Photos by Walter Sy It wasn’t too long ago, Imagine Dragons was playing inside The Roxy during the middle of a hot day at the Sunset Strip Festival. Only a handful of people were there. Fast forward to this week and the indie rock band from Vegas headlined a sold out show at The Wiltern. [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Family. It seems a few of these were together over the holiday weekend and headed over to No Doubt’s first of seven shows at The Gibson, whether they were watching the show or performing on stage. “You have to see this new band from the OC.” This, of [...]

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Sweden’s gift to retro rock The Soundtrack Of Our Lives leveled the El Rey last Friday in a surprise return to North America. They played the Troubadour in 2009 and usually don’t grace this continent for an eternity of another two years. That’s seven-hundred-and-thirty days, people. So this tour was a rare and delectible delicacy of an epicurean treat. Seriously, if this tour were food, it would be a black Périgord truffle.

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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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