Category: Long Beach
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May the 4th Be With Me
It’s my birthday weekend, so I’ll keep this short! I have a festival to get ready for today! Here are some notes from the most recent episode of my podcast, Sound To Savor: Star Wars Day JarFive Music I talk about the Kent State shootings at the end of the episode. Here is a link…
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Good Fridaze
JarFive Arguably the most heavily promoted and written about album year to date, “Cowboy Carter” was released last night. I’m not a huge Beyoncé fan, but I always give her albums a listen. With all the talk of this being a country album, at its core it’s still a Beyoncé album, with a twang here…
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March on.
JarFive St. Vincent is back with the lead of single for her upcoming album. This single reminds me of Nine Inch Nails, and sounds great. This is her first self-produced album, and includes friends like Dave Grohl and Josh Freese, among others. The video for the song has sparked some controversy among fans, given the…
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Groundhog Day Edition
JarFive On the eve of Grammy weekend, nominated trio boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) are apparently taking a break. They played a couple of acoustic sets last night, at a secret location in LA. Attendees claim that the group announced their hiatus. I’ve had a few opportunities to see them live, with…
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Just Like Heaven/Beachlife/The Smile
JarFive The fourth installment of Just Like Heaven released its stacked lineup this week. I bought a ticket today, so I may see some of you at this event in mid-May. If people are wondering where indie acts are on the Coachella lineup, they can look at this other Goldenvoice event for some answers. Here…
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The Lounge Returns
The blog is back in 2024, with new blogs coming out every Friday. I just wanted to say Happy New Year with a short blog, and welcome you to the lounge. JarFIVE With the second week of the year coming to an end, the Coachella lineup still has not been released. There’s plenty of speculation on…
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Back to Blogging – 2023 Edition
It’s been a year since my last blog, which was on April 15, 2022. So what happened? Why did I stop before live music really got going? I don’t really have a good excuse, so I’ll give you a bad one: I got bombarded with live music festivals. Shortly, after my last blog, I went…
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Starting Back Up
The last time I blogged was February 29, 2020, a few weeks before the pandemic reached the US. Even though I started watching live music again back in May, 2021, I still hesitated to start this back up. This was mainly because I felt like this medium had grown obsolete, while other forms of social…
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Shows from Yola, Alexandra Savior; New Music, and more
A Note About These Blogs: Since I’m not attending as many shows the first few months of the year, blogs are going to be sparse, focusing mainly on new music. Also, teaching is keeping me busy. Things will pick up as we get closer to Coachella. Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on…
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Favorite albums, live sets. Also, Coachella 2020?
Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Most spun albums this year… (In no particular order)…. 1. Lana Del Rey – “Norman Fucking Rockwell” (2019) // I liked this album a lot more than I wanted to. The first cut…
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