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WIN TICKETS TO CUT CHEMIST + MC EDAN + MR. LIF AT THE HOB ANAHEIM!

August 8th, 2011 · No Comments

Cut Chemist is a legendary DJ and producer and well, we could spend about 2,000,000 words telling you why. Which would be unnecessary, because you probably know. If you want to win tickets to see the HOB Anaheim stop of his Tunnel Vission tour, a concept that has been evolving over the course of six [...]

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JAN. 1: 1ST ANNUAL BLUNTS AND BOWLS SHOW w/ SNOOP DOGG

December 30th, 2010 · No Comments

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SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 RECAP

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

I am happy to say that Ozzy is still fucking awesome! He opened his one-hour set with an energized version of “I Don’t Know,” and he looked fit and happy, and his vocals sounded great. He played a few Sabbath classics like “War Pigs” and “Paranoid” and a bunch of his solo favorites. He hosed the crowd down several times with foam fire retardant. I got nailed, and I was a good 20 yards away. I saw one dude perched in a tree yell to his friend who was standing next to me that this show was his personal rock and roll moment, just as Ozzy nailed him square in the face with the foam like he was an anarchist at a WTO rally.

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THE MELVINS @ HOB

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

photography by ward robinson

The Melvins performing at The House of Blues on August 18, 2009.

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COOL KIDS + THE CLIPSE @ HOUSE OF BLUES

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

The Cool Kids took the stage first, both MCs clad in a simple striped polo shirts and jeans. This Chicago-based duo is one of the best (and normally best dressed) to hit the scene in the last few years. Their flashier style was missed, but their clones in the audience showed why they toned it down.

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ZIG ZAG WANDERER: THE WAREHOUSE AND THE WAY TO GO HOME

May 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Halloween Swim Team sounded fairly cacophonous through the storefront windows, but the Monolators insisted the door be shut for their aggressive psych-rock, lest blameless strollers on Sunset be caught in the fusillade and begin to yell for the cops. A onetime trio once shrunk to the husband-and-wife team of Eli and Mary Chartkoff but now swollen to a quintet, the band handed out cardboard keys to Thursday’s release of their digital EP Ruby I’m Changing My Number. The crowd, now rapt and judging from a whole new set of standards, were delighted all over again with this brief and forceful turn.

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THE SWEET: IF YOU DON’T GET THE HUMOR, YOU’RE A BIT SLOW

April 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

As bassist and co-vocalist of nonpareil Britrock jesters the Sweet, Steve Priest provided the wobbly floor beneath megabuck Top Ten capers like ‘Little Willie,’ ‘Fox on the Run’ and ‘Ballroom Blitz.’ After spurning the temptation to take his old band back out on the road until 2006, Priest finally answers ‘Uh-huh’ to the musical question, ‘Are you ready, Steve?’ This interview by Ron Garmon.

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THU., OCT. 30: TODAY’S PICKS

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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FRI., JUNE 13: TODAY'S PICKS

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

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