TEXT: BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER / PHOTO: HANNES MAGERSTAEDT, GETTY IMAGES
STEVE AOKI – Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, LMFAO, Lil Jon and Chiddy Bang, Kid Cudi and Travis Barker, even members of hardcore punk bands the Exploited and Die Kreuzen lent a hand on the Newport Beach DJ's latest disc, Wonderland.
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New albums: Steve Aoki, the Big Pink, Wilco
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Jan. 19, 2012 Updated: March 27, 2013 10:48 a.m.
I’m a little later than usual with this week’s rundown — that’s what catching a cold on a Monday will do to you. Oh well: That only gave me more time to determine just how idiosyncratically strong Ani DiFranco‘s first album in 3½ years is, and how frustrated I am with the Big Pink‘s latest good-not-great ’80s amalgam.
Also in the mix: a definitive Martina McBride collection, the studio return of classic-era Guided by Voices, the stateside debut of South Korea’s Girls’ Generation, a Bill Evans tribute from Chick Corea, an excellent iTunes session from Wilco and a rush-released double-album from too-often unsung songwriter Joseph Arthur.
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