You would think that following the huge, surprising success of Silver Lake indie rock outfit Local Natives’ 2010 debut album Gorilla Manor, the four-piece would be riding high into its sophomore album. But the passing of Kelcey Ayer’s mother and the severed relationship with former bassist Andy Hamm had the band feeling quite the opposite. […]
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The Bowery Boys: Volume Two
For this four-disc follow-up to 2012’s set, Warner Archive again mined its vaults for 12 of the Boys’ Poverty Row features. The best way to describe their style is that it comes from the “why I oughta!” school of comedy. I’m unsure if it ever graduated, given exchanges like “How can you read in the […]
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Goodnight, gorilla
The ape was diagnosed with heart disease in 2010 and had since been on heart medication to alleviate symptoms. According to the zoo, cardiac disease is a major cause of death for adult gorillas. Western lowland gorillas such as Bom Bom are critically endangered due to commercial hunting for meat, habitat loss and poaching in […]