Black Joe Lewis is a Texas soul shouter who would have been at home on Sue in 1966 but finds himself instead on Lost Horizon with his band the Honeybears. He’s opened for Little Richard but his favorite rock ‘n’ roll band is Rocket From The Tombs and he loved Star Trek right up to the point J.J. Abrams got hold of it. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Extra Golden started when a graduate-studies project grew into a part-American-part-African benga band in Kenya and recently won notice for their particularly timely song “Obama,” which is about the president and not the beer. Their Thank You Very Quickly is out now on Thrill Jockey. This interview by Kevin Ferguson.

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Hey, all! We have just finished our biggest issue in a year — the table of contents page is practically hanging out the bottom — and we will be celebrating with our traditional free night at the Cha Cha in SIlverlake at 9 PM this Monday!

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Aside from being death-inducingly hot, the double-room setup made the night extra awkward: The Echo decided that night that they would extend Dub Club to both the upstairs and the downstairs rooms. Does that mean Extra Golden is reggae or something? Fine. It also meant that we had to walk down those piss-scented concrete stairs [...]

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