Besides being a solid drummer playing at Modest Mouse levels of complexity, DeLong isn’t that guy sitting in the glow of his laptop. He’s the guy dancing around stage among three laptops, a couple MIDI-interfaces and drum pads, several pedals, a number of mics plugged into different inputs, a couple Wii-remote and Sega controllers, and oh yeah the full drum-kit he rocks out on.

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With the hit song and video “Somebody I Used To Know,” Gotye (born Wouter “Wally” De Backer) earned himself the hottest ticket in town.  But would the Belgian-Australian songwriter  be another musician thrown to the indie wolves only to be spit out after a massive hit? Couples, older folk and many attractive young hipsters packed [...]

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Photos by Lindsey Best Wilco’s Setlist: 1 One Sunday Morning 2 Poor Places 3 Art Of Almost 4 I Might 5 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart 6 One Wing 7 Rising Red Lung 8 Impossible Germany 9 Born Alone 10 Laminated Cat (Loose Fur cover) 11 Pot Kettle Black 12 She’s A Jar [...]

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Alternative rock group Angels & Airwaves are currently on tour with their latest “LOVE, PART II” and had a recent stop at  the Avalon.  Vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge (Blink 182) with guitarist David Kennedy (Box Car Racer), bassist Matt Wachter (30 Seconds to Mars) and the recent addition of Ilan Rubin (Nine Inch Nails) on drums [...]

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Warpaint played a free intimate show at Space 15 Twenty along with DJ AJ English for the THVM Artists Series Installation. The set included two new songs, a helicopter and flying beer. —Debi Del Grande

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Isn’t it something that we get cut up and sewn up? …Just a thought for the day. And now for the news: LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 31, 2012 – Due to a medical emergency, the upcoming performance of CocoRosie, scheduled for Saturday, February 11 at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, will be postponed. The new [...]

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This song isn’t new. But we’ve never posted it before and why not now??? Close-up on the pores and unkempt face hairs and teeth of a guy singing a garage rock song, drinking from a bottle, maybe about to leak blood from his lips, maybe not. It’s a natural song with a natural face. The [...]

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It’s easy to imagine Emily Lacy living inside of a giant old tree, and fairies come to her for wisdom about saving the world. For the past few months, Lacy has been rallying for the revolution with her Occupy shows in town, and she’s teamed up with producer Scott Barber to put it on virtual wax. [...]

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The last time I caught Dinosaur Jr. performing was at their main stomping grounds, The Troubadour.  Hardcore fan, musician, writer, actor, spoken word artist, and KCRW DJ Henry Rollins was up against the wall rocking out. That’s when I decided I better start carrying around earplugs. This time, at The Music Box, Rollins did a [...]

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