By HARRIET KAPLAN Opening the 2018 Hollywood Bowl season on Saturday night featured global superstar singer and actress Diana Ross. The performance was billed as “Diana Ross Sings Memories” accompanied by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra […]
Nick Knox of the Cramps passed away Friday and former bandmate Fur Dixon took the time to write a tribute, which is running exclusively here on CaliforniaRocker.com. Dixon and Knox were recently reacquainted after 29 […]
Photos and Story by SCOTT FREE The Tissues, one of the great up-and-coming bands, take their musical cues from the streets of Los Angeles. The Tissues are Kristine Nevrose on vocals, Jerry Narrows on guitar, […]
By JOHN DALY Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails got in a tuneup for their “Cold and Black and Infinite” tour with three nights in Las Vegas. The band played crowd favorites as well as […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Blink-182 has postponed two of its Las Vegas residency shows this weekend because drummer Travis Barker is suffering from blood clots in his arms and is unable to perform. The band is […]
By DONNA BALANCIA James Williamson’s roots are showing. The former Stooges guitarist has teamed with Frank Meyer and Petra Haden to create a great album, Behind The Shade. The album by James Williamson and The […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The English Beat featuring Dave Wakeling is back with its fourth album, and first full-length since 1982, called Here We Go Love. Over such a long time span many lesser bands have […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Keith Richards says he’s still discovering new ways to make the old Rolling Stones songs interesting. “Every time I play ‘Satisfaction,’ I find a new little thing going on (inaudible) ‘I should […]
By DONNA BALANCIA When it comes to making a crowd crazy, few do it better than The Oh Sees. Or Thee Oh Sees. Or OCS. Whatever they call themselves these days, double drummers Paul and […]
Photos By ALYSON CAMUS The Growlers are bringing Beach Goth 2018 to Los Angeles State Historic Park on Sunday, Aug. 5. It’s a new location and time of year for the consolidated seventh edition of […]
By JOHN DALY Fleetwood Mac has been added to the lineup for the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival Sept. 21-22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ryan Seacrest will host the two-day event which features performances […]
By DONNA BALANCIA California Rockers Guns ‘N’ Roses came out to headline the Download Festival this weekend in Donington Park, UK, and looked and sounded as good as ever. Check out some photos here. The […]
By JOHN DALY Hozier has announced a North American headline tour this fall with stops at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, The Observatory in North Park, San Diego and the Fox Theater in Oakland. The […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Set times have been released for Arroyo Seco Weekend, June 23-24, headlined by Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Jack White on Saturday and Robert Plant and Kings of Leon on […]
By DONNA BALANCIA A Place to Bury Strangers made new friends and lit up longtime fans at The Regent Saturday night. This show had it all. Smoke, smashed guitars, great drumming and an incredible light […]
By JOHN DALY Gorillaz have released “Sorcererz,” yet another single from their upcoming sixth studio album, The Now Now. “Sorcererz” is a synthesizer-infused tune in a funky style highlighted by Damon Albarn’s voice. The world’s […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The Choir has always incorporated heartbreak into its music. Examples of grief have ranged from the miscarriage of a child, to the loss of an adult friend. Life is filled with more […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Globe-hopping TV celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was a rock star in the culinary world and often brought music friends and idols along on his great ride. CNN will air “Remembering Anthony Bourdain” […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Charley Crockett is a self-made, honky tonk success story. Crockett is taking the world by storm travelling town to town with his band getting people up and dancing to his Texas-Lousiana swinging […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Johnny Marr is a charismatic showman and master musician who gives the fans what they want. In his first of two sold-out shows at the Teragram Ballroom, Marr showed the crowd he […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Death Cab for Cutie is teasing a new song, ‘Your Hurricane’ with a 30-second video running across their social media channels and in their newsletter. With the words “Watch This Space,” DCFC […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Todd Rundgren’s Utopia ends its long-awaited reunion tour tonight at Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside. The colorful road show was a gift to Utopia fans who have been waiting since the […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Johnny Marr will support his brand new album Call The Comet, with two sold-out shows at Teragram Ballroom tonight and tomorrow, and with a fall tour. Call The Comet was recorded with […]
By JOHN DALY The discovery of a previously unknown original Canadian pressing of Prince’s The Black Album has been submitted to the Discogs Database. The discovery of this unique variation, and the previous U.S. copies […]
By JOHN DALY Beck has partnered with U2 to remix another track from the band’s album Songs of Experience, this time it’s “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way” that gets the Beck remix treatment. With […]
By JOHN DALY Preoccupations today release a live video for the song “Decompose” which was filmed at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. Directed by Evan Henderson and shot on film which had been boiled for two […]
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