Musicians
Coachella 2017 Sets Sked for Weekend One: Duelling Headliners Will Mess With Your Mind
By JOHN DALY Coachella Weekend One has released the set times and don’t expect Weekend 2 to be too much different. Here’s the skinny:
Year: 2017
Live Reviews
Broke L.A. Draws The Fans as ‘Little’ Music and Arts Festival May Soon Start to Outgrow its Locale
They Were Out In Force for The Arts By DONNA BALANCIA Broke L.A. drew a large and diverse crowd of concert goers, animal lovers and ecology-minded people in celebrating its seventh year. The line to […]
Live Reviews
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cusimano of The Walcotts Gives Solo Show For CaliforniaRocker.com
By DONNA BALANCIA Tom Cusimano of The Walcotts sat down with CaliforniaRocker.com for an exclusive interview and a mini session. He played the song “Coalinga” off The Walcotts’ new album, Let The Devil Win. It […]
Live Reviews
Hammons: With New Album, ‘Back From The Grave,’ The Sloths Connect With Young Audience
Tom McLoughlin: ‘Fifty Years Later We Are Living The Dream’ By CRAIG HAMMONS Sometimes you find rock and roll and sometimes rock and roll finds you. I got up early on this Sunday morning, grabbed […]
concerts
Festival Season Kicks Off in The USA as Los Angeles Event ‘Broke L.A.’ Proves It’s Rich in Talent
By DONNA BALANCIA Broke L.A. is rich in talent for 2017. The festival that started out as a cheap alternative to Coachella has grown in many ways. Broke L.A. has positioned itself to be the […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
Richmond Sluts Rock Harvard and Stone, Band Plays New Album, And Leaves for European Tour
Richmond Sluts Promote Catchy ’60 Cycles of Love’ By DONNA BALANCIA The Richmond Sluts headlined a great Thursday night at Harvard and Stone, part of the Cheap Satisfaction series. Our best local drummer, John Tyree, […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
British Punk’s Prolific Colin Newman: The Band Wire is Not Just Some Heritage Group from The 1970s
The Drill Fest by Wire Packs the Echo By JOHN NORRIS and DONNA BALANCIA Wire held its Drill Fest at The Echo and Echoplex, and it was a rare opportunity to see some of punk’s originators […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
The Orwells, The Walters and No Parents Take No Prisoners in Physical Sets at The Regent Theater LA
Three Strong Bands Prove Punk Still has Legs By DONNA BALANCIA When The Orwells play a show, it’s more like a PE party. Friends, fans and strong opening bands are the name of the game […]
concerts
Hammons Review: Sir Rod Stewart Makes A Knight To Remember in Knockout Caesars Palace Performance
By CRAIG HAMMONS The curtain was drawn and anticipation was running high. At 7:30 P.M. sharp the theme to The Magnificent Seven came roaring out of the public address system. The curtains then opened to […]
Coachella
Rolling Blackouts CF Puts on a Colorful Show with Moaning Band at The Echo
By DONNA BALANCIA Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is re-importing new wave music to the U.S. much to the fans’ delight. Call the Aussies’ music “new wave,” “power pop,” “alternative,” or whatever you may, Rolling Blackouts […]
Musicians
‘Never Mind The Rules’ a Perfect Guide to Dating by Susan Hyatt and Lina Lecaro
By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – Susan Hyatt and Lina Lecaro have published a great book, Never Mind The Rules, that can help save your social life, especially if your world revolves around music or an […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
Meat Puppets Rip Through Favorites as Show at The Echo With FdMdxFd Becomes a Family Affair
By DONNA BALANCIA The Meat Puppets won over the crowd of the faithful Wednesday night as they took the stage and held a packed house at the Echo entranced. They didn’t miss a beat and […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Chip Kinman and Ford Madox Ford Debut the New Vid for Bluesy Tune ‘Expect It’
By DONNA BALANCIA Check out the exclusive video from Chip Kinman and Ford Madox Ford, called “Expect It.” The video makes its debut right here on CaliforniaRocker.com. A Cool Video Kinman, the well-known wild SoCal […]
Musicians
VIDEO: Iggy Pop Classic, ‘The Idiot’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary, And Here’s How It All Came About
Photo By PAUL MCALPINE, Story By JOHN DALY In honor of the 40th anniversary of The Idiot, the famous collaboration between Iggy Pop and David Bowie, here is a video that tells the story of […]
concerts
Tommy Stinson and Bash and Pop Promote ‘Anything Could Happen’ With Packed Show at The Troubadour
The Yawpers Open for Bash and Pop By DONNA BALANCIA Tommy Stinson and his band Bash and Pop are sittin’ on top of the world. They wear high-class suits, play gigs at places like The […]
Musicians
Cranky George and Matt Pond PA Draw Crowds to Mimosa Sunday at Federal Bar in North Hollywood
Dermot Mulroney and his Brother Team With Pogues Founder By DONNA BALANCIA Dermot Mulroney’s band, Cranky George, headlined the latest installment of Mimosa Music Sundays at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. What started out […]
East Coast Rocker®
Prolific John Kay of Steppenwolf Approaches 50 Years of Rock Music
Musicians Can Take a Lesson From this Classic Rocker Photos By HEATHER HARRIS, Review By DONNA BALANCIA John Kay and his band Steppenwolf take a step back in time during each performance. The famous rocker […]
Musicians
Metallica and Lady Gaga Get it Right at the Dress Rehearsal for 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Check out Metallica and Lady Gaga in dress rehearsal for the 59th annual GRAMMY Awards as released on Lady Gaga’s YouTube channel:
interviews
U.S. EXCLUSIVE: Paul McCartney Releases Never-Before-Seen Photos for ‘Flowers’ Re-Release
Photos by LINDA MCCARTNEY, Story By DONNA BALANCIA With a month to go until the release of the reissue of Paul McCartney’s classic album Flowers In The Dirt (the 10th installment of the GRAMMY Award-winning Paul McCartney Archive […]
interviews
Gary Calamar Takes a Tour of LA with Singles ‘Little Tokyo,’ ‘Prince of Pico Blvd’ – Interview
By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – Gary Calamar is a multi-tasking musician. He’s a popular Los Angeles DJ and by day he’s a GRAMMY-nominated music supervisor on successful film and TV projects. Gary also hosts […]
Musicians
A Photo Gallery of Rockers on The Strip
Jesse Snider and Dee Snider Photo by HEATHER HARRIS Photo Gallery of images from The Whisky A Go-Go and Lucky Strike Live
Musicians
Ryan Adams Waxes Romantic on ‘Prisoner,’ Announces Tour Dates, and Performs LA Shows
In-Store Appearance at Amoeba Records Packs Aisles By DONNA BALANCIA Ryan Adams has created a great new record with Prisoner and it’s appropriate that he hit the stage at Amoeba Records, the iconic bastion of […]
By DONNA BALANCIA
At The Drive In To Release First Album in 17 Years, Announces Tour, and New Single, ‘Incurably Innocent’
By DONNA BALANCIA At The Drive In will release its first studio album in 17 years, called in • ter a • li • a, which is expected to drop May 5. The high-energy post-punk […]
Musicians
The Alejandro Escovedo Band Takes Its ‘Burn Something Beautiful’ Tour to the West Coast
Escovedo and Jesse Malin to Play Federal Underground By DONNA BALANCIA Alejandro Escovedo has had an interesting career. He may come from the famous musical Escovedo family, but he’s punk rock through and through. He’s […]
California Rocker®
Hammons Review: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Still Amazes the Fans Almost a Half Century Later
By CRAIG HAMMONS When growing up one of the first records I ever bought that changed my life was The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Little did I know that almost a haft of […]
Live Reviews
Cheetah Chrome Snarls His Way Through SoCal Swing at Whisky A Go-Go and Alex’s Bar in Long Beach
Cheetah Band Brings Life to Dead Boys Songs, New Tunes By DONNA BALANCIA Cheetah Chrome and his band got the crowd going at the Whisky A Go-Go and they’ll probably light up Alex’s Bar in […]