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Booka Shade: It’s all about German engineering

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[Buzz Bands contributor Rich Thomas reports from Thursday night’s show at the Fonda: By Rich Thomas Because of all the sonic minutiae and rhythmic detail that goes into their programming, as well as the distinctly more expansive and song-based approach to their last full-length, it wouldn’t be wrong to quantify Booka Shade as headphone trippers. […]

Altadena

Clem Snide’s tasty serving of ‘Meat’

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Photos and review by Laurie Scavo Long-running indie outfit Clem Snide opened their show at Spaceland on Saturday night with “Walmart Parking Lot,”  the opening track from the new album “The Meat of Life” – seemingly out of nowhere, frontman Eef Barzelay burst into the first haunting verse in characteristic quaver, “Punched in the heart, […]

The National take ‘High Violet’ higher at Wiltern

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Matt Berninger has always taken a more professorial approach to his role as ascendant poet laureate of rock noir. Suit-coated and intense, he lets the gravitas of his baritone – rising as if imperiled by claustrophobia above the National’s clattering orchestrations – speak to the tragic foibles and life-changing moments in his song’s characters. ||| […]

Shout Out Louds answer the call at sold-out El Rey

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It was evident from the preponderance of fans wearing horizontal stripes that there were a lot of Shout Out Louds lifers at the El Rey Theatre on Thursday night for the first of two sold-out shows by the Swedish quintet. Such brightly colored shirts were standard uniform for the band, and then their fans, in […]

Levitt 2024

Gallery: One night in Paris, with Avi Buffalo

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What do you do if you’re a Los Angeles ex-pat living in a distant city and a band from your town comes to play? Why, you go support, of course. Photographer Kristy Sparow caught Avi Buffalo in Paris on Tuesday night as the young Long Beach quartet made the rounds on their European tour. The […]

Gallery: Avi Buffalo at the Troubadour

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“This is sort of like a talent show,” keyboardist Rebecca Coleman laughed on Saturday night as she and her bandmates in Avi Buffalo responded to shout-outs from the audience at the Troubadour. Indeed, the sold-out album-release show for the young Long Beach quartet had the friends-and-family feel of a high school assembly. Frontman Avi Zahner-Isenberg […]

Gallery: Stagecoach festival, 2010

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The Stagecoach festival brought some twang to the desert this past weekend – the lineup for the country and roots music version of Coachella mixed commercial favorites with some Western legends and more cutting-edge fare. Photographer Scott Dudelson sends along this gallery and a short list of his personal highlights: ‣ Merle Haggard: For no […]

Levitt 2024

Review: Findlay Brown, Shelby Lynne at the Roxy

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On assignment for SPIN.com, I reviewed the unsinkable Shelby Lynne and British crooner Findlay Brown at the Roxy on Thursday night. Lynne played her new album front to back – for me, the highlights were “Alibi,” “Home Sweet Home” and “Old Dog.” Here’s the link to the whole review.

Coachella: Gorillaz you could have missed

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Who: Gorillaz on the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: They’re only human. I’ll Remember This Until Pee-wee Herman Gets Announced as a 2011 Headliner Because: It was like watching KISS without the makeup. Damon Albarn and crew, numbering 14 or more, performed as a straight-ahead live act instead of as video projections, giving […]

Coachella: Sly Stone is no ‘Hot Fun’

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Who: Sly Stone at Gobi Tent Mojave Tent In 3 Or Fewer Words: Sly very stoned. I’ll Remember This Forever Because: Drugs are very, very bad. I realize the irony of saying this since I watched a big chunk of Coachella on painkillers this year. They were prescribed, but that’s splitting hairs. Drugs can destroy […]

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