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TRACK: THE PROCESSION - "Major and Minor"
BLOG: GREEN PEA NESS - (Los Angeles)

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Jennifer O'Connor's the best

From Its Hard to Find a Friend, Posted August, 28th 2008

Lots of people don't like female singer/songwriter's very much - for reasons like "they all sound the same" or "they all sound like Fiona Apple." These are fair enough reasons I guess, to each his own or whatever, but I knew I'd like Jennifer O'Connor when I saw her wonderful and lovably sarcastic press shot (see above). Attitude, indeed Jennifer.Jennifer's album Here With Me is out now on Matador for you to go buy and listen to, and that's...

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Fan Assaulted at Radiohead's Hollywood Bowl Show

From Its Hard to Find a Friend, Posted August, 28th 2008

Last night I received an email from Sean Carlson, one of the two promoters of this weekend's F Yeah Fest regarding something that went down as they were filming a documentary outside the Concert. Pretty interesting stuff, I'm interested to see if the band responds - as they tend to do to things like this. Details are below."Monday night along the tree-lined walkway entrance to the Hollywood Bowl, as Radiohead was closing the second of their two sold-out nights at...

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Unconventional '08 :: Whoever this Obama kid is, he sure incites some excellent music

From I am Fuel, You are Friends, Posted August, 28th 2008

Last night in Denver, the Unconventional '08 shindig took over a madhouse-packed Manifest Hope Gallery amidst the brick warehouses on Larimer Street.Earlier in the evening a free concert featured Silversun Pickups, Nada Surf, DJ Z-Trip, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Cold War Kids. Starting around 10pm, a late-night supergroup performance brought together Ben Gibbard, Jenny Lewis, Johnathan Rice, Zooey Deschanel, and Matthew Caws to perform for a slew of eclectic luminaries that included various congresspeople, Moby, the mayors of...

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Matthew Sweet: New Music, New Shows

From Speed of Dark, Posted August, 28th 2008

I sincerely regret that we are not able to catch Matthew Sweet at the Echo in L.A. tonight. As you'll see as soon as I get back home and process my photos, we saw Shearwater the night before, and unfortunately I don't have either the stamina or the bucks to do two concerts in a row. For the record, I am not whining about the cost of tickets; it's the cost of gas, meals, and motel that keeps...

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