Thank you Jack White, if for nothing else, than for realizing that great talent doesn’t need to fade with the times. Wanda deserves to be onstage, packing out the El Rey, showing young grasshoppers how it’s done.

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She dated Elvis and is now on stage with White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather frontman and multi-talented Jack White.  How lucky can one woman get? Legendary Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson doesn’t just sound good “for her age,” she is just good.  Finally receiving more credit where credit is due, White has brought this lovely lady back [...]

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Any girl that’s ever rebelled should know Wanda Jackson. In the 1950s, this Fujiyama Mama strutted out onto the country scene wearing tight fringe dresses, hair dyed black, and with a rocking growl, arrived at the party in Elvis’s pink Cadillac. While she’s finally in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, young folks have probably never heard her on the radio. That should change after her new album with Jack White offers the world a lesson in reality. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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DISTRO HAS BEGUN! SIDE A LACO$TE by Daiana Feuer HANNI EL KHATIB by Lainna Fader DEATH by Kristina Benson GANG OF FOUR by Lainna Fader TEEBS by Kristina Benson OFF! by Chris Ziegler TOM TOM CLUB by Daiana Feuer FORT KING by Dan Collins LUIS & THE WILDFIRES by Lainna Fader MY DRY WET MESS [...]

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Just when you think summer’s over, a heat wave comes to L.A. and Waved Out 2 comes to the Echoplex, to hose us down with the reverb-soaked sounds of teenage noise pop, chill wave, surf punk and psych-folk. I didn’t know what to expect.

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Is it too soon to anticipate sunstroke in the desert? Let the heat warm your cold blistery L.A. winter… COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL SET FOR APRIL 16, 17 AND 18, 2010 AT THE EMPIRE POLO CLUB IN INDIO, CA. PRE-SALE AND LAYAWAY AVAILABLE STARTING MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 10:00 AM. For those who can’t [...]

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We caught Rosie Flores playing an air show. With planes whizzing overhead, the guitarista has her two feet on the ground, strumming the strings in the inimitably passionate style that got a day dedicated to her in Austin. Everyday can’t be ‘Rosie Flores Day,’ but if you have a few thousand dollars to spare, she can put out Janis Martin’s last album! This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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