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Go ahead and schedule some time with a chiropractor, because after Metal Devastation Fest's intense headbanging session, your neck will be misaligned. The folks from the "most...
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SAT 4/9
While most consider rolling off the couch to manually change TV channels a severe hardship, a unique subculture that thrives on brutally pushing their bodies to the...
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Punk is urban folk, born of suburban mediocrity and conformity. But the onetime vehicle for protest is now just another marketing niche for songs about girls. Springing into...
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By Niki D'Andrea, Benjamin Leatherman and Craig Wallach Published:
April 7, 2005
4/9-5/11
When 17-year-old Mountain Pointe High School student Erika Vogt-Nilsen entered a graphically designed image of an evil-looking puppeteer dangling a crucified Christ...
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I have a dream of a day when there are no longer formats, no longer genres. A day when hipsters, geeks, hillbillies, hip-hoppers, punkers and metalheads all see shows...
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By Niki D'Andrea, Steve Jansen and Benjamin Leatherman Published:
April 7, 2005
4/8-4/29
It's not easy being a queen; just ask Doug Loynd. "There's pain involved in being in drag," says the 41-year-old actor. "Makeup takes two hours, breasts are heavy,...
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Zombies, mummies and vampires populate local trio Calabrese's first full-length, 13 Halloweens, the follow-up to the three brothers' much-hyped EP Midnight Spookshow. Some...
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With some 25 years of hindsight, the work of X sounds more and more like folk music "turned up to 11," to plagiarize a phrase. These musicians may have been extreme in their...
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When Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack put an ad in the NME for a bass player in 2000, the two Brits listed their influences as Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Joy Division, and DJ...
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Moby sold millions of copies of his 1999 sample-savvy dance mosaic record Play, with virtually no radio airplay. "The Iggy Pop of electronica," as Penthouse dubbed the...
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If you think the theme of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll has been played out, a single listen to Gogol Bordello will restore your faith in the power of music to jolt you out of...
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Beck Hansen's finest year was unquestionably 1994, when Los Angeles' most talented high school dropout served up three great records -- an indie-folk trawl (One Foot in the...
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1. Beck, Guero (Geffen)
2. The Decemberists, Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
3. Bloc Party, Silent Alarm (Atlantic)
4. Yo La Tengo, Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of...
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This Thursday, April 7, local artist and impresario Dumperfoo moves his long-running Blunt Club hip-hop night to a new location, Hollywood Alley, 2610 West Baseline Road in...
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Thursday 7 Acme Roadhouse: College Night with DJ J. Alan (Top 40)
Ain't Nobody's Bizness: DJ Suzy (hip-hop, dance)
Anderson's Fifth Estate: Area 51 with AKA (gothic,...
