Sitting in a coffee house, sipping a cup of coffee and listening to acoustic music is a tried and true combination for relaxation. Read more...

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From left, Nivedan Nayak, a second-year communications student, and Eric Cappello, a second-year undeclared student, of The Psykes, perform a song at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center for a Special Olympics event.

Before she became Lady Lazarus, the last time Melissa Ann Sweat sang in public was in her junior high production of "Oliver." But three years ago, Sweat assumed that artistic pseudonym and began creating her own music. Read more...

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BLACK BOX STUDIOS
UCLA alumna Melissa Ann Sweat began making music three years ago under the stage name Lady Lazarus. Today she released her first LP, “Mantic.”

Social Distortion front man Mike Ness has come a long way from the days of his cramped, one-room Fullerton apartment that served as the base of the burgeoning Orange County punk scene in the 1980s. Read more...

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EPITAPH RECORDS

In an album that's considerably more concise and simplistic than The Decemberists' previous efforts, their new album "The King Is Dead" still maintains the band's rich folk rock sound. Read more...

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CAPITOL RECORDS