The flip-flop is a simple sandal made of foam or rubber, and is thought of as the staple footwear of the summer. Read more...
Arts, Music
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July 11, 12:10 am
Rising LA bands The Soft Pack, Hanni El Khatib to perform in Hammer Museum’s summer concert series, “˜Also I Like to Rock’
The normally still walls of the Hammer Museum will come to life this Thursday as they capture the sounds and spirit of independent music in Los Angeles. Local acts The Soft Pack and Hanni El Khatib will play in the Hammer Museum courtyard as part of the summer concert series "Also I Like to Rock," presented by KCRW 89.9 FM and the Hammer Museum. Read more...
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The Soft Pack will be performing at the Hammer Museum this Thursday as part of the “Also I Like to Rock” summer concert series. Hanni El Khatib will also be performing. (courtesy of Morgan Kroll)
Arts, Music
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July 11, 12:08 am
SOUND BITE: "Everything's Fine"
Relationships are not perfect. They have their high and low moments. The Summer Set's album, "Everything's Fine," has arrived and is an emotional roller coaster filled with the joy and pain of falling in love. "Everything's Fine" displays the evolution of the band from one of their first albums "…In Color," on which the band made use of significant auto-tune. Read more...
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courtesy of Razor & Tie
Arts, Music
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July 11, 12:05 am
SOUND BITE: "Washed Out"
In his first full-length album as Washed Out, Ernest Greene has created a set of electronic songs that represents a bit of a musical head-scratcher. Read more...
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courtesy of Sub Pop
Arts, Lifestyle
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July 5, 3:49 am
Restaurant Review: Panini Cafe
Whoever thought of making a panini was brilliant, to say the least. A hot sandwich with meat, grilled vegetables and some sort of fattening sauce all pressed together so that the cheese inside gets gooey is worth breaking a summer bikini diet for. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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July 5, 3:45 am
Movie Review: "Larry Crowne"
The film opens at UMart "“ a fictionalized Kmart "“ where Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) spends each work day chatting with customers, mentoring his less efficient peers and picking up trash in the parking lot. Read more...
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Credit: Universal Pictures
Arts, Music
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July 5, 3:42 am
Soundbite: "Gardens & Villa"
Every summer, bands release albums in the hopes that they will find commercial and critical success as the soundtrack to the season. Most albums fall a little bit short of such success, while select others create something that perfectly embodies the spirit of summer. Gardens & Villa's new self-titled debut album is one of the latter. Read more...
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Credit: Secretly Canadian