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Photo by Elise Thompson for LAist. With the arrival of the Beach Boys’ Smile Sessions on Capitol Records today, rock’s most famous unfinished album is finally on shelves in close-to-complete condition. It’s an occasion that many feared would never come, due to the decidedly Bad Vibrations evoked in the... continue reading on LAist

Roger Daltrey and band in London, March 2007. Photo by Phil Guest via flickr. Tommy has been adapted countless times since its 1969 debut as a double album by The Who. If we only count renditions that have had the direct involvement of creator Pete Townshend, there’s been a... continue reading on LAist

Photo by Kubacheck, used with permission. LA resident Mark Oliver Everett -- perhaps familiar to you as E out of the EELS -- is calling me from the middle of Pennsylvania, most of the way through an extensive world tour, in the midst of a serious jones. Asked what... continue reading on LAist

Here we are again. Ten months after their last appearance at this very building, the Canadian power trio/ comedy troupe Rush returned for an faithful re-run of a show that many of those in attendance have already seen. The same lead-in skits, same songs, in the same sequence, with the... continue reading on LAist

Photo by Kubacheck via Flickr, used by permission. “You see how it is these days, I was with a friend of mine backstage trying to point somebody out in the audience and I said ‘Oh he’s the one with the gray hair…’” Richie Furay is cracking wise to the... continue reading on LAist