The Adios Lounge can’t participate in this year’s SXSW Music Festival because of top-secret government work. Yep, it’s true. While Austin staggers under the weight of freebeerpalooza, I’ll be keeping the Western Hemisphere safe in a bunker 20 miles below the surface of the earth. My disadvantageous location notwithstanding, don’t think for a second my […]
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“My girlhood among the outlaws was salty, bittersweet The things I did I could just kick myself now” –Maria McKee, 1993 If you’re like me, you’ve often said to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if someone put together a 40-45 minute documentary on early Lone Justice? You know, before the band was engulfed by […]
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One of the good things about living in Los Angeles is that occasionally a band like Dinosaur Jr. will play a free show. “Wait, free??? Are you sure it’s not the cover band, Dinosaur Jr. Jr.?” This was my first time seeing the Dinos since June 14, 1991 at the Hollywood Palladium … with Nirvana […]
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Not sure if you’re familiar with Magnet’s ongoing Over/Under series, but their writers choose mostly well-known musical artists and discuss their overrated and underrated songs. In theory, it’s a pretty clever idea and the writing isn’t too bad. However, as it’s played out, the series has been a hipster nightmare. The overrated pile is […]
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While I finish up my next post, I figured I’d keep you busy with a grab-bag of adiosloungeica. THELONIOUS MONSTER The Monster’s set at The Echo (Thursday, February 4) was the beautiful mess I expected. Polished? Yeah, not exactly. Well-rehearsed? Of course not. But, when the boys locked into their groove — “See That My […]
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