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Bruce Springsteen

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2012

    Best of the LA Times Book Fest: New California and Old, and Bruce, too!

    Mr. Bib caught up with friends, and met new ones, at last weekend's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. I'd like nothing better than to do that every weekend. Imagine: a world where the value of literacy, poetry, science, the arts, civic participation is assume, despite or in opposition to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Official Tribute Song for Trayvon Martin Set to be Released Today

    ​As news continues to unravel daily surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin, a number of rappers have already recorded songs expressing their feelings about the 17 year-old African-American youth shot to death by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Chaka Khan and musical guests also went into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Gregory Alan Isakov Says Horticulture is a Lot Like Songwriting

     ​Gregory Alan Isakov is a singer-songwriter from Colorado who puts together delicate melodies that are also--at the same time!--lushly layered and well thought out. "I probably listen to too much Leonard Cohen," Isakov says over the phone from Colorado while trying to sort out his influences ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

    ​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    What Is SxSw And Why The Hype?

    ​As many have you have likely heard in the past few days, South-by-Southwest, better known in the written form as SxSw, has descended onto Austin for its 25th rendition. What exactly is SxSw? For those of you not aware, SxSw used to be a cool event that took place in Austin every March when p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    The Top Five Songs That Have Won An Academy Award

    ​For those of you who don't know or don't care, this Sunday night is the biggest night in film: the 84th Academy Awards show. Personally, I could care less about the show, but for argument's sake, I enjoy tuning in and seeing who is the recipient of the Best Original Song award. There have been so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    3hree Things: Random Thoughts About The 2012 Grammys

    Watch out for 3hree Things (usually) every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​ Because a column that usually runs on Tuesdays should run on a Monday. Because the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Johnny Ramone's Autobio to be Released, Eight Years Later (Plus, Five Other Essential Rock Bios)

    ​Yesterday, news of the long-awaited Johnny Ramone autobiography finally broke and is scheduled to be released this spring. It's hard to believe, but Johnny died in September 2004 and somehow his memoirs are being released now. It should be interesting to read what the iconic guitar's true thought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Ten Musician Stamps We'd Like To See

    ​ The US Postal Service, desperate to stop 15 years of bleeding caused by email and private competitors, announced that it will soon feature living people on stamps (the post office has long had a policy of placing only the dead on postage). Of interest to this column, the USPS will consider fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    R.I.P. Jeff Porcaro: Five of the Legendary Toto Drummer's Best Songs and How They've Been Sampled, on the 19th Anniversary of his Death

    ​People say that even without Toto, Jeff Porcaro would've cemented his place in music history because of the high caliber of his drumming. It's said to have defined much of the music produced in the late '70s and '80s. Born into a musical family, he toured and/or recorded with Sonny and Cher as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    RIP: Veteran Rock Journalist Jane Scott Dies

    ​Sometimes it takes the earth shattering occurrence of death to put a little perspective on things.  It happened today with the death of venerable rock journalist, Jane Scott, who was 92. Through in her later years, she looked much like the quintessential granny with her large frame glasses a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Today in Music News: 2010 Lilith Fair Lineup, Radiohead, "Hope for Haiti Now," Kanye West, Lady Gaga

    "Loretta Lynn, Heart, Norah Jones, Cat Power, Gossip and More Added to the 2010 Lilith Tour Line-Up."Radiohead to perform a "Haiti benefit show this Sunday, January 24, at the Music Box at the Fonda in Los Angeles."Watch everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Beyonce to Madonna to Taylor Swift on tonig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Today in Music News: Vampire Weekend Gets 'Unplugged,' M.I.A., Michael Jackson, Madonna

    Vampire Weekend - New Music - More Music Videos Watch (above) Vampire Weekend--which performs April 14 at Fox Theater, Pomona--on new episode of MTV Unplugged. New M.I.A. album due out this summer (!) features production by Blaqstarr and vocals Filipino Verizon workers. Michael Jackson's death c ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Irvine's Entice Have 10,000 Reasons to Be Happy

    Vampire Weekend - New Music - More Music Videos Watch (above) Vampire Weekend--which performs April 14 at Fox Theater, Pomona--on new episode of MTV Unplugged. New M.I.A. album due out this summer (!) features production by Blaqstarr and vocals Filipino Verizon workers. Michael Jackson's death c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    On-Sale Saturday: Benefit Show with Social Distortion!

    Orange County punk/rockabilly legends Social Distortion are playing their first show in the area in some time (not counting Mike Ness solo shows; there's been plenty of those) on May 18 at the House of Blues in Anaheim. It's the "Rock to Recovery" event, benefiting "Jay Thomas and his battle with sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Sally Kellerman, 'Sally'

    Of course, one of the perks of writing about music is getting albums before anyone else. You know, that unique sense of smug self-satisfaction that comes from getting promo CDs weeks before the rest of the world. (Sure, albums being routinely leaked online early has tempered the novelty of this, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Rumored/Confirmed Coachella Artists Start to Trickle In

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • Music

    December 11, 2008

    Tom Morello's Nightwatchman Brings Chord Changes We Can Believe In

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    [CD Review] The Killers, 'Day & Age' (Island)

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 14, 2008

    A New York State of Mind at Rohrer Fine Art in Laguna Beach

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Mmmmm-K

    Jason Anderson

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Last night at Honda Center: Bruce Springsteen with Rage ATM's Tom Morello

    I'm still trying to absorb a lot of last night's Bruce Springsteen show at Honda Center -- I'll have more on Wednesday, a less-deadline-intensified day 'round these Weekly parts. But in the meantime, enjoy this from-the-nosebleeds clip from the gig, with special guest Tom Morello of Rage Against the ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 11, 2007

    DVDish

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! You’ll Laugh Dying

  • Music

    April 26, 2007

    Sitting There On the Group W Bench

    The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour

  • Film

    March 22, 2007

    Again With the Serious Face

    Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower in Reign Over Me and finally nails a somber role

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Monster Mash

    Five hits from Hell

  • Music

    August 11, 2005

    Doing It to Death

    Tom Petty and Jackson Browne: Burned out or rusted?

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    Stinkstock!

    Coachella is part festival, part endurance test

  • Features

    December 16, 2004

    In the Presents of Greatness

    What to buy for the person who knows everything

  • Culture

    November 11, 2004

    False Memorial

    The Guys demands we care

  • Music

    July 15, 2004

    Greaser is the Word

    The Rascals been lonely too long

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    PsychobillyPsuperstars

    The return of the Guana Batz

  • Columns

    March 13, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    The return of the Guana Batz

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    B

    The return of the Guana Batz

  • Music

    October 17, 2002

    Not Bad Company to Keep

    Patty Griffin does it her way

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Blame Canada for the Tragically Hip

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    A Post-Sept. 11 Fourth

    Blame Canada for the Tragically Hip

  • Music

    May 2, 2002

    The Substitute Soundtrack

    Blame Canada for the Tragically Hip

  • Culture

    January 24, 2002

    The Mormon In All of Us

    The Hunger Artists bash, latterday plays

  • Music

    September 20, 2001

    The Dylan Curse

    Jeffrey Halford is the next Dylan, and the Bangles are the next Bangles!

  • Unknown

    December 21, 2000

    You May Say I'm a Dreamer

    Jeffrey Halford is the next Dylan, and the Bangles are the next Bangles!

  • Music

    November 2, 2000

    Why Pearl Jam Still Matters

    Yes! Pearl Jam!

  • Columns

    April 20, 2000

    Letters

    Yes! Pearl Jam!

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    The 90s Didnt Suck

    Survey says: Many, many great discs produced in past decade!

  • Music

    December 2, 1999

    Lauren, Lead Singer of Drown and Head of 1605 Entertainment

    Survey says: Many, many great discs produced in past decade!

  • Music

    June 10, 1999

    CD REVIEWS

    Survey says: Many, many great discs produced in past decade!

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