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Devendra Banhart

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    November 22, 2006

    Elvis Perkins at Spaceland

    Providence's Elvis Perkins plays Club NME at Spaceland tonight, along with Pernice Brothers. Perkins' despondent (yet somehow soothing) vocals are somewhat reminiscent of crooners Jeff Buckley, Colin Meloy (eh) or Rufus Wainwright—but minus all that excessive theatricality. And recently si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    White Rainbow's Prism of Eternal Now

    White Rainbow Prism of Eternal Now (Kranky) Release date: October 1, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Last Night: Album Leaf at Detroit Bar

    Review by Reza Allah-Bakhshi Album Leaf Detroit Bar February 21, 2008 Better Than: Wishing you could inherit Jimmy Lavalle's talent simply by touching him. Download: “On Your Way” vid by Album Leaf I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a rainy Thursday night than to kick back with a br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Last Night: The Deadnotes, Western States Motel and Castledoor @ Detroit Bar on 5/12

    Better Than: Ick, it’s Monday. This is probably the best thing happening. Detroit Bar’s no-cover Monday started off with The Deadnotes from San Clemente. An upbeat five-piece, they played the sunshiney good stuff that comes straight from the vein of The Turtles “Imagine Me And You” complete ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Tonight: Army Navy, The Shys at The Coach House

    Army Navy—an excellent power-pop band from LA, returns to Orange County tonight with a show at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. It's a surprisingly hip show for that venue; not trying to talk out of class or anything, but their next two shows after this are the Bacon Brothers and Stephen ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Brazilian Rodrigo Amarante Teams Up With the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti for Some Little Joy

    Army Navy—an excellent power-pop band from LA, returns to Orange County tonight with a show at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. It's a surprisingly hip show for that venue; not trying to talk out of class or anything, but their next two shows after this are the Bacon Brothers and Stephen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Nothing's Shocking: Amy Winehouse Removed From Coachella Lineup

    (Yes, that's a picture of Amy Winehouse. Weird, right? It's from her MySpace. It's been up there since 2006.)Everyone--even us!--made the same joke when Amy Winehouse was announced back in January as performing at this year's Coachella. "No way she'll actually make it there!" Well, we were right, of ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2009

    [Coachella 2009] Everything New Is Old Again--and Vice Versa

    (Yes, that's a picture of Amy Winehouse. Weird, right? It's from her MySpace. It's been up there since 2006.)Everyone--even us!--made the same joke when Amy Winehouse was announced back in January as performing at this year's Coachella. "No way she'll actually make it there!" Well, we were right, of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Hippie-Trippy

    Brightblack Morning Light

  • Film

    October 2, 2008
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    July 17, 2008

    Bonnets Off

    Rumspringa

  • Music

    July 10, 2008
  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Troubadour of Perception

    Folk-rock icon Donovan's music continues to raise consciousness

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Hits!

    Secondspin

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    Locals Only

    Still Waters: Dan Marriner plumbs the depths for his personal and political songs

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Believing

    My Morning Jacket

  • Culture

    September 14, 2006

    Trendzilla

    Yes, He Did Pose Himself Like That

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    Get Out!

    May 11 - May 18: Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Mediocre? You Can't Be Serious

    In defense of Coachella

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Get Out!

    April 27 - May 4: the Slaughtahouse

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Two Days in the Valley

    Coachellas always gritty and stinky and yet were still going. Again

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Dear Band

    Alabaster Rhumb

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Follow Till Death

    Xiu Xiu: Embrace them or run

  • Music

    October 13, 2005

    KUCI-FM

    Xiu Xiu: Embrace them or run

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    Greene Records

    Xiu Xiu: Embrace them or run

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Cat Power

    Barbarian princess from the South

  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Live Previews

    Barbarian princess from the South

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Street Scene: Like a More Comfortable Coachella

    ​ After attending Street Scene, the two-day downtown San Diego music festival that took place on August 28 and 29, I was left with this impression: it's better than Coachella.

  • Music

    September 3, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Making a Street Scene

    ​ After attending Street Scene, the two-day downtown San Diego music festival that took place on August 28 and 29, I was left with this impression: it's better than Coachella.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    WTF File: The Growlers on NBC LA?

    How the hell did we miss this? Not only did NBC recently launch a fluff-tastic version of "local's only" online news, one of our Local's Only bands were actually on it. On Oct. 27 The Growlers were invited to the newsroom of NBC LA to answer a cavalcade of the world's most generic que ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Show Announcement: Coachella 2010 Dates Confirmed

    Beth StirnamanCoachella 2009: Day Two​The 2010 Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival will take place Friday, April 16, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 2010 at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, Calif. Pre-sale and layaway plans go on sale today at coachella.com. Three-day passes start at $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Hits!: Second Spin's Top 10 This Week

    ​Top 10 selling records from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 at Second Spin in Costa Mesa. The shop specializes in a wide variety of used music and movies. And it's one of the Internet's largest buyer and seller of used CD's, DVD's, and video games. Here are the big music sellers for the past week:  1) Ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    The Henry Clay People and Local Natives to Play Austin City Limits

    The Henry Clay People in sepia.​The Henry Clay People and Local Natives have both been tapped to perform at Austin City Limits--otherwise known as yet another music festival better than Coachella--October 8-10. The bands will be playing amongst a line-up with the likes of Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Dengue Fever At Detroit Bar

    Beth Stirnaman/OC Weekly​Watch our slideshow here!The Hype: This isn't the story of a nasty mosquito-borne tropical disease which causes rash and vomiting. Rather, it's the story of how five American males with no aesthetic appeal--but plenty of musical chops--brought a beautiful Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    The Mysterious Indie Peddler, Kim Conlan, Revealed

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  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    [UPDATED] Devendra Banhart Deejaying at Mesa Tonight!

    www.myspace.com/devendrabanhartUpdate: you can pay a $10​ membership fee to get in if you don't R.S.V.P. Check out the flyer after the jump.Today, the S.U.N. group is hosting  "CAMM Tuesdays" at Mesa (725 Baker St., Costa Mesa) featuring a DJ set by folkie Devendra Banhart. First, a glos ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    Rumspringa

    Alex's Bar

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Warpaint at Mesa Tomorrow, Tuesday!

    ​So we missed the uber-cool Soko at the seventh C.A.M.M. (Cinema.Art.Music.Movement.) in Mesa last week, but tomorrow, LA buzz band Warpaint is performing at 6 p.m.C.A.M.M. has been bringing in some pretty decent talent to Orange County; aside from Soko, Devendra Banhart was at the launch party, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Demystifying the SUN Group (Or, What's Been Going on at Mesa?)

    Doug Neill/OC WeeklyFolkie Devendra Banhart stopped by Mesa on the night of August 10 for C.A.M.M. Tuesdays​If you haven't heard about C.A.M.M. Tuesdays at local nightspot Mesa, you're just like most people. And it's all very strange, considering the laundry list of talent that's performed Tuesday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    DJ/Promoter Ana Calderon: 'I Think A Lot of DJs Hate Me Because...I Made the Promoter/DJ Situation Become More of a Norm.'

    Doug Neil/OC WeeklyDJ Ana Calderon (with hat) at a recent Club Mesa event. To her left is SUN Group co-founder Brendan Thomas.​If you're one of the lucky ticket bearers, the doors of the Fox Pomona will part Oct. 19 so you can witness the sold-out, ethereal post-punk glory of Interpol.  Arriv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Grove Last Night

    ​The Show:  As someone who's spent a fair amount of time cavorting with hippies--and has a particular disdain for hippy culture--watching a pseudo-hippy band like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros revealed a lot about my staunchly-held beliefs. No matter how tenaciously I want to hate this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Night Horse's Frontman Sam James Velde Says, 'Hit It and Quit It'

    ​Fronted by Sam James Velde--once singer of LA's Bluebird and co-founder of Cold Sweat Records, which deployed records by Devendra Banhart, Lavender Diamond and pre-No Age trio Wives from the same mighty mailing address--and reinforced with several members of saga-song heavy band Ancestors, Night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Tag, You're It: Steve Carson of Echo Echo Interviews Justin Suitor From Railroad to Alaska

    Tag, You're It is Heard Mentality's new weekly interview feature. The concept is simple: One local artist picks another local artist to interview, then the interviewee becomes the interviewer of an artist of his or her choice the following week.  Steve Carson/Echo Echo​I honestly couldn't t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Dengue Fever at the Detroit Bar Saturday Night

    Lainna FaderDengue Fever​ Dengue Fever with Y La Bamba and Maus Haus April 30, 2011 Detroit Bar, Costa MesaClick here for the slideshow!We arrived at the Detroit Bar a few minutes early, hoping to find a last minute ticket for a friend, and walked right into the empty bar to find opener Y La Bam ... More >>

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