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The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ By: Gavin Cleaver While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's st ... More >>

10 Classical Albums to Listen to While Studying or Writing

In 1993, the famous book by Don Campbell, The Mozart Effect, convinced millions that listening to Mozart can have a substantial effect on cognition.  Now, the debate over whether or not music improves intelligence is filled with psychologists, neurologists, teachers, and musicians with so many ... More >>

The 15 Most Ridiculous Band Photos We've Seen This Year

By Daniel Hill Here at Heard Mentality we see literally one shitload of press photos every week. Many of them stick to a template: Gather all band members together, shoulder to shoulder. Make sure no one smiles, ever. Have the artists try to look thoughtful, but also like they are not trying to lo ... More >>

Advice to Every New Band: Stop Putting Out Albums

By: Daniel Hopkins Ask a Failed Musician is a new column from our sister music blog at Dallas Observer, in which Daniel Hopkins helps struggling musicians make sense of their careers and offers advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn't work for him. But then again, he ... More >>

Five Best Guitar Moments at Coachella

See also*The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs*Coachella: Five Signs You're An Aging Hipster*Radiohead at Coachella: No Alarms and No SurprisesThis year's Coachella lineup mostly favored artists not necessarily known for guitar prowess, but let it be ... More >>

Coachella: Radiohead's Weekend 1 Set, No Alarms and No Surprises

RadioheadCoachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, IndioApril 14, 2012Radiohead might have a problem. They are so consistently great that an elite performance, such as the one turned in Saturday night at Coachella, could be seen as missing that element of surprise that comes with headlining the fest ... More >>

The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14, 2012

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Day One *"What My Spirit Hood Means To Me": Coachella-Goers Explain *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers*Radiohead, Weekend 1: No Alarms, No Surprises Radiohead certainly had the most pre-festival buzz for Saturday, but once we ... More >>

'Exit Music: The Radiohead Story' Giveaway!

​We're giving away three copies of Mac Randall's unauthorized biography of Radiohead, entitled Exit Music: The Radiohead Story. In the book, now updated, Randall follows Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and Phil Selway's journey to fame an ... More >>

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Coachella Lineup Announced!

​Hipsters of the world unite! After a long wait, the Coachella lineup has been announced. The festival, as promised, will span six days over two weekends in April (13-15, 20-22). As usual, the festival features an indie-friendly lineup; however, there are a couple of prominent names returning to t ... More >>

Top 15 Teen Movie Music Moments

​Teen movies, in general, have great music. I don't know how that is, but when you think about it, teenagers take music more seriously than any other demographic I can think of, so if you're making a movie by/for them, it's gotta have a great soundtrack. Some of the choices may be silly, but, the ... More >>

3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 3 of 4

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which 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.​Hello? Anybody out there? Is this thing on?So, uh...maybe rolling this out in four volumes wasn ... More >>

3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 2 of 4

Watch out for 3hree Things 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. Read the archives here. ​ Last week, I said I'd probably rearrange this list every time I took a look a ... More >>

The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 - #1

Stop grinning. Your album sucks. ​See also: The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #10 - #6 5. Jane's Addiction The Great Escape Artist There was no way Perry Farrell and company were going to shock the world with another Ritual lo Habitual. That much we knew -- if for no other reason t ... More >>

Coachella 2012: The First Wave of Fake Posters is Here

​Here's what we know about Coachella 2012: It will be held over two weekends, with the same lineup at the same place. Coachella Weekend 1 will be held on April 13-15, 2012 and Coachella Weekend 2 will be held on April 20-22, 2012. The lineup will probably be revealed mid-January, as was the case l ... More >>

We're Calling It Now: Radiohead Is Headlining Coachella 2012

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​What does it mean when Radiohead confirms the first 10 dates of its forthcoming 2012 U.S. tour? It can only mean the dates--mostly East Coast and Midwest stops--will be a precursor to their Coachella appearance on two weekends this April, since there are no West Coast date ... More >>

Riley Breckenridge's Top 10 11 Radiohead Songs

(Last week, the news that Daniel Radcliffe listened to a lot of Radiohead to get into character for the lastest installment of Harry Potter triggered this list of top 10 Radiohead songs for various ultra fans. Riley Breckenridge, 3hree Things columnist and Thrice drummer, talks about his best songs, ... More >>

Top Five Harry Potter Musician Cameos

​No one is immune to Harry Potter's magic -- not even rock and roll icons. The Top Five bewitched musicians after the jump.

Daniel Radcliffe Listened to Radiohead to Prepare for Harry Potter; Music Geeks Pick Their 10 Best Radiohead Songs

​Daniel Radcliffe says he listened to a lot of Radiohead to get into character for shooting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where his character Harry confronts Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), says Access Hollywood. He also listened to a lot of Hope of the States. "There are certain songs.. ... More >>

New Radiohead Song 'Staircase' Premieres Online Today

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​ The song "Staircase" comes from Radiohead's upcoming From The Basement session, a podcast turned TV show produced by Nigel Godrich. It will be broadcast internationally July 1 via BBC Worldwide. It showcases the same the same driving beat and stringent anxiety that Radioh ... More >>

Who Said Print Was Dead? Radiohead Produces Newspaper

​Some people just have album-release parties. But when Radiohead releases their latest, King of Limbs, on March 29, they're giving away a free newspaper called The Universal Sigh all over the world. Dedicated teams of newspaper-delivery people will be handing out copies of The ... More >>

[UPDATED New Video on YouTube] Radiohead Releasing New Album This Weekend

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyRadiohead at the Henry Fonda Theater on Jan. 25, 2010​UPDATE, 12 P.M., FEB. 18: Brand new video for the song "Lotus Flower" from new digital (for now) release The King of Lambs is up on YouTube. Thom Yorke gets down in this clip, and the song is like a chilled-out, al ... More >>

Six Most Anticipated Albums of 2011

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyRadiohead at the Henry Fonda Theater on Jan. 25, 2010​Last year looked like it might be bleak in terms of truly great albums, but a few artists (Beach House, the National, Yeasayer, Kanye West) managed to produce some future classics in 2010. And now that we've turned ... More >>

Local Record Review: I Hate You Just Kidding from Costa Mesa

​I Hate You Just Kidding Untitled EPwww.myspace.com/ihateyoujustkidding It was only a matter of time before Costa Mesa's I Hate You Just Kidding took their live reputation, the local award nominations and the increasing amount of attention and released a little something to the world. 

Flier of the Week: Woodystock

​This Woodystock flier gets props--not because it's an awesome design or a crazily interesting photo, but because it makes it easy for me (and everyone else who wants to attend) by spelling out what kind of music local bands are playing at festivals. 

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Thank God It's Monday: This Week's Shows

​Today we're recommending something slightly different: bowling. That truly American pastime- just ask Homer Simpson-remains straightforward at its core, but the trappings have changed with the years; some will still remember the legendary and now sadly long gone Kona Lanes in Costa Mesa and its s ... More >>

Coachella Cattle Calls

[Mental Notes] Despite numerous reasons to be underwhelmed, the crowd at Coachella was determined to have a moo-ving experience

TONIGHT: Rye Douglas Band at House of Blues, Anaheim

​  Fans of Huntington Beach five-piece the Rye Douglas Band are getting another chance to see their boys on the big stage tonight at the House of Blues, Anaheim.

PHOTOS: Radiohead at the Henry Fonda Theater

Two weeks after an earthquake decimated Haiti, Radiohead and Radiohead fans helped raise more than $572,000 to go towards Oxfam International relief efforts. More than two hours of music filled the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood on 1/24 which had Thom Yorke and company on stage with 1,500 lucky, l ... More >>

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Major Label Gives Vinyl Purists Another Reason to Be Smug

OK Computer in sweet, sweet analog. How appropriate. In a move that signals either grave desperation or incredible savvy (vinyl sales in America have risen by more than 80 percent in the last year, after all), Capitol/EMI—one of four remaining major labels—is firing up the vinyl presses for a ... More >>

New Dating Website Focuses On Music Tastes

[CD Review] Radiohead, 'The Best Of' CD/DVD (Capitol)

Coachella lineup to be announced today

That's the word coming from a story in today's LA Times. Confirmed: My Morning Jacket, Rilo Kiley (who've never been as good as they were the night I saw them years ago at Chain Reaction--so long ago, the Weekly archives don't go back that far!), Jack Johnson, the Raconteurs, the Verve (of "Bitters ... More >>

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The best albums of 2007 - as told by David Downs

VVM Web Music Editor David Downs calls 2007 the year of rehab. "For LiLo, Britney, Amy, and America as a whole. It'll be remembered as the year we hit rock bottom, and the getting up wasn't going to be easy. Here's how it sounded." Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris "Turning on the Screw" Bec ... More >>

Two Takes on Radiohead's In Rainbows

Hurry! You immediately have to read OC Weekly freelancer Ned Raggett's review of In Rainbows, which will be running in our print edition next week; we thought you'd want to get an advance peek at what he has to say, as Radiohead's new album is the most important thing in the world this week. Als ... More >>

Radiohead to Release New Album, Shift Paradigm (Possibly)

CD Review

Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation Deluxe Edition (Universal/Geffen)

Cherub Rock

A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies

MySpace Genre Semiotics!

If you didn't know, bands don't like telling you what they sound like. Here's an example why: Let's say I play in a band, we're called "Stillborn Leper", and my boss asks me what we sound like, and I say "We're like a mix of Radiohead and The Velvet Underground, but our guitarist is really into The ... More >>

Snootisms

The Velvet Teen

STREET WAVES

Innaway Before And After Science

Debasered

This monkeys gone to Coachella

Super Crass

Help Me, Jesus!

Here Comes Captain Cynical