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MP3: BABY DEE "LILACS"

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Download: Baby Dee “Lilacs” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie out now on Drag City) BABY DEE WITH SIMONE WHITE ON SAT., MAY 1, AT McCABE’S GUITAR SHOP, 3101 PICO BLVD., SANTA MONICA. 8 PM / $15 / ALL AGES. MCCABES.COM. BABY DEE’S A BOOK OF [...]

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JAN. 31: CAVE COUNTRY + TOMMY SANTEE KLAWS + TALL TALES AND THE SILVER LINING

January 30th, 2010 · No Comments

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BILLY BRAGG: YOU’VE GOT TO HOPE

August 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Billy Bragg has been mixing pop and politics and hoping to save the youth of America since he started out as ‘one-man Clash’ in 1977. After projects with Wilco and Woody Guthrie, he will present the U.S. premiere of his vocal version of Beethoven’s ‘Ode To Joy’ in Santa Monica. This interview by Dan Collins.

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THE MEKONS: PAUL McCARTNEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED

July 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Mekons lived Leeds but dreamed Texas and Tennessee and after finding their feet in first-wave punk songs like “Where Were You,” they left the world of Rough Trade for the open range. They are working on a new album tentatively called 100 Years and singer-guitarist-activist Jon Langford speaks as he takes his dog to the vet. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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PETER HOLSAPPLE AND CHRIS STAMEY: CRAZY IN RETROSPECT

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple were (legendarily) the only people in North Carolina who bought Big Star albums the very first time around, and they’d team up most famously for the power-pop band the dB’s. (Stamey would also release Chris Bell’s 45 and Holsapple would go on to play with Hootie and the Blowfish!) They are now teamed up as a band with no official name. This interview by Dan Collins.

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SUN., FEB. 17 WOODEN SHJIPS @ McCABE’S

February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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