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         <title>Van Halen - The Forum - February 8, 2012</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Van Halen
The Forum
February 8, 2012

The Van Halen reunion is in full swing. It's goodbye to "Van Hagar," even if the current incarnation isn't entirely the band many of us grew up with: bassi]]></description>
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         <title>Is Syl Johnson Rich Off of Rap Samples? He Says So</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Syl Johnson&#8203;The Grammy-nominated soul singer Syl Johnson is currently suing Jay-Z and Kanye West for an alleged illegal sample of his song "Different Strokes" on the Watch The Throne]]></description>
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         <title>Henry Rollins: The Column! I&apos;m Not Dead Yet</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW br]]></description>
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         <title>Behold! The Monolith: How They Got Their Name was Not Very Metal</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Los Angeles power trio Behold! The Monolith's sophomore effort Defender, Redeemist mixes stoner rock, sludge, doom, classic thrash, and black metal into a massive cauldron.

Since forming in 20]]></description>
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         <title>Young The Giant Blows Up</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Last year was a busy one for Irvine's Young The Giant. They released their first album on a major label, toured all over the world and played at both the VMAs and MTV Unplugged. Meanwhile, the ]]></description>
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         <title>Earl Sweatshirt Is Home!</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Earl Sweatshirt, the lost member of Los Angeles collective Odd Future, is back home. 

How do we know? Less than an hour ago, Tyler, the Creator, tweeted that Earl has a Twitter account, @earlx]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:13 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Lana Del Rey - Amoeba Music - 2/7/12 (With Photos)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Timothy Norris&#8203;Lana Del Rey
Amoeba Music
2-7-12

See also our Lana Del Rey slide show.

Better Than... peering through the windows of a candy store.

Perhaps as a sign of her growing musical and]]></description>
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         <title>Iggy Azalea - Dim Mak Studios - 2/7/12</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rebecca Haithcoat&#8203;See also: Meet Iggy Azalea, the Street Smart Blonde Bombshell Behind "Pu$$y"

Iggy Azalea
Dim Mak Studios
2/7/12

The rumbling began in September when Perez Hilton posted the v]]></description>
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         <title>Fuck Guilty Pleasures: DragonForce Gives Power Metal a Good Name</title>
         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Metal isn't supposed to be cheerful. Metal is supposed to be brootal. As a general rule, if it's not Van Halen's "Jump," it should not involve synthesizers. If lyrics don't tend toward evil, th]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:06 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>The Eagles&apos; &quot;Hotel California&quot;: Why This Song Sucks</title>
         <description><![CDATA[

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.]

Song: The Eagles' "Hotel California"

History: Everything. ]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:00:45 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>The Weezer Cruise: Rivers Cuomo Shows Us His Underwear</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Cheryl Smith&#8203;By Wendy Fonarow

My best friend and I recently found ourselves boarding the Weezer Cruise. The red eye from L.A. took us to Miami, where we departed for a five-days-at-sea music ca]]></description>
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         <title>Coachella Tickets: Now Is The Best Possible Time To Buy Scalped Ones Online</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Courtesy of SeatGeek&#8203;So Coachella sold out in a heartbeat, again. Even though they added a second week and, you know, certain headliners aren't maybe the most exciting headliners ever. 

But, of]]></description>
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         <title>Brody Brown: From the Compton Crips to the Grammy Stage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Danielle Bacher&#8203;Inside a white-walled room in Interscope Records' co-founder Ted Field's film production company, a relaxed Brody Brown leans back into his chair. "You know, I feel like it's com]]></description>
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         <title>Regent Theatre in Downtown L.A. to Become Performance Venue</title>
         <description><![CDATA[David CotnerThe Regent Theatre today&#8203;Downtown's Regent Theatre -- a Skid Row echo of the movie palaces on Broadway just a couple of blocks west -- has been a first-run cinema, a warehouse, and d]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/02/regent_theatre_downtown_mitchell_frank_echo.php</link>
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         <title>Big Sir Had Serious Health Scares. So They Made an Album About Life and Death</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Marianne Williams&#8203;Six years after the members of Big Sir were forced to confront their mortality head-on, singer-composer Lisa Papineau and bassist Juan Alderete are back with their third album ]]></description>
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