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Eternally Inflammable: An Interview With Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns
It’s been thirty-five years since Stiff Little Fingers launched their debut album, Inflammable Material, into a severely agitated United Kingdom. A first-hand account from the heart of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the band’s righteous spirit and urgent delivery established … Continue reading
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Tagged bob lee, inflammable material, interview, jake burns, no going back, pledgemusic, stiff little fingers
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The Pixies at El Rey Theater – Live Review and Photo Gallery
All photos by Bob Lee for the Los Angeles Beat. Excitement over the Pixies’ return to LA early this month reached its most fevered moment on the Friday when it was announced the band was playing a fanclub-only gig at … Continue reading
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Tagged black francis, bob lee, el rey theater, joey santiago, kim deal, kim shattuck, live review, pixie, pixies, the echo
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Concert Preview: Claw Hammer and Cosmic Psychos Team Up for Explosive, Historic Show
Lovers of genre-defining 1980s and 1990s underground rock rejoice: Los Angeles’s Claw Hammer will be playing its first concert in nearly 12 years at The Echo this Friday. Joined by Australia’s notorious Cosmic Psychos, this unlikely pairing could be the … Continue reading
CD Review: Flaming Lips – The Terror (Warner Bros.)
Give the Flaming Lips credit for this; after thirty years in business, at the height of their commercial stature on a major label, they’re not afraid to keep it weird. During my twenty years as a fan (I can point … Continue reading
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Tagged bob lee, cd review, flaming lips, sembryonic, steven drozd, the los angeles beat, the terror, warner brothers, wayne coyne
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Live Review: Black Keys at Staples Center
Photo by Brian Michaels for the Los Angeles Beat, from the band’s Santa Barbara show. Black Keys sure are big, huh. Who would have thought it possible just a few years ago? Just a modest little two-piece band doing their … Continue reading
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Tagged black keys, bob lee, dan auerbach, live review, patrick carney, staples center
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LA Beat Interview: John “Drumbo” French
The name of John French is rarely if ever seen among those polls naming “best” – aka most famous – rock drummers of all time. But to the musicians who have had their world upended by the music of Captain … Continue reading
Live Review: FYF Fest – Day One
Now in its second year of partnership with Goldenvoice, the FYF Fest seems to have worked out most of the logistical bugs that plagued its early attempts to grow too much too soon. Set times ran like clockwork, the dust … Continue reading
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Tagged black mountain, bob lee, fucked up, fyf, fyf fest, la beat, live review, purity rings, refused, sleigh bells, suicide of western culture, the vaselines
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Live Review: Neville Bros., Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave., Roddie Romero & The Hub City All Stars – Hollywood Bowl
These roughly annual New Orleans nights at the Bowl are becoming one of my favorite LA traditions, an opportunity to see an Angeleno crowd get off its collective behind and wave some handkerchiefs in the air. Classic Louisiana music typically … Continue reading
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Tagged aaron neville, art neville, bob lee, hollywood bowl, live review, neville brothers, new orleans, news, roddie romero, the los angeles beat, trombone shorty
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CD Review: Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Americana (Reprise Records)
I have a feeling that shortly after Neil Young announced his plans to release an album of cover tunes – mostly old timey American campfire songs like “Oh Susannah” and “Comin’ Round The Moutain” – somebody from the Home Shopping … Continue reading
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Tagged americana, billy talbot, bob lee, cd review, clementine, crazy horse, neil young, oh susannah, poncho sampedro, ralph molina, reprise, the los angeles beat, tom dula
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