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No stopping Zac Brown Band as the breakout country jam band pulls into Irvine...
Ask any country fan: it has been a huge year for Zac Brown Band. Its breakout album The Foundation was one of Billboard’s Top 20 albums of 2009, spawning numerous radio hits, including “Chicken...
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Finally, a celebration for Yoko Ono
On Feb. 16, two days before she turned 77, the incomparable Yoko Ono, who by now has released nearly as many albums as her venerated late husband, served as both performer and honoree at a guest-heavy...
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Colin Hay returns to the Coach House this week
One weekday afternoon last August, a rock band could be heard sound-checking the bluesy 1960 Jimmy Reed hit “Baby, What You Want Me to Do” inside the Hangar at the OC Fair. Closer inspection revealed...
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With a third album under its belt, Maroon 5 gears up for another tour with...
Maroon 5 has had to cope with lengthy gaps between albums ever since its 2002 breakthrough Songs about Jane became a single-spawning sensation in the years following that disc’s release. It took five...
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His gray skies cleared, Jack Johnson gets happy again as he arrives in...
I met Jack Johnson once, just about three years ago, outside his solar-powered Brushfire Records studios down a side street in the quieter Larchmont Village of Los Angeles. Along with the rest of the...
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Q&A: Jónsi on acoustic vs. electric gigs, getting happy and the future of...
Interviews don’t always go as planned — this one was supposed to be a phone call from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi while he was in England last week. That fell through, so we eventually exchanged e-mails...
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Gary Numan readies ‘Pleasure Principle’ revival
Synth-rock pioneer Gary Numan arrives in Los Angeles this week on a tour that was set to kick off with a high-profile Coachella showcase in April — until an inconsiderate Icelandic volcano conspired to...
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Restored ‘Yellow Submarine’ sailing back in May
It was back before Y2K that the surreal 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine first got a remastered re-release, paired with a new Songtrack that for the first time remixed a handful of speaker-separated...
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Slideshow: Looking back as Elton John turns 65
In 2007, for his 60th birthday, Elton John put together a bash at Madison Square Garden (his record-setting 60th performance at the arena) and subsequently released the epic 35-song concert on DVD. He...
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In brief: Stones on HBO, Killers live, new Deftones
Mick, Keith, Ron and Charlie at the Marquee Club to commemorate their 50th anniversary. Photo: Rankin • It’s been a while since we’ve seen a first-rate documentary about the Rolling Stones. Leave it to...
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