In the age of recycling and repurposing, LA musicians are on the vanguard of a movement to adapt old technology and musical ideas to form new hybrids, giving birth to a generation of music and visual aesthetics that are fresh and inventive, yet reminiscent of a bygone era. The DNA of music and technology are creating a new breed of sound and vision that will alter and shape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles' future.

The wonderful thing about popular music is the way in which musicians of each generation can rummage through the trash piles of music's past to find the magic gems of musical ideas, to infuse into the music what we see being forged in warehouses, rehearsal studios and apartments across Los Angeles today. KCET has given me the great opportunity to feature 4 bands that exemplify these ideas.
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  • Posted Nov 05, 2007
  • 01:35 PM
  • by MicheBel
  • Los Angeles, CA 
When trying to decipher the gold from the dross on the burgeoning LA music scene, it is always to Mr. Shovel's local music show that I turn. How joyous to see a more in-depth examination of some of the key players in LA's scene, and how and why they deserve a place in the pantheon. Thank you, KCET, for Rummage, and for having Mark Sovel's articles here to help us find the great LA music.
  • Posted Nov 08, 2007
  • 09:57 AM
  • by C.loves2readM.S.
  • L.A., CA 
Mark has helped to make L.A. a premier music scene, within the past 5 years...Thanks Mr. Shovel!!
 
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