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Rodrigo Y Gabriela Dominate KRCW's Indie-Heavy "Sound Eclectic" Event
"You guys had a lot of flavors to choose from tonight thanks for choosing the Shins, which I think is sort of a butterscotch," quipped a bearded Marty Crandall, keyboard and guitarist of the Portland-by-way-of-Albuquerque quartet, as the band performed before a sold-out audience Saturday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The Shins' […]
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Lollapalooza Diary: Eels Define Coolness
>Here's what's hip at this year's festival: beards (see below), flight suits, and a bunch of unexpected cover songs. We know this because today we watched the hairy-faced Eels rock military-inspired flight suits while performing a set that included Tom Waits' "Jesus Gonna Be Here," Peaches' "Rock Show," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell […]
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Live Review: Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists in Toronto
Certainly there's a lot of pressure being labeled the Second Coming of British Rock. The Arctic Monkeys set a U.K. record for first-week debut sales with Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, and have been praised by many as saviors of guitar rock — given no small boost by their reputation for […]
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