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Violent Femmes Deliver a Range of Radio Hits in Memorable Santa Fe Springs Show

May 17, 2023 News Comments Off on Violent Femmes Deliver a Range of Radio Hits in Memorable Santa Fe Springs Show

Violent Femmes Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet May 13, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA – Violent Femmes are touring to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Wisconsin group’s debut album. The act […]

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‘What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’ Docu Tells of Music … And Intrigue

April 30, 2023 News Comments Off on ‘What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’ Docu Tells of Music … And Intrigue

Movie Review by DAN MACINTOSH You may wonder why Blood, Sweat & Tears just seemed to burn bright and burn out fast. The band was on top of the musical world in 1970, you may […]

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Julian Lage Proves he is Player as Well as Performer at Disney Concert Hall

October 19, 2022 News Comments Off on Julian Lage Proves he is Player as Well as Performer at Disney Concert Hall

Julian Lage/The Bad Plus Walt Disney Concert Hall October 14, 2022 By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Guitarist Julian Lage headlined an eclectic night of instrumental music at Walt Disney Concert Hall that also […]

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Review: System Of A Down Delivers at Banc of California Stadium

February 9, 2022 News Comments Off on Review: System Of A Down Delivers at Banc of California Stadium

By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – System Of A Down headlined the 22,000 capacity Banc of California Stadium on a chilly Saturday night, supported by three very different opening acts. Although the Glendale-originated act […]

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Review: Lake Street Dive Album ‘Obviously’ Sails On with Superb Soulful Sound

April 4, 2021 News Comments Off on Review: Lake Street Dive Album ‘Obviously’ Sails On with Superb Soulful Sound

By DAN MACINTOSH One recent reviewer of Lake Street Dive’s Obviously album termed it a contemporary example of “Yacht Rock” and, granted, much of the music on the new 11-song project leans towards smooth jazz. However, […]

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REVIEW: Joywave Releases ‘Possession’ Puts Sonic Social Commentary Front and Center

March 25, 2020 News Comments Off on REVIEW: Joywave Releases ‘Possession’ Puts Sonic Social Commentary Front and Center

By DAN MACINTOSH Joywave’s Possession opens with this striking line, “My head is swelling like a Kennedy,” on the song titled “Like A Kennedy.” The opening song on this, the act’s third album, is a […]

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The Kooks’ Britpop Isn’t All Cheery with Album ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’

March 12, 2019 News Comments Off on The Kooks’ Britpop Isn’t All Cheery with Album ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’

By DAN MACINTOSH The Kooks are one of the more consistently good Britpop remnants, and Let’s Go Sunshine is their fifth studio release. It’s also one of those albums, though, where bright, pop-rock melodies harbor […]

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Todd Rundgren Rips to Close ‘White Knight’ Tour on NYE 2018

January 2, 2018 News Comments Off on Todd Rundgren Rips to Close ‘White Knight’ Tour on NYE 2018

By DAN MACINTOSH PASADENA – Todd Rundgren, who’s famously produced everyone from New York Dolls to XTC, as well as amassing a string of memorable pop hits, has created an impressive career resume. However, you […]

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Bruce Cockburn’s ‘Bone to Bone’ Comforts in Troubled Times

December 25, 2017 News Comments Off on Bruce Cockburn’s ‘Bone to Bone’ Comforts in Troubled Times

Review by DAN MACINTOSH Bruce Cockburn’s music has never been simple and straightforward because Cockburn is a complicated musician-poet who is ever unafraid to follow his muse. Wherever it leads. BRUCE COCKBURN PLAYS EL REY […]

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Review: Dream Syndicate Band ‘Finds’ Its Way Back at El Rey

December 15, 2017 News Comments Off on Review: Dream Syndicate Band ‘Finds’ Its Way Back at El Rey

Review by DAN MACINTOSH Prophets of doom are trying to convince us guitar rock is going the way of the dinosaur, and they’ll point to all the R and B songs filling up the pop […]

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Metal Suffers No ‘Inferiority Complex’ at Loudwire Music Awards

October 30, 2017 News Comments Off on Metal Suffers No ‘Inferiority Complex’ at Loudwire Music Awards

By DAN MACINTOSH Moments during the Loudwire Music Awards, held downtown at the Novo Theater last week, gave the impression heavy metal suffers from an inferiority complex. If this were not so, why did host […]

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REVIEW: ‘Friday Night Is Killing Me’ Reissue By Bash and Pop Still Holds Up Strong

October 18, 2017 News Comments Off on REVIEW: ‘Friday Night Is Killing Me’ Reissue By Bash and Pop Still Holds Up Strong

By DAN MACINTOSH Bash and Pop is Tommy Stinson’s band, which arose out of those beautiful Replacements ashes. Although Stinson rarely took the spotlight away from Replacements’ leader Paul Westerberg, he was always our boy […]

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    January 3, 2017 Comments Off on First Families of LA Music Play a Special Engagement as ‘The Lovable Mutts’ at Genghis Cohen

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    Miya Folick Regales Lodge Room Crowd with Cuts off Third Album ‘Erotica Veronica’
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