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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Mr. Petty and
his Heartbreakers come back to town playing two nights at the First Bank Area
in lovely downtown Broomfield, Colorado.
The Wednesday night show wasn't sold out but this Thursday night one sure
was.&nbsp; I have to admit, as someone who
sees a lot of live music but rarely goes to "concerts" the scene was a
throwback to one of my youth going to see bands at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.&nbsp; You know what I mean: stoned teenagers (and
adults)  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY JOHN B. MOORE
&nbsp;
There was something poetic about Bruce Springsteen taking to
the stage Tuesday night for his first hometown show since the dust settled from
the deep economic freefall the country was dropped into years ago, as states
away conservative voters in Wisconsin, Maryland and D.C. decided which GOP
candidate would save them from the regulation-dependant, Socialist takeover
they are convinced is occurring right now.
&nbsp;
While Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum ha ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Australian duo
An Horse (vocalist/guitarist Kate Cooper and drummer Damon Cox) were eminently
enticing as the opening act. You've seen the set up before: he drums, she plays
guitar, and they both sing (though it appears she did handled more of the vocal
chores) -&nbsp; but these add more to the duo
market. The two are likeable due to their sheer enthusiasm and sheer
scrappiness (the songs aren't bad either). And come on, who can resist Cooper's Aussie accen ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY
JUD COST
&nbsp;
Over
the past 20 years, the Magnetic Fields have evolved from being a very good
indie-rock band into something musically unique. And one of the catalysts for
this caterpillar-to-butterfly transformation has been a rather cruel medical
diagnosis dealt to Stephin Merritt, the band's songwriter/lead vocalist.
Merritt has a hearing condition known as hyperacusis which makes him extremely
sensitive to loud sounds. This ironic twist finds Merritt now wearing earpl ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
The electronica/dance mega-bash took place-March 23-25 in Miami,Fla., and featured everyone from vets and icons (Kraftwerk, New Order, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow) to newcomers and upstarts (Neon Indian, Pretty Lights, M83, SBTRKT).All photos by Tony Landa(above) Kraftwerk on Live Stage&nbsp; - 3/23/12Afrojack on Main Stage - 3/23/12
 Miike Snow on Live Stage - 3/23/12 Neon Indian on Live Stage - 3/23/12 New Order on Live Stage - 3/23/12 Pretty Lights on Live Stage - 3/23/12 Avicii on Main S ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

The ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum
assembled a cast of pals on March 18 at the Stone Rose Lounge in Los Angeles to rock out
for Adopt the Arts.

BY JOSE MARTINEZ / PHOTOS BY GENE KIRKLAND

Musicians,
celebrities and friends of former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum came out in
support of his Adopt the Arts charity
program aimed to help fund art programs in public schools. The launch event was
hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch at The Sofitel Hotel in West
 Hollywood.
&nbsp; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
A
 Place to
Bury Strangers' set was ...well, loud; and part of it was played in total
darkness (while the other part was with a strobe going on). A.P.T.B.S. is three
mild-mannered looking guys form NYC who want to try and channel the energy of
My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain (but there's more going on than
that though, I hear some space rock in there too) and do a pretty damn good job
of it. They played some of their new ep, Onwards to the Wal ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&nbsp;
&nbsp;
BY JUD COST
&nbsp;
Gentian
violet-tinted neon lights struck like arrows and glowed like electric
hot-plates from either side of the stage, illuminating the gilded frescoes of
the room, while what could have been bass patterns from British space-rockers
Hawkwind heightened the sense of anticipation. "Hello, sisters!" says
Raincoats guitarist and co-founder Ana Da Silva to a three-fourths full house
at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on a soggy Wednesday ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
BY TONY LANDAEd. note: Photographer Landa attended the opening date of Radiohead's North American tour, at American Airlines Arena in Miami,Florida, on Monday night (2/27/2012). The show heavily featured material from The King of Limbs and In Rainbows, along with a sprinkling of hits, mainly during the encores. In addition, two new songs were debuted, "Identikit" and "Cut a Hole." See the full setlist following the photos.(above and below) Thom Yorke Jonny Greenwood Ed O'Brien Colin Gree ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY TIM HINELY /
PHOTO BY MARTIN WINCH
&nbsp;
Was excited to
see Keene's touring partner, Austin's&nbsp;
Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves but alas, they cancelled their tour due
to bass player issues and then for some odd reason they had Keene, on the scene
for nearly three decades with an armful of terrific records, open for Portland
newbies Parson's Red Heads. Now, admittedly an early bird like me didn't mind
but geez, give the guy some respect (not that the Parsons Red Heads ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BY JUD COST
&nbsp;
It's almost come
full-circle. This is the way Jefferson Airplane got its start in 1965, playing
a tiny sit-down San Francisco club called the
Matrix in the Marina,
a place partially owned by founding member and lead-singer Marty Balin. About
twice the size of the Matrix, the Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko booked the Paul
Kantner-led Jefferson Starship for a week, just the way the Matrix did with the
Airplane, Big Brother &amp; the Holding Co. and Quicksilver Messenger  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&nbsp;
&nbsp;
TEXT/PHOTOS BY DANNY R. PHILLIP
&nbsp;

The year of Our Lord 1992 was a solid one for Evan Dando and
his oh-so-sweet power pop band The Lemonheads. That year, their breakthrough
record It's A Shame About Ray, pushed
by a speeded-up version of the Simon and Garfunkel classic "Mrs. Robinson" shot
them into the alternative rock strata and into my life, forever to stay an
important part of my record collection.
&nbsp;
Fast forward twenty years: I, along with a rep ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Seattle's Seapony released one of my favorite
records last year with the jangly Go With
Me on the Hardly Art label. They brought back the jangle pop goodness of
labels like Sarah and Sunday (and they even covered the former's Field Mice,
turning in a sparkling version of "Emma's House").&nbsp; Live, they expand to a quartet adding a very
tall bassist and a 2-drum, stand up drummer (ala Bobby Gillespie in the early
days of the Jesus and Mary Chain).&nbsp;&nb ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY JUD COST /
PHOTO BY CHRIS RADY
&nbsp;
Tommy Keene may
have been playing what some people call "power pop" for about 30
years now, but there is no sign whatsoever of coasting, of taking his foot off
the gas after all these years. On a Wednesday night, he's drawn 85 people to
the Rickshaw Stop, a bottom-rung San
  Francisco club hidden near the corner of Market and
Van Ness. Maybe to discourage an overflow of patrons, the joint has no visible
sign outside to identify itself. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY ERIC SCHUMACHER-RASMUSSEN
&nbsp;
On Glen Campbell's last two albums - his final ones, he
says, as he's been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's - he covered songs by
Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voices, Green Day, Foo Fighters, and a handful of
other artists. And while those albums were universally well-reviewed in all the
right hipster places, those reviews haven't necessarily translated into a full
embrace of his music by the Pitchfork set.
&nbsp;
More's the pity, but it ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY JUD COST
&nbsp;
Matthew Sweet, his name synonymous with the early-'90s
rebirth of the power pop genre, and one of the few artists who didn't consider
the term to be pejorative (the Posies and Tommy Keene never liked it much) had
a special reason for touring in 2011. And it wasn't just the recent release of
his fine new album, Modern Art (Missing Piece). "We thought about supporting the new record," he
told a rapt full house at Yoshi's in
San Francisco's
Fillmore district. " ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
This was the
show of the year a far I was concerned. Also on the bill was Portland
legends Pierced Arrows, featuring Fred and Toody Cole from Dead Moon, but
unfortunately I was not able to get there in time to catch them. Years ago I
caught Scratch Acid at a club in Philly called Revival, on April 29, 1987. On
that evening vocalist David Yow was sick as a dog and asked if anyone in the
crowd had any antibiotics (no one did) and with that launched into an
i ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;
BY FRED MILLS
&nbsp;
Gov't Mule, Phil Lesh
&amp; Friends, Los Lobos, Bela Fleck, Jackie Greene, Kevin Kinney Planet of the
Abts and plenty others heated up Asheville on a chilly pair of nights, Dec. 9
and 10. Watch video clips to accompany the text, below.
&nbsp;
The musical symbolism was as obvious as the calendar date
was proximate: for the 23rd annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, held
this past weekend in Asheville,
 NC, the spirit of the Beatles
clung rea ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Both of these
bands originally hail from Springfield,
 Missouri and had
apparently met in their formative years and have been friends and occasional
touring partners ever since. In Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin you've
got three of the most normal looking dudes ever to grace a college campus, plus
a rhythm guitarist who looks like he walked out a&nbsp; Kyuss video. Their pop sound is both generic
and completely unique, sometimes both qualities poppi ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BY LEE ZIMMERMAN
&nbsp;
At age 70 Paul Simon belongs to an elite but aging artistic
fraternity whose membership also includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Kris
Kristofferson, singer/songwriters whose work is ingrained in the very fiber of
popular culture. These are artists whose revered reputations and esteemed
pedigrees elevate any encounter beyond that of mere entertainment and into
realms reserved for great masters who have the power to enthrall, inspire and
evoke memories and emotion ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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