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‘Weird sibling energy’: Nothing’s better than the Faux Real thing By

It’s almost impossible to describe the post-post-post-ironic electro-glam duo of Faux Real — aka shirtless, shag-haircutted, high-kicking, high-camp, Franco-American himbos Virgile and Elliott Arndt, rock’s quirkiest brothers since the Maels...

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‘The Voice’ winner Sofronio Vasquez opens up about his ‘very tragic,’ ‘saddest and weirdest story’ : ‘I am able to bring a little justice for the family’ By

When Sofronio Vasquez won The Voice Season 26 this week, his reaction was one of the most genuinely touching displays in the series’ 13-year history — a stunning must-see-TV moment,...

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Redd Kross’s guide to L.A. story for FLOOD magazine By

  As an L.A. native whose first Whisky show was Redd Kross, it was immense fun to reminisce with Jeff McDonald & Steven McDonald about Los Angeles for FLOOD magazine. I...

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Vicki Lawrence on how she had a No. 1 hit with future ex-husband’s ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’ before their split: ‘I got a gold record, and I got the dog’ By

Some fans, depending on their age, know comic legend Vicki Lawrence as the ingenue from The Carol Burnett Show, or as Mama’s Family matriarch Thelma Harper, or maybe even as...

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Rufus Wainwright talks Folk Cancer: The Kate McGarrigle Project, mother’s final performance: ‘All of the atoms in her body just rallied’ By

In January 2010, folk legend Kate McGarrigle, beloved mother of singer-songwriters Rufus and Martha Wainwright, passed away at age 63 from a rare form of cancer called sarcoma. She gave her...

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L7’s Donita Sparks talks Fast and Frightening Takeover, Rock for Choice’s legacy, and being ‘scary broads’: ‘Men were terrified. … Some dudes were just not ready for L7’ By

On Nov. 23, punk legends L7 will host their Fast and Frightening Takeover, a three-stage, all-ages all-nighter at the Belasco in Downtown Los Angeles. The epic event will feature fellow...

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How making ‘One for Jackie,’ learning a shocking family secret helped Rett Madison heal after mother’s suicide: ‘It just shifted the way I viewed my mom as a person’ By

One year ago, L.A.-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist released One for Jackie, a stunning concept album about grief and loss in the classic tradition of Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night, Nick...

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Matt Johnson talks near-death experience, politics, AI, sex robots, love, loss, and The The’s triumphant return: ‘Life is very fragile and short, and you’ve got to make the most of it’ By

Post-punk auteur Matt Johnson, best known as the one-man creative driving force behind seminal college rock band The The, hasn’t exactly been idle during the past 24 years — he’s...

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Dweezil Zappa talks new studio and his “rock ‘n’ roll Nostradamus” father’s prescient politics: “He always said, ‘The last name is what will get you in trouble.’” By

Dweezil Zappa, the second-oldest child of the late Frank Zappa, is Zooming in from his newly built Hikari Studios in Los Angeles, taking time out from his hectic schedule —...

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How Hanson went to ‘war’ 20 years ago with ‘Underneath’ and ended up on top: ‘We could not find ourselves in a situation where we could not control our own destiny’ By

“It was just something we were willing to fight for. It was a war. We had to win, because we were young guys and we were already being told that...

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