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2:13 pm

Thu April 26, 2012

KCRW Presents: M. Ward

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M. Ward performs at Apogee Studios for KCRW.

By Anne Litt, KCRW DJ

M. Ward is a singer, guitarist and expert songwriter who's perhaps best known for his collaborations with artists ranging from Zooey Deschanel and Conor Oberst to Jim James and Jenny Lewis.

The Two-Way

2:07 pm

Thu April 26, 2012

Court Says Florida Governor's Order To Drug Test Employees Is Unconstitutional

By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Thu April 26, 2012 2:54 pm

A district judge ruled that Florida Gov. Rick Scott cannot mandate random drug testing for state employees.

The Checkout: Live

1:40 pm

Thu April 26, 2012

Third World Love + Now Vs. Now: Live From 92Y Tribeca

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Avishai Cohen of Third World Love.

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Omer Avital.

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Avishai Cohen of Third World Love.

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Yonatan Avishai.

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The view from stage left.

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Daniel Freedman.

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Avishai Cohen.

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Outside the venue.

By editor

Originally published on Sat June 23, 2012 7:24 pm

The quartet Third World Love, made up of three Israelis and one New Yorker, plays acoustic music with the feel of small-group jazz and the rhythmic trusses of the Mediterranean and Middle East. There's an earthy, polyglot folk flavor to the band's five records — the new Songs and Portraits comes out days before this show — and a bit of dance-floor audacity, too. Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonatan Avishai (piano), Omer Avital (bass) and Daniel Freedman (drums) deliver mightily on execution, as one might expect from a collection of jazz-trained virtuosos.

The Record

1:27 pm

Thu April 26, 2012

Marooned In L.A. For A Week, Coachella Bands Make Do

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Ian St. Pe of the band Black Lips performs at this year's Coachella festival in Indio, Calif. Like many of the artists on the bill, the band agreed not to book other shows in Southern California within months of the event.

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Radiohead's headlining set on April 14 featured many songs from their album The King of Limbs, and an excellent ponytail on the head of singer Thom Yorke (right).

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After Explosions in the Sky played Coachella in 2007, says guitarist Munaf Rayani, the band went from "playing in rooms that were 400, 500, maybe a thousand people," to "the Palladium in L.A., which [has a capacity of] 4,000, and filled it up." Explosions in the Sky, seen here at Coachella on April 13, were booked by Goldenvoice, Coachella's promoter, to play a set at The Glass House in nearby Pomona on April 18.

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During a set by Sunday night headliners Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog, a holographic image of Tupac Shakur, who died in 1996, performed for the crowd. In a YouTube message to fans, Dr. Dre said, "This was not done for a tour. If a tour happens, we'll see."

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Performers at Coachella, like Gotye, seen here April 15, were subject to a "radius clause" that prevented them from playing in the immediate area of the festival. So that they didn't waste the week between the festival's two weekends, Gotye's booking agent, Tom Windish, scheduled performances for his clients in locations like San Francisco and Las Vegas.

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Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, performs April 15 at Coachella.

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Santi White, aka Santigold, performs onstage at Coachella on April 15.

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"Honestly, we would like to play ... while we're in L.A. ... but they told us not to," Black Lips guitarist Cole Alexander told NPR. "So we're like, 'Whatever, we'll just record.' " The band found a new friend (and potential collaborator) during their week off: the pop star Ke$ha.

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Ke$ha in the audience at Coachella on April 15.

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Other guests who performed with Dre (at left) and Snoop during Coachella's first weekend included Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa and Kendrick Lamar.

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James Mercer performs with The Shins on April 14 at Coachella.

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Concertgoers attend the Black Lips performance April 14.

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Rihanna performs during a set by DJ and producer Calvin Harris, who produced the singer's hit "We Found Love," during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif.

By Amy Walters

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:51 am

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The massive Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival came to a close in California on Sunday after two weekends worth of sold-out shows by over 150 artists.

One of those acts was the Austin, Texas, band Explosions in the Sky, which first played Coachella back in 2007 and has seen its profile grow since then.

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