ana, which sort of chased him out six years ago but which has apparently learned from past actions. After five years in downtown Long Beach, storied all-ages venue Koo's is officially returning to Santa Ana and a new home at the historic Yost Theater, where a no-longer non-profit Koo's, Inc., will begin programming in January. "We're done in Long Beach," says [...]
lwiii.com Stream: Loudon Wainwright III "Motel Blues" (from Recovery on Yep Roc) Stream: Big Star "Motel Blues" (from The Ardent Sessions ) My first talk with Loudon Wainwright over at O.C. WEEKLY. I did this originally for [...]
josh slater Download: Roky Erickson Wish List Set List (from Roky Erickson Wish List Set List) My actual real-live interview with Roky Erickson up at L.A. RECORD . He sounded better on the phone and ever. (And did a pretty great show last night, even without "Starry Eyes" or "The Interpreter.") I talked to him last year for this S.F. WEEKLY [...]
For all those who are wanna get into the show for free and have the true rok love that will make it possible—or for those who wanna get the 13th Floor Elevators book or a Roky 2XLP, both of which I have inches away from me right now (not the contest copies, don't worry) and both of which I can assure you are deeply and righteously ripping... anyway—for those who want a chance to ace the only GRE (Glorify Roky Erickson) that matters, L.A. RECORD presents... the ROKY ERICKSON TRIVIA CHALLENGE ! Direct link here [...]
dan monick Download: Warpaint "Billie Holiday" (from the self-released Exquisite Corpse EP) A completely different conversation with Warpaint up now at L.A. RECORD . This ran in the August print issue but we didn't post online til we got an MP3. I think it's worth it. As I said before , I'm really getting into this band. I think Emily and Theresa [...]
carolyn barron Download: Roky Erickson Wish List Set List I think we all know the kind of place Roky occupies in my life. Since he's doing new songs for the first time in decades at the show Friday , I made a wishlist setlist of rarely heard Roky classics for L.A. RECORD . Complete info over there . "Mine [...]
Download: Greater California "It's Great" (shea M gauer remix) (from Trust Us on Fidotrust) Download: Devon Williams "A Truce" (from "Elevator" 45 on L.A. RECORD ) Download: Thee Makeout Party "Slack" [...]
emily rose Download: Devon Williams "A Truce" (from "A Truce" 45 on L.A. RECORD ) Great press for Devon to advance my show at the Prospector tomorrow. ( THAT'S DEVON WILLIAMS AT THE PROSPECTOR IN LONG BEACH TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! CLICK HERE FOR MUSIC AND REASONS TO GO!!!! ) Full fun below. Ellen was [...]
Stream: Warpaint "Billie Holliday" Second talk with the other half of Warpaint up at OC WEEKLY . I did an interview with Emily and Theresa in L.A. RECORD but that's not quite online yet. (But will be very soon.) I'm really starting to get into this band. Warpaint sounds kind of like Telescopes and Lush and a lot of the spacier British bands from probably '79 to '93? That's kind of clinically mathematical [...]
dan monick Download: RTX "Cheap Wine Time" (from JJ Got Live RATX on Drag City) Tons of fun with RTX's Jennifer and Kurt over at L.A. RECORD . I back this band hard ( I even wrote their bio ) and the new album is great. Hanoi Rocks plus Enigma-era Roky to me, though L.A. RECORD [...]
Pending resolution of local circumstances.
dan monick and sam mcpheeters Stream: Sam McPheeters "Punishment Bathroom" Last day of McPheeters ' 'Unleash The Walrus' art show at Hope Gallery today. He gave me one of my realest interviews ever a while back, and then we made arrangements for him to occasionally dip in to deliver OC WEEKLY a bit of dignity . Drew Denny at L.A. RECORD does this fearlessly worthwhile interview : [...]
Via L.A. RECORD . Excited as my neighborhood turns into my record collection. It's like Soundwalk Private Reserve. Greater California will be playing a show I'm doing at Prospector on Oct. 25 (with Devon Williams —his first-ever time in Long Beach—and thee Makeout Party! ) and if you'd like some background on this event, link to my feature is here . Here are the set times for the Schooled in Song event we [...]
I have been buried in Feelies for a day or so. This is from their last album . Pinch comes halfway through the first verse. Plus you can see such focus in their faces! Classic band with everything out of print, which further punishes a struggling nation . First album live Feelies vid below. The Feelies "Crazy Rhythms" (live 1979)
Details on today's big event, thanks to fine research by L.A. RECORD . This line-up for free is joy which will reverberate across the centuries. All L.A. RECORD alumni linked below. 1). Emerging Stage - Shearin/Colorado 5:00-5:30— Princeton 5:45-6:15— Pizza! 6:30-7:00— Abe Vigoda 7:15-7:55— Earlimart 8:10-8:50— Crystal Antlers 9:05-9:20— Gangi 9:35-10:10— Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 10:30-11:10— [...]
christine hale Download: Sian Alice Group "Motionless" (from 59:59 out now on Social Registry) This interview with Sian Alice Group at L.A. RECORD cost me like $30 in Skype credits but switched to conversation in the middle and friendly goofin' off by the end so you bet it was worth it. Great folks—once we uncovered shared [...]
Stream: The Marvelettes "Paper Boy" (from my own personal 45 which I bought off a broomstick at a D.C. junkshop) Via L.A. RECORD —this comes from the venerable SOC , who if he wasn't there in the very first issue was probably in right afterward. (Though my favorite early clip from Vol. 1 is then-Amoeba-cashier Devon Williams reviewing Lavender Diamond ... which he later joined.) It's nice to see 'em all stacked [...]
carla brookoff Download: Mike Bones "Pope John Paul" (from The Sky Behind The Sea on Social Registry) Great musician who rarely comes to L.A. playing for free at an awesome venue. Go to this in between visiting the Eagle Rock Music Festival and the Sian Alice Group show that night . Also watch this space for details on the Eagle Rock [...]
sean from new fidelity Download: Blank Blue "All The Shallow Deep" (from Western Water Music Vol. 2 on Ubiquity) Download: Greater California "It's Great" (shea M gauer remix) (from Trust Us on Fidotrust) [...]
Stream: Guy Clark "L.A. Freeway" Stream: Jerry Jeff Walker "Hairy Ass Hillbillies" Stream: Iris DeMent "Let The Mystery Be" Feature on the overflowing glories of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free festival in Golden Gate Park this weekend. Besides the screwy combo of MC Hammer [...]
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The Kills on Letterman (Video)
Download: James Blake Live Album (Unofficial)
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Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
