In the 1970s, The Hollywood Stars were a band that was supposed to hit it big but didn’t quite connect with the masses, thanks to a variety of record company foul-ups and the wrong-headed production of their self-titled 1977 debut album. The band was lucky enough to have a small but committed cult following who kept the tales of their powerful live shows alive, and a pair of archival releases — 2013’s Shine Like a Radio: The Great Lost 1974 Album and 2019’s Sound City — allowed fans of ’70s glam and power pop to at long last hear how they were meant to sound. The albums generated enough buzz that the group reunited, and 2026’s Hey! L.A.! is their second studio LP since returning to duty. As the title suggests, Hey! L.A.! is a loose concept album,…

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