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March 23, 2012
The Black Keys Vs. Nickelback and The Death of The Rock Feud
This week, Pat Carney of The Black Keys 'apologized' to Nickelback regarding his 'controversial' yet true comments about the Canadian quintet. In my eyes, the drummer of the Akron-bred band had no reason to apologize, true or not true. Over the past decade or so, rock (not hip-hop, which deserves ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
O.A.R. at House of Blues Anaheim Last Night
Emily CokerO.A.R. House of Blues Anaheim January 26, 2012 Only knowing one song from the band, I wasn't really sure what to expect when O.A.R. took the stage. They started off the show like a jam session full of saxophone solos and front man Marc Roberge singing "whoa, yeah" over and over. Robe ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
They Will Get By: Five Questionable '80s Comebacks from '60s Artists
Eddie Money and Ronnie SpectorRock and roll is a tough and fickle business. One minute you're on top of the world and the next you're on top of a float, blowing kisses to strangers in Branson, Missouri. In between, anything goes. Tonight, Eddie Money, a singer no stranger to the ups and downs of ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Warner Bros. Records Announce Exclusive Vinyl Releases For Record Store Day On Black Friday
This morning Warner Bros. Records announced that they'll be releasing exclusive Record Store Day releases on Black Friday. See below for details on limited edition vinyl packages from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron and Wine, Tom Petty, The Black Keys, and Eric Clapton that'll be available this F ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
'I Want to Hold Your (Dead) Hand'--10 Best Songs About Necrophilia
Sex, drugs and violence are fodder for all kinds of music, but there's a special class of artist that can wax poetic about the idea of corpse-fucking. From the Misfits to Tyler, the Creator, here are popular imagination's best musical translations of the ultra-taboo act.
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July 29, 2011
Pablo Dylan is a Wannabe Rapper: So What?
I like internet snark as much as the next person, but sometimes there's just too much hate in the world. Take the case of Pablo Dylan, Bob's 15-year-old grandson who just wants to rap. If you listen to "I'm On One" after the jump, you'll see that it's not any different from any boy band staple, a ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Tom Petty vs. Republicans: Top Three Moments
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyTom Petty's management sent a Teapublican Michele Bachmann's campaign a cease-and-desist letter, demanding she never use his song "American Girl" at campaign events again. That was fast--she just launched her campaign yesterday!At any rate, this is just the latest i ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Matt Pond Is Pitchforked, But Proud
The folksy rocker responds to his toughest critics, and what's worth learning from those rips
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October 8, 2010
Local Music News Links: Tom Petty, Rascal Flatts, and Other Oldtimers
Christopher VictorioPetty, pleaseAnother week, another list of links to music coverage around the OC music blogosphere.
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September 30, 2010
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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September 16, 2010
Marc B. Releases 'Mr. American' on World Food Program Benefit
Jackie Connor/OC WeeklyMore formally known as Marc Beauregard, Marc B. delivers a smooth surfy acoustic sound, sans Dick Dale's bright guitar riffs. Although his EP, The Yellow Jelly, was released in 2006, he's brought Maxx Farris on percussion and Yoni Berk on bass and ukulele to bring a variety ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Over the Weekend: Iglu and Hartly at the Liquid Aloha Festival
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklySee the slideshow here!The Hype: On the Saturday after the Weekly's 2010 Summer Guide hit the streets, it was obvious that sand, surf and sports were the three main criteria for our Liquid Aloha Festival near the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Bea ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
No Service Fees For Live Nation Shows
www.myspace.com/kingsofleonLive Nation's eliminating service fees this June for all the tickets sold at all their amphitheaters throughout the country. I don't know if that's such a good idea; some of those service fees jack up the cost of a ticket by almost double sometimes. By eliminating them ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
Avi Buffalo to Join My Morning Jacket on Tour
Andrew YoussefAvi Buffalo performing at an in-store at Fingerprints on 4/27. Between signing to Sub Pop, and, more recently, being picked by Wilco to play their first festival ever, Long Beach's Avi Buffalo has had a really, really, really great year. And it just got better.One of our favorite ba ... More >>
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January 18, 2010
Over the Weekend: the Soft Hands, The Victorians, Eugene and the 1914 at the Prospector, Long Beach
The Hype: It's not everyday that a bar calls special attention to their sound guy. Last weekend, the Prospector lined up a trio of native Long Beach acts in celebration of Zack (no one seemed to know his last name), the man running the dials for your favorite dive bar bands on a nightly basis. ... More >>
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January 18, 2010
Over the Weekend: Dios on Friday at Alex's Bar, Long Beach
The Hype: So, it's official. The band Dios, which at one time became Dios Malos, is once again just Dios. The nearly 10-year-old band from Hawthorne with the eclectic pop-sound is readying itself for the release of their third studio album, Cosmic Rays (due out Feb. 16). Expectations were high. T ... More >>
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January 15, 2010
Show of the Day: Dios, Forcefield ON, Bella Novela,Triceratops and Eugene and the 1914 at Alex's Bar, Long Beach
Tonight, Alex's Bar--Long Beach's favorite hard-to-find-haunt--is packing in a lengthy lineup of innovative indie rock featuring LA band Dios (pictured) as well as local favorites Bella Novela, Forcefield ON, Triceratops (featuring members of RX Bandits) and Eugene and the 1914. Just in case you wer ... More >>
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December 13, 2009
Playlist: Songs about Southern California
The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; July 29, 2009.Alternative rockers The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera paid a visit to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Wednesday; entertaining a sold-out crowd of teenyboppers, college kids, and post- ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
[CD Review] Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, 'Under the Covers Vol. 2' (Shout! Factory)
Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; July 29, 2009.Alternative rockers The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera paid a visit to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Wednesday; entertaining a sold-out crowd of teenyboppers, college kids, and post- ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
[Sound Guy] Extended Remix Edition! More Summer Songs from Local Peeps!
This beach is not actually in Orange County, but it's fun to pretend.The New York Times has long held the motto "all the news that's fit to print." And you know, sometimes, even here at OC Weekly, all the news just doesn't fit.So, please to enjoy some more summer songs picked by some more local musi ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
The '59 Sound in the '09 Summer
School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So ... More >>
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August 28, 2008
[CD Review] Conor Oberst, 'Conor Oberst' (Merge)
School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So ... More >>
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February 14, 2008
[Sprawl of Sound] More Than Bliss: Heru John Basil, Roxy Music
School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
Do Look Back
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007
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November 22, 2007
Monday - 11/26
Rock Star Karaoke at Slidebar, Christmas Tree Lighting at South Coast Plaza
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August 7, 2007
The Wildbirds and the Growlers, Detroit Bar, August 6, 2007
The Wildbirds With their lean, snake-hipped, bejeaned bodies, lank hair and chiseled features, the Wildbirds have the classic 1975 rock look down pat. And their music follows suit: unapologetic rock and roll that screams Ford administration Rolling Stones/Aerosmith/Tom Petty. “421” is a hit si ... More >>
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August 2, 2007
'Free Avian!'
The Wildbirds' rugged-outdoorsmen rock is built to blast
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August 24, 2006
Hits!
Borders Books Music & Cafe
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August 17, 2006
Hits!
Rhino Records
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August 18, 2005
Tom Petty & Jackson Browne
Verizon Wirelss Amphitheater, Irvine
Sunday, Aug. 14
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August 11, 2005
Aug. 11 - Aug. 18
Verizon Wirelss Amphitheater, Irvine
Sunday, Aug. 14
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August 11, 2005
Doing It to Death
Tom Petty and Jackson Browne: Burned out or rusted?
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July 21, 2005
On the Way Down
Hornbys latest novel finds him straining for significance
Columns
February 3, 2005
Eight Days
Hornbys latest novel finds him straining for significance
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December 23, 2004
Joyful Noise
Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape
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July 1, 2004
Future Now!
Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape
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May 27, 2004
My Duet With Lucinda Williams!
And My Quick Exit
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February 12, 2004
Respect the Rear, People!
I see you, baby, shaking that . . .
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August 7, 2003
Clubbed!
I see you, baby, shaking that . . .
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May 1, 2003
Diary of a Mad County
I see you, baby, shaking that . . .
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April 3, 2003
Make Love, Not War
I confess . . .
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November 14, 2002
Sonic Splendor
Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves
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May 23, 2002
March of the Famous Peeps!
Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves
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May 2, 2002
The Indigent Girls
From Finland to Fullerton with Sideswipe
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November 16, 2000
Pot (Hed)
From Finland to Fullerton with Sideswipe
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August 10, 2000
Willie NileBeautiful Wreck of the WorldRiver House Records
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June 29, 2000
IKEY OWENS, KEYBOARD LEGEND
From Finland to Fullerton with Sideswipe
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March 23, 2000
Masters of Snore
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August 26, 1999
That 70s Week
White-trash fever heats up as the millennium approaches
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