The all-powerful Reigning Sound roared out of Memphis with the realest soulful rock ‘n’ roll since the Flamin Groovies, the Real Kids and Esquerita all ruled the earth together. They visit California far too seldom, so don’t miss these shows at Alex’s Bar this weekend! (With the Strange Boys opening!? How will we ever go back to normal?) Win tickets here, and then read this interview by Chris Ziegler.

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The sister band to Canadian psych collective Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops is Stephen McBean’s quasi-secret side project exploring personal material. And if Black Mountain is about death, then Pink Mountaintops is about sex and love—not surprising considering the band’s name is a reference to nipples.

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The Dream Syndicate found whatever was in Sister Lovers and Tonight’s The Night still breathing in L.A. in 1984 and used it to make Medicine Show, still a nervous and wild local classic. Guitarist-singer Steve Wynn will perform the album in its entirety tonight with his band the Miracle 3. He speaks now from a quiet park in New York. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmhzk3uEHJo] the flamin groovies backed by the a-bones at the ponderosa stomp It’s not the future anyone expected but it’s still the one we live in—unbeatable rock ‘n’ roll label Norton (home of our favorite records and yours too, even if you don’t know it yet) crept into modernity first with the digital issue of [...]

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Quick list of all last week’s previews, reviews, interviews and MP3s!

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