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"Ray" masterfully recreates the life, struggles and successes of Ray Charles. It follows the perseverance of Charles, a blind pianist, in his youth, his shrewd business skills and Charles' ultimate de...
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Guitars were put to a good cause on Friday night, as the Biko House held its second benefit concert, featuring headlining bands Tobias and the Shotgun Wedding.
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An untraditional blend of individual style, State Street's True Grit is one of Santa Barbara's best stores. A meld of high fashion, local designers and eclectic styles, True Grit is truly one of Santa...
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Cake's new album, Pressure Chief, proves to be no blaring deviation from the unique style that we know and love. Indeed, Cake devotees can rest assured: The trademark catchy hooks and annoyingly easy-...
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This Island deserves three awards: one for the best/weirdest song title on an album ("Nanny Nanny Boo Boo"), another for best cover of the year (The Pointer Sisters' hit "I'm So Excited") and the last...
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After playing countless sold-out shows in support of its 2002 break-through album The Execution of All Things, Rilo Kiley has returned with further enthusiasm and abundant confidence.
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It's been a long while since our ears have been kissed by the sound of Green Day. Well, music fans, it is 2004, and the trio swims back into the stream of main with the freshly released American Idiot...
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"If only I were half my age and she was younger," laments Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal on "Call Me Mellow," one of the many standout tracks on Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, the band's first new a...
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It's certainly tempting to write off Akron, Ohio-based group the Black Keys as another one of the seemingly hundreds of the garage rock bands that have sprung up over the last few years.
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Artsweek correspondent Harrison Coltun got the chance to ask the "Activote!" moderators some of the tough questions about next week's elections and politics today.
Artsweek: Is the student vote as big...
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During my chosen screening of "I Heart Huckabees," I couldn't help but be distracted by a slow yet steady trickle of audience members who, peace made with the loss of seven dollars, stood up and shuff...
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The death of a family member is probably the single most emotionally painful thing that we as human beings have to bear. The prospect of disappearing form this earth, never to return to our family and...
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Bob Dylan doesn't have to work a crowd with humor or charisma; he doesn't have to show off his chops; hell, he doesn't even have to really sing his vocals. He just has to be there.
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Before last Friday night Velvet Jones was a foreign place, known to me only as another typical club with a dodgy word-of-mouth reputation. Frankly, I did not believe I could be lured to its location o...
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The Pixies are legends. Not legends in the sense of being instantly recognizable on the radio or MTV, but legends in their own right. Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering were lu...
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“dusty rusty crusty musty ass california hills”
“frowning in plaid (haunted radios, bird bones + anthropomorphized wind)”
“warming my hands on bridges i’ve burnt”
“songs that make me see god”
“My Playlist #236”
“classy wine moment and intellectual conversation”
“90s heroin chic model off duty”
“tweet tweet bird emoji map emoji”
“not my circus, not my monkeys”
“a grave is probably cheaper than an apartment”
“ATE THESE BITCHES LEFT NO CRUMBS / DID IT IN DESIGNER PUMPS”
