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One of the first integrated rock groups, Love was a seminal West Coast band of the 1960s. Love was formed in the early '60s by singer/songwriter Arthur Lee who came up with the idea of calling his band "Love" because "It's a big word, it's the best part of life." Lee's definition of love, however, was somewhat idiosyncratic: "We got to love each other. My preference is to get along with everybody... As long as you do what I say, no problem." Lee's psychedelic genius was the core of Love's appeal. With a garage-band-folk-meets-The-Doors homespun taste, Love's elusive style shorted the group out of mainstream success. Nonetheless, the acclaimed '67 album Forever Changes remains a cult classic in any professional's psychedelic record collection....more

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    by Paul WilliamsAugust 27, 2008Comments (0)

    I remember standing at the back of the Unicorn, a small club in Boston, in spring of 1967, watching Jefferson Airplane do a set. They were so tight and so free, a rushing mountain stream of liquid music pouring forth from Jack’s bass, bright notes from Jorma’s lead guitar sparkling as in morning sunlight, Paul’s rhythm guitar adding intensity, fullness, commitment, Spencer’s drumming stretching to surround it all (read more)

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    by Denise SullivanAugust 27, 2008Comments (0)

    From her time on the LA scene during the first wave of punk, and through a 25-year solo singer-songwriter career that's served as inspiration to a new generation of queercore and riot grrrl artists, Phranc is embedded in California's rich musical landscape. But it's off shore’s close proximity, whether while swimming, sailing, and especially surfing, where the self-proclaimed “basic average all-American (read more)

  • Xavier Rudd

    by j. poetAugust 27, 2008Comments (0)

    "blends the sounds of didgeridoo and guitar into a murky, mysterious primal sound" (read more)

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    The C!-team was suuuuuper busy this past weekend. San Francisco was the place to be, what with the inaugural year of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival and the Rock Make Street Fest, at which we spent a hot, blissful day. (read more)

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