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May 8, 2007

Björk - Volta (Atlantic) Bone Thugs -N- Harmony - Strength & Loyalty (Interscope) Barbara Streisand - Streisand: Live In Concert [2 CD] [LIVE] (Sony) Keren Ann - Keren Ann (Blue Note) Brakes - Beatific Visions (Rough Trade) Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls (Too Pure / Beggars) Elliott Smith - New Moon [2 CD] (Kill Rock Stars) The Clientele - God Save the Clientele (Merge) Page France - Page France and the Family Telephone......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday - Umlauts Rule: Björk, Maxïmo Park, Elliott Smith, Electrlane, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, Sea Wolf, Paula Abdul, The Clientele, Of Montreal, Lavender Diamond, Keren Ann"

May 7, 2007

LAist is proud to offer a weekly chart roundup of Billboard Magazine's most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week's chart toppers. Behold the #1s. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - I Swear She Looks Like Axl Rose: Avril Lavigne, Bruce Hornsby, Joshua Bell, Tiesto, Nightwatchman, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith, Maroon 5"

April 23, 2007

LAist is proud to offer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

Continue Reading "On The Charts: Bright Eyes, Grinderman, Hannah Montana, Kylie Minogue, Tiesto, Jennifer Lopez, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Tim McGraw, The Killers, Junior Boys, CeU, Young Buck"

April 3, 2007

LAist is proud to offer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - Modest Mouse, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, LCD Soundsystem, Guns N’ Roses, Stephen Marley, Mana, Natasha Bedingfield, Elliott Yamin, Don Omar"

March 30, 2007

LAist gets and listens to a Lot of music. You can see the bands we like in the concerts that we review, the Tonight in Rock listings that we compile, and in the cds that we review. But we realize that we listen to way more music than we review so we figured we make a list once a week letting you know what we're into. week ending 3/31/07 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible......

Continue Reading "LAist Playlist for Week Ending 3/31/07"

March 26, 2007

No offense to the local boys, but we are far more excited to check out the Arcade Fire on Saturday night of Coachella than the Chili Peppers. Which is why we're crossing our fingers that Win Butler, the lead singer and genius behind the Arcade Fire will have successful sinus surgery. Butler announced yesterday on the band's website that for three months he's been suffering from a sinus and bronchial infection and canceling the......

Continue Reading "Arcade Fire Cancels Rest of European Tour"

March 19, 2007

LAist is proud to offerer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - The Notorious B.I.G., Guns N’ Roses, Fergie Featuring Ludacris, Eminem & 50 Cent, Arcade Fire, Breaking Benjamin, Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon, Consequence, The Stooges"

March 6, 2007

Air - Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks) Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours to Keep [US] (New Line) Antibalas - Security (Anti) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge) !!! - Myth Takes [Bonus Disc] (Warp) Joss Stone - Tell Me ‘Bout It [SINGLE] (Virgin) KMFDM - Nihil [Bonus Track] (Metropolis) Mary Chapin Carpenter - Calling (Zoe) My Brighest Diamond - Tear It Down (Asthmatic Kitty) Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy (Nonesuch) Son Volt - Search......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday - Air, Arcade Fire, The Stooges, !!!, Joss Stone, Albert Hammond, Wynton Marsalis, The Notorious B.I.G., White Flight, Antibalas, VH1 Metal Mania"

March 1, 2007

The Ataris - Welcome the Night (Sanctuary) David Bowie - Station to Station [VCT] (Virgin) David Bromberg - Try Me One More Time (Appleseed) Bobby Conn - King for a Day (Thrill Jockey) Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (Rounder) Delorean - You Can't Win (Yep Roc) John Denver - Essential John Denver (RCA) Dr. Dog - We All Belong (Park the Van) Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition]......

Continue Reading "New Music Double Feature - Best of the Last Two Weeks: Dean & Britta, Dr. Dog, Electric Light Orchestra, Jesu, Nouvelle Vague, David Bowie, Luscious Jackson, Money Mark, Pagoda, Tim Fite, Erasure, Southern Culture On The Skids, Irving"

February 25, 2007

The Oscars go down in just a few hours, so this is the last call for Oscar Picks! Just go to this post and choose who you think will win in ten big categories. Here are the AMAZING prizes we have for the winners The Grand Prize Winner (person with the most correct picks) will get a copy of the just-released Luscious Jackson's "Greatest Hits", tickets to the Hotel Cafe on March 29th to see......

Continue Reading "Last Chance to Enter our Luscious Oscar Contest"

February 22, 2007

The Oscars are right around the corner, everyone's an expert, so let's see what ya got. After the jump we have ten big categories for Sunday's award show. To enter out your picks in the comments and leave your real email address so we can contact you. Please follow this format: 1. Penelope Cruz 2. Jennifer Hudson 3. Forest Whitaker etc... Here are the AMAZING prizes we have for the winners The Grand Prize Winner......

Continue Reading "Enter our Luscious Academy Award Contest"

February 6, 2007

OUT TODAY: Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go (Sonic Unyon) Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Men Belinda Carlisle - Voila [Bonus Disc] (Rykodisc) Bloc Party - Weekend in the City (Vice) Chicken Shack - Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (Blue Horizon) Deerhunter - Cryptograms (Kranky) Dexys Midnight Runners - Projected Passion Revue (Umvd Import) Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five (Zedtone) Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday - Isn't It Frightfully Good To Have A Dong: Bloc Party, John Waters, The Apples in Stereo, Yoko Ono, Peter Bjorn and John, Sondre Lerche, Fall Out Boy, Split Enz, The Postmarks, Aereogramme, Ian Hunter, Patty Griffin, Monty Python"

February 5, 2007

LAist is proud to offerer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ A selection......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - Pretty Ricky, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Shins, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Martina McBride, Pink, Grateful Dead, Moe, Shakira, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Damian Marley, Fall Out Boy, 2007 Grammy Nominees, Nine Inch Nails"

January 29, 2007

Nothing says I love you, quite like poor compression. Here to express how I feel about this week’s On The Charts, using only this week’s Billboard No.1s, is a video diary of my deepest sentiments. Well, really it’s only one video. And really it's only one sentiment -- Go Slash Go. In honor of Guns N' Roses' number one grab in the Pop Catalog category, and the impending floodish weather forecast for the Los......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - This Ain't No Party:Fall Out Boy, Daughtry, Aventura, Ciara, Goo Goo Dolls, Guns N’ Roses, Rich Boy, Silversun Pickups, Carrie Underwood, Smokie Norful, Sola, RBD, Baby Einstein, Carla Bruni "

January 22, 2007

Beyonce continues to bully the charts. And far too many people think that buying Kenny G CDs is an appropriate use of money. I know we can do better than this. Here to make miserable your otherwise sunny day is a list of this week’s Billboard No.1s. Below is the short list. More good news after the jump... Billboard Charts Issue Date: January 27, 2007 The Billboard 200 - Dreamgirls:Soundtrack The Billboard Hot 100......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same: Beyonce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Nelly Furtado, James Brown, The Beatles, Rodney Atkins, Sammie, Il Divo, Wicked, Celtic Woman, Daughtry"

January 17, 2007

I humbly present this week's offering of classic crooners, underground rappers, David Bowie, heavy metal, art rock, prog rock, and even a little yacht rock. 'Tis a pity we are built with only two ears. Rock Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita (Magna Carta) *America (feat. Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller, and Adam Schlesinger) - Here & Now (Burgundy) Isabelle Antena - Carpe Diem/Les Derniers Guerriers Romantiques (LTM / Boutique NL) Atrophy - Socialized Hate......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday - The Smithereens, Diana Ross, America, Coco Montoya, David Bowie, Stars of Track and Field, Crowed House, Yungstar, The Holmes Brothers, Dinah Washington"

January 16, 2007

c l i c k__f o r__ v i d e o Another day, another do-wop. Beyonce continues to dominate, so this week I’ve gone ahead and given her a category of her own. Below, are the number ones for the week. Billboard Charts Issue Date: January 20, 2007 No. 1 - Beyonce The Billboard 200 - Dreamgirls:Soundtrack The Billboard Hot 100 - Irreplaceable:Beyonce Hot 100 Airplay - Irreplaceable:Beyonce Hot Digital Tracks - Irreplaceable......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - All Beyonce All The Time: Dreamgirls, The Wreckers, Guns N’ Roses, Carly Simon, Jim Jones, Brad Paisley, Young Jeezy, Shiny Toy Guns, Queen"

January 8, 2007

LAist is proud to begin offering a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1’s. Billboard Charts......

Continue Reading "On The Charts - #1 With A Mullet: Beyonce, Mana, Gym Class Heroes, Now 23, Super Mario Brothers Theme, Carrie Underwood, Omarion"

January 2, 2007

It's that time again. Get down with your bad self. [via All Music & iTunes] Rock Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (BMG Germany) Anastacia - Not That Kind [Bonus Track] (Sbme Import) Barenaked Ladies - Live from Etown (etown) Candlemass - Dactylis Glomerata [Bonus CD] (GMR Music) Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sbme Import) Dollar - Platinum Collection (WEA International) Jason Donovan - Greatest Hits [EMI] (EMI) Billy Fury - Live at......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday: Tangerine Dream, Ultimate Power Ballads, Grave Digger, Journey, Three 6 Mafia, Dirty Beatniks"

December 26, 2006

I still want a hula hoop. But I'll settle for a sweet stash of new music and reissues. Here are the newbies for this festive holiday week. [via All Music] Rock America - Silent Letter/Alibi (Beat Goes On) Bananarama - Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection (WEA International) Beloved, The - Platinum Collection: Sun's Rising/Halcyon (WEA International) Bronski Beat/Communards - Age of Consent/Platinum Collection (WEA International) Emma Bunton - Life in Mono [Bonus Tracks]......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday: Matisyahu, The Knife, Switchfoot, Mogwai, America, Quincy Jones, N.W.A."

December 17, 2006

Asher Garber was born and mostly raised in the Valley. He saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" during its first weekend run at the Pacific 4 in the Sherman Oaks Galleria. An alum of Oakwood High in NoHo and UCSB, Asher eventually moved to Austin, TX where he owns and operates Room 710, one of the original Red River rock clubs, all while desperately trying hard to actually finish his first real live, no-shit-I’ve-got-one,......

Continue Reading "Asher Garber's Top 10 Room 710 Touring Bands"