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Leon Bridges At The Greek

Leon Bridges Where are all the black people? That’s what everybody was remarking at Leon Bridges’s sold-out show at the Greek last night. If you were in attendance you’d think he’s one of the biggest acts on the planet. But he’s not. Welcome to the modern music business of niches, where you can be a […]

Lefsetz Live!

That’s right, I’ve got my own talk show on SiriusXM’s Volume, channel #106, starting tomorrow at 7 PM Eastern and 4 PM Pacific, and if you’re in between, I know you can figure out the time, I’m not one of the people labeling you “flyover country,” you’ve got the same 500 channels and 200 Mbps […]

Hot Tuna At The El Rey

Electric. If you’d have asked me whether I wanted to go, I would have said no. But my friend Steve was in from New York, and he’s their longtime agent, and we were gonna have dinner before, so… I said I was in. We went to Republique, the old Campanile space. Did you ever go […]

The Chain

“The Chain” What kind of crazy, fucked-up world do we live in where Lindsey Buckingham gets kicked out of Fleetwood Mac and the band gets better? The same one in which Glenn Frey passes and the Eagles improve. Now we know the Mac can’t sustain without Stevie, but without Lindsey…NO PROBLEM! No one doubts Mike […]