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Album review: Usher's 'Looking 4 Myself'
Pop & HissOn his seventh album, 'Looking 4 Myself,' Usher delivers a batch of high-flying genre-bending experiments, if not quite the revolutionary pop he's going for. The Times' Randall Roberts reviews.... -
Hair metal gods Bret Michaels, Erik Turner rate ‘Rock of Ages’
Pop & HissA couple of hair-metal experts weigh in on Tom Cruise and "Rock of Ages," a cinematic love letter to the much-maligned Reagan era rock genre. Poison’s Bret Michaels thought "Rock of Ages" was "awesome," while Tom Cruise did a "great job,"... -
Album review: Neneh Cherry and the Thing's 'The Cherry Thing'
Pop & Hiss"I think I'm built to last," sings Neneh Cherry on "Cashback," the opening track on "The Cherry Thing," her cacophonic collaboration that is something of her comeback. Cherry started her career with the punk-influenced collective Rip Rig + Panic but...... -
Live music for your Memorial Day weekend
Pop & HissThe Pop & Hiss run-down of the weekend's top shows has returned. Included this week is the Lightning In a Bottle Festival, the JazzReggae Festival and Silver Lake's Jubilee.... -
Album review: Damon Albarn's 'Dr Dee'
Pop & HissDamon Albarn seems about as busy as a pop star can be. In March the frontman of both Blur and Gorillaz released “Rocket Juice & the Moon,” a trippy Afro-funk disc he made with drummer Tony Allen and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; next... -
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Album review: Anthony Hamilton's 'Back to Love'
Pop & HissIn a sea of male singers who sound like yelping seal pups, Anthony Hamilton’s gritty emotiveness has the gravitas of weathered adulthood. On his fourth CD, “Back to Love,” he continues lapping the pack. “Pray for Me,” a... -
Sunset Junction Street Festival group files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Pop & HissSunset Junction Street Junction organizers have filed for bankruptcy following last year's canceled festival. The nonprofit Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance lists more than $900,000 in debts, including more than $250,000 to the city of Los Angeles...... -
Bootsy Collins defines the funk: 'Making something out of nothing'
Turn It UpIt’d be audacious coming from just anybody else, but William “Bootsy” Collins named his new album “The Funk Capital of the World” (Mascot) knowing full well he could back up the claim. Everyone from Snoop Dogg and Chuck D to.... -
Sunset Junction 2011: Stages, set times unveiled
Pop & HissSunset Junction 2011: Pop & Hiss has an early look below at the stages and set-times for this year's lineup. Headliners this year include soul legend Bobby Womack, dancey indie-rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and alt-rock weirdos the Butthole Surfers.... -
A poet with soul: The ballads of Gil Scott-Heron
Pop & HissThe late Gil Scott-Heron was many things -- poet, activist, icon, cipher -- but it’s easy to forget: He could sing, too. Following his passing on May 27, a parade of accolades have lauded his achievements as a cultural figure,...... -
Album review: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan's 'Hawk'
Pop & HissThree albums into a creative coupling that’s grown no less odd with age, former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell and ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan are still drawing power from the tension between her wispy indie-pop coo and his......
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