Win Tickets to the Stills, Live in Los Angeles!

The Stills will be playing The Troubador in LA on February 26th, and you can win two tickets to the show, joining the city’s finest as they appreciate wonderful rock n roll music… simply join our mailing list. The winner will be picked at random.

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Detroit Cobras Live in Cleveland Reviewed by Julie Finley

This would be the 1st time I had set foot in the urban landscape known to us all as Cleveland, OH… so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I don’t know the neighborhoods; I don’t know the scene… I basically was flying blind… I didn’t know shit! I arrive at the venue, and I noticed it had some real hardcore live music fans & Pabst Blue Ribbon Drinkers, however it was located and in a real grizzled area. The club seemed a little dilapidated, but who cares… they’re known to book some good shit! One thing I did know was that I was going to see a band that has some fantastic studio records under their belt… and I didn’t care if they don’t write their own songs. I just basically wanted to see a good rock n’roll show… and that I certainly got!
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The Walkmen Live in Los Angeles Reviewed by USOUNDS Poet Laureate

Each year, USOUNDS selects a poet laureate in order to recount the tales of bravery, debauchery, and delusions of grandeur that are so common to our fleet of Journalists. In the past our laureates have been pale young gentlemen with faux-meek demeanors that belie a core of pretension and rage. This year’s selection, Karim Oates, is no exception.

Karim’s latest assignment was to cover the Walkmen show in Los Angeles at Spaceland this past weekend.
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Interpol Live in Los Angeles Reviewed by USOUNDS’ Poet Laureate

Each year, USOUNDS selects a poet laureate in order to recount the tales of bravery, debauchery, and delusions of grandeur that are so common to our fleet of Journalists. In the past our laureates have been pale young gentlemen with faux-meek demeanors that belie a core of pretension and rage. This year’s selection, Karim Oates, is no exception. His first assignment was to sub for a drug-addled Lance F. Rockaway and cover the first of two sold-out Interpol shows in Los Angeles…
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