LA hasn't really been pulling its weight musically for a while now. For a city of about 12 million that's given us everything from frazzled pysch to west coast hip-hop over the years, its post-millenium effort (throwing Steel Panther and a couple of tuneless noiseniks from the Smell club our way) doesn't really cut it on the world stage.
However, there have been a few green shoots in the SoCal desert, a couple of progressive pop, "world"-type bands - Rainbow Arabia and Hecuba in particular.
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NME - The Daily Download — LA hasn't really been pulling its weight musically for a while now. For a city of about 12 million that's given us everything from frazzled pysch to west coast hip-hop ov... more info