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Duran Duran

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    Shag and His Trend Chasers

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    April 21, 2011

    Coachella 2011: Hits and Misses

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    April 18, 2011

    Coachella Day Three: Kanye West Did Not Bring out Katy Perry or Rihanna, but Still Owned the Fest

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    April 17, 2011

    Coachella: Best Coast Does Simple Pop Songs on Distortion Best

    Your indie-rock binky​I love the fuzz in Best Coast's music. It wraps around you like a blanket, giving some grit to what otherwise would just be pretty little ditties.So Beth Cosentino is singing a song about the most famous indie-rock cat ever. "You can't go to a Best Coast show without hearing ... More >>

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    April 7, 2011

    Coachella 2011

    Why You Go

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    April 7, 2011

    Duran Duran: Still Hungry

    For too long, John Taylor and the boys have been a pop group without a hit. They mean to change that

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    March 3, 2011

    Porn-ing In America

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    February 22, 2011

    OC Weekly's 1980 Through 1989 Mixtape

    Run-D.M.C.​We decided to make a new super-cool mixtape for all our loyal readers to enjoy this week. We caught the Reagan documentary on HBO over the long weekend, and it inspired us to reach back to the era of skinny ties, geometric hairdos and personal and musical excess for a set of kickass tun ... More >>

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    February 10, 2011

    Hall of Shame: 10 Artists Who Absolutely Need to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    ​Each year, the old bastards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame invite some other old bastards to join the club. Usually, they're either obvious (this year, Tom Waits, who really should have been in about 15 years ago) or questionable (Alice Cooper is cool, but he has maybe ten truly great songs in ... More >>

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    August 25, 2010

    Warpaint on David Bowie Compilation Album for War Child

    ​See how we did that? Alliteration is your friend! LA buzz band Warpaint contributed songs to a new album of David Bowie covers in aid of the charity War Child charity. We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, the album is set for release on Oct. 11. Duran Duran, Chairlift and Edward Sharp ... More >>

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    April 1, 2010

    A Look Inside the New Limb's Sounds People Can Hear Listening Party

    ​For a bunch of reticent rockers from Costa Mesa, the New Limb crew likes to make a lot of noise. Made up of brothers Joey (vocals) and Adam Chavez (drums), Dan Perez (guitar) and Lauren Salamone (keys), the band releases its first full-length recording, Sounds People Can Hear, April 3, kicked off ... More >>

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    September 17, 2009

    [CD Review] David Sylvian, 'Manafon' (Samadhi Sound)

    ​For a bunch of reticent rockers from Costa Mesa, the New Limb crew likes to make a lot of noise. Made up of brothers Joey (vocals) and Adam Chavez (drums), Dan Perez (guitar) and Lauren Salamone (keys), the band releases its first full-length recording, Sounds People Can Hear, April 3, kicked off ... More >>

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    September 1, 2009

    Last Night: The Used at Chain Reaction

    ​Last Night: The Used at Chain Reaction, Anaheim; August 31, 2009.Better Than: Paying $4 billion for something.Questionable Moral Stance: Bert McCracken encouraged the crowd to not be "pussies" and steal the album online, but to walk across the street to Target and steal it there. (Perhaps even mo ... More >>

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    July 23, 2009

    A Medical-Pot Activist Spends a Night in Jail for Talking Back to Deputies at the OC Fair

    ​Last Night: The Used at Chain Reaction, Anaheim; August 31, 2009.Better Than: Paying $4 billion for something.Questionable Moral Stance: Bert McCracken encouraged the crowd to not be "pussies" and steal the album online, but to walk across the street to Target and steal it there. (Perhaps even mo ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

    ​Last Night: The Used at Chain Reaction, Anaheim; August 31, 2009.Better Than: Paying $4 billion for something.Questionable Moral Stance: Bert McCracken encouraged the crowd to not be "pussies" and steal the album online, but to walk across the street to Target and steal it there. (Perhaps even mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Acts Shaping Up for the OC Super Fair

    OMG. Fairs and Kelly Clarkson, two of my favorite things, together at last on July 23. What a day.The lineup for acts for this year's OC Super Fair is shaping up, and if you like nostalgia, well, this is the event for you! Other than Ms. Clarkson, it's pretty much all oldsters: Hearts, Moody Blues, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    [Aural Reports] DJ/Student Mono/Poly Violates No Anti-Trust Laws With His Beats

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

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    October 2, 2008

    [Game On] For Those About to Rock . . . Again: 'Rock Band 2' Turns It Up To . . . You Know the Rest

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Faster Format

    VHS or Beta channel Gang of Four, New Order and . . . Jackson Browne?

  • Film

    July 12, 2007

    Coming Soon

    In the last days of the Los Angeles Film Festival, a glimpse of the year’s filmic future

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    LAFF 2007: Bluey, Da Ba Dee Da Ba Dah

    Raise your hand if you thought Gavin Rossdale of Bush could be a decent actor. Or a decent anything. Yeah, he got his face melted in Constantine, but that proved nothing. But Mr. Gwen Stefani really shows something in HOW TO ROB A BANK, as a pill-popping criminal named Simon (after Simon Le Bon of ... More >>

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    August 17, 2006

    Art: For Dummies?

    J Flynn Gallery gives us art for ordinary people

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    June 1, 2006

    Get Out!

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    March 2, 2006

    Lovemachine

    Nicole Krauss newest, The History of Love, generates its own romance

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    April 21, 2005

    SPLENDOR OF THE ASS

    Nicole Krauss newest, The History of Love, generates its own romance

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    March 24, 2005

    All the Sad Young Men

    The Decemberists are different from you and me

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    March 10, 2005

    Noise Noise Noise

    The Decemberists are different from you and me

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    December 2, 2004

    Eight Days

    The Decemberists are different from you and me

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    November 18, 2004

    Tastes Like Downtown LBC

    Taste of Long Beach squirms under self-imposed limitations

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    October 30, 2003

    Best Entertainment, Nightlife and Music

    Taste of Long Beach squirms under self-imposed limitations

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    September 25, 2003

    The Dandy Warhols

    Taste of Long Beach squirms under self-imposed limitations

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    August 14, 2003

    Remembering Celia Cruz

    Taste of Long Beach squirms under self-imposed limitations

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    August 7, 2003

    Nutsack in a Blender

    Boston, dude! Boston!

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    July 24, 2003

    Groovy, Baby!

    Boston, dude! Boston!

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    June 19, 2003

    Scoring the Fair Bands

    Boston, dude! Boston!

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    April 3, 2003

    Make Love, Not War

    I confess . . .

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    October 24, 2002

    R

    I confess . . .

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    June 27, 2002

    Lie Spy

    I confess . . .

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    March 14, 2002

    The Evil Among Us

    I confess . . .

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    November 1, 2001

    Childhoods End

    Whats eating Donnie Darko

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    April 12, 2001

    Cinderella Stories

    Amd then we have sex with Simon LeBon

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    November 11, 1999

    Scary Tribute Bands Edition!

    Amd then we have sex with Simon LeBon

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    October 21, 1999

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