With their effortless and enchanting harmonies, Fleet Foxes sold out Hollywood Palladium’s show on May 7th.  Opening for Fleet Foxes was Seattle’s The Cave Singers. Photos by Kate Rentz. Friday’s Set List: The Cascades Grown Ocean Drops in the River Batter Kinzie Bedouin Dress Sim Sala Bim Mykonos Your Protector Tiger Mountain Peasant Song White [...]

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The Dutchess and the Duke were already great when they came through Los Angeles almost exactly a year ago, but their beautiful new album Sunset/Sunrise (produced by Gris Gris’ Greg Ashley) has Lee Hazlewood smiling proudly down from somewhere above Sweden. They speak now to the Black Lips’ Jared Swilley, conducting his first interview ever.

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One appreciated the Echo for finally living up to its name with Tillman’s seasoned voice filling up the entire room and the walls sending its best approximation back to our grateful ears. And what a voice, an uncanny combination of Jason Molina and Will Oldham’s vocal timbres, it’s probably at its most effective when Tillman would simply, wordlessly hum. Maybe it was all that hair covering his face that made some of his cries resound like a lone wolf howling in the darkness.

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The first track “Found Art” as well as “Theme from Big Business II” have so many changes and breakdowns, they’re worthy of psychiatric evaluation. Kasai’s synth is subdued throughout, and translates beautifully with Phil Ek’s production. Ek is the guy who produced the Shins and Fleet Foxes, and presents the rumble of Big Business in the most lush and layered ways. Mind the Drift is bound to serve long-time fans in an epic way, while roping in a new few with a fondness for mathematical rock.

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Territory BBQ and Records is the new restaurant-slash-record-store from Tony Presedo and Curtis Brown—formerly of Tee Pee Records and the band Bad Wizard, respectively. They will stock heavy music and serve heavy food. This interview by John Henry.

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Fleet Foxes finished 2008 by overwhelming many best-of-the-year lists and scheduling a set on Saturday Night Live, during which they were wearing at least one smelly shirt. Singer Robin Pecknold speaks before decamping to a creaky new home studio. This interview by Thomas McMahon.

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L.A. RECORD put photographer Lindsey Best through three dessicating days at the Coachella fun factory and she returned with this giant pile of beautiful photos and without any evidence whatsoever of sun damage to herself. Captured in full glory here are TV On The Radio, Leonard Cohen, M.I.A., No Age, Antony and the Johnsons, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Morrissey, Lykke Li, Public Enemy and many more!

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Although we have yet to toy around with the Coachooser, we present here (via Goldenvoice and Coachella) the set times for this weekend:

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