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WIN TICKETS TO THE OOH LA LA FESTIVAL AT THE EL REY!

August 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Ooh La L.A. is a French music festival brought to you by our good friends at Goldenvoice and KCRW, showcasing bands, artists, and DJs from the Francophone world. This year is the 3rd edition of the festival, and it features L.A. RECORD favorites Tinariwen , KCRW darlings Nouvelle Vague, and many, many more! You can [...]

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KCRW WORLD FESTIVAL @ HOLLYWOOD BOWL

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments

The thumb piano is a wondrous object, simple and hypnotizing. It’s like a handheld video game that hooks up to your soul. With this instrument, Konono No 1 creates spellbinding dance music. Seeing the Congolese band in person is monumental enough, and yet Konono was only 1 of 6 acts at the KCRW World Festival.

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THE CAVE SINGERS: HALF- ENGLISH, HALF- GIBBERISH

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Pete Quirk and the Cave Singers are touring with Lightning Dust—whose Amber and Ashley Webber contributed to the Cave Singers’ new Welcome Joy—and recovering half-written songs from dim memories og singing into phones in 7-11 parking lots. Quirk speaks now about riding bikes into rivers and Kid Rock’s lackluster Myspace discipline. This interview by Rachel Rufrano.

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COACHELLA SET TIMES

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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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