Category Archives: Live Music

Liquid Kitty Punk Rock BBQ: Mike Watt Putting the Opera to Bed

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Liquid Kitty Punk Rock BBQ: People Talk, Blood on the Saddle, Lawndale

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Live Review: Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Dwarves at House of Blues

It’s a funny thing to say but, my discovery of Napalm Death in the late 1980s was similar to my discovery of Devo in 1978 – I had trouble listening to it without laughing. I wasn’t sure if they were … Continue reading

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“Room 105: The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin” at Macha Theatre

After selling out its first four weeks, the rock ‘n roll musical Room 105: The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin, starring Sophie B. Hawkins (of “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” fame), has extended its run at Macha Theatre … Continue reading

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Ghost Beach Lays Some Grooves Down at the Echo Plex

I got wind of Ghost Beach soon after their successful stint at CMJ. I sandwiched them in after Danny Glover and before a night of much needed sleep for a very busy following day with the cast of Madmen and … Continue reading

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Live Review: Bob Mould at the El Rey

Bob Mould in Seattle 9/18/12. Photo by shitbrain, via flickr Creative Commons. Last November, during a star-studded tribute to his work at Disney Hall, Bob Mould announced that in the coming year, he’d be doing a series of gigs featuring … Continue reading

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Live Review: Prince and the New Power Generation at Sayers Club

In town last week for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to plug his latest single, Prince showed up twice at the 200-capacity, invite-only Sayers Club, pleasuring the priviliged with hyper-intimate sets showcasing his new protégé Andy Allo, as well … Continue reading

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Santa Barbara, Jane’s Addiction and a Great Escape from Los Angeles

  I’ve written many times about the incredible musical experiences I have had over the past two years with the Los Angeles Beat in glorious Santa Barbara that I thought it about time to do a travel piece around a … Continue reading

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Cinefamily presents “The Hands of Orlac” scored live by Hauschka

Tomorrow (Oct. 23) at 7:30pm, Cinefamily hosts a screening of the 1924 silent German Expressionist horror film The Hands of Orlac. The film, which tells the story of a pianist whose hands are replaced by those of a murderer, will … Continue reading

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Blessed Sacrament Church Carnival

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