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Photos & Interviews from FYF Fest 2011: Dead Milkmen, Fool’s Gold, Future Islands, Explosions in the Sky, OFF! and More

September 20, 2011
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I took photos and interviewed several bands at FYF Fest earlier this month at Los Angeles State Historic Park. These interviews and photos originally appeared in LAist. Click photos to embiggen / view as slideshow or click here to view all the photos on a single page.

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Spotify Streaming Music Service Now Available in the U.S.

July 19, 2011
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I’ve been extremely fortunate to have access to Spotify for a couple years now and for the past several months have been paying for the premium service. Now… I can FINALLY stop biting my tongue (or making friends jealous): Spotify opened for business in the U.S. last week! Hit me up with an email if [...]

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Album Sales Up for First Time in 7 Years

July 10, 2011
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Strong sales of new releases from the top ladies in song and multiple reissues of classic albums made the first half of 2011 the best 6 months for album sales since 2004, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The one percent increase in sales is little more than a tiny bright spot for an industry which has [...]

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My Morning Jacket Rocks The Village to Benefit KCRW

June 26, 2011
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A few hundred KCRW members were lucky enough to see one of today’s finest live-performing bands in a rare intimate performance at The Village studios in West L.A. Tuesday night.

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Flaming Lips at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

June 15, 2011
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My best photos from the Flaming Lips concerts at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on June 14th and 15th 2011. Click on images to view as larger slideshow.

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Spotify MP3 Downloads: Better than Amazon and iTunes?

May 9, 2011
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Spotify now offers users various packages for purchasing downloads of the tracks already streamable via the service. A single track goes for $1.29 cents a track but for $50 you can download 100 tracks (that’s 50 cents a pop). The one catch being that all credits expire after 30 days (extendable to 90 days depending [...]

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