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The amazing rock band Dr. Dog will be on the radio in Southern California today on the popular show Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley at 11:15 AM on radion station KCRW which is 89.9 on your FM dial. Make sure to tune in or if you’re not currently basking in the LA sunshine, check the [...]

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According to news accounts, the legendary hip-hop and graffiti artist Rammellzee has passed away. A cause of death is not yet known. Rammellzee was an undeniably unique and visionary pioneer in the hip hop community. In addition to his music, Rammellzee was also an artist whose works were based on the theory of  something her termed [...]

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Legendary hepcat Mose Allison will be in Europe this coming weekend bringing his mix of jazz-blues-and poetry to two festival dates. If you’re anywhere in the area, you should catch this influential and vital artist:
• July 3, Jazz House, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
• July 4, Park Jazz Festival, Kortrijik, Belgium
There is also an incredibly cool [...]

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A clip of the charismatic Nick Diamonds from the phenomenal rock band Islands doing a cover of Iggy Pop’s song ” Success” on Our Show With Elliot Aronow. Our Show is a Variety Show shot live at Santo’s Party House in New York City – “the Ed Sullivan Show for the underground” as the producers say. [...]

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There’s a imaginative video about the artist Chris Roberts-Antieaum featuring her animated artwork singing along to Tom Waits’ timeless classic “I Don’t Want To Grow Up.” Roberts-Antieau is known for her “fabric paintings” which can be described as tapestry collages. She sent Tom and his wife Kathleen a great monkey quilt.
To watch the clip, just go here.

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The amazing Jolie Holland will be performing this Friday with the ever popular duo She & Him (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward) in Philadelphia. This is a truly amazing bill, it would be so even if it was just Jolie playing, but the two of them make it a must see event for fans [...]

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A second trailer for the new Grinderman album, this one directed by John Hillcoat (The Road, Red Dead Redemption) as well. The album Grinderman 2 will be released on September 14th in the US. The first single “Heathen Child” will be released on 8/31 in the US.The band will be touring the UK and Europe in September/October [...]

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Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields’ Gothic doo-wop ensemble Dead Man’s Bones recently played a two night stint in the city of Eagle Rock along with darkly eccentric Magician (and dear friend) Rob Zabrecky in what the duo hope will become an ongoing series of vaudeville-style special events featuring a rotating cast of [...]

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A new literary and arts quarterly called Slake hits newsstands this month. It is the work of Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa both former editors at the LA Weekly. In response to the supposed death of long-form print journalism and fiction, the two have created a stunning 232 page Los Angeles-centric book of journalism, fiction, [...]

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Brooklyn synth outfit Bear in Heaven are reissuing their album Beast Rest Forth Mouth on September 14th. The reissue will come with a bonus disc of remixes from notable artists including atmospheric techno genius Axel Willner, aka the Field. The Field’s rework of the song “Ultimate Satisfaction” is available care of the fine [...]

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