concerts

Magnet Live in Los Angeles

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Magnet is the nom-de-guitar of Even Johansen, of Norway. Described as a Troubadour in his bio, which also includes the information that his name Magnet comes from a teenage visit to a half-Chinese, half-Indian medicine man, who gave him a tattoo of a magnet, colored with “special” ink. After passing out, young Even woke up completely cured. In any case, I was pretty sure Magnet the Troubadour would do well inside the cozy confines of LA’s famed Troubadour club, as the warm up act for Phoenix.
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Helen Stellar mp3s and Live Shows

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Helen Stellar is playing every Monday night this month at the Echo in Echo Park for all of Los Angeles to enjoy. Admission is free, so if you want to see one of LA’s best young groups, turn up at around 9 every Monday in January.

For a taste of what you’ll hear, check out their webpage which has a few (older) mp3s for your consumption.

Raveonettes Rock Cleveland

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Text and photographs by Julz Finley

I had planned on seeing The Raveonettes up in Buffalo on 7th, but at the last minute I found out they were going to play the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame… so I got my act together in a hurry, and my beau and I hauled ass down to Cleveland. It’s a good thing we did, this was a fantastic show!
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