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Gorillaz Team with Jack Black on Venice Boardwalk Video ‘Humility’

June 1, 2018 News 1

Virtual Band to Play Demon Dayz Fest in LA By DONNA BALANCIA Jack Black hits the Venice Beach Boardwalk in the new Gorillaz video “Humility,” a jazzy track off the upcoming album The Now Now. […]

RF Shannon photo courtesy of RF Shannon
Live Reviews

RF Shannon: Austin-Based Psychedelic Band Hypnotizes at Resident

June 1, 2018 News Comments Off on RF Shannon: Austin-Based Psychedelic Band Hypnotizes at Resident

By HARRIET KAPLAN RF Shannon, an Austin-based band via L.A., fronted by singer-songwriter Shane Renfro, played a moody, atmospheric set of blues-soaked psychedelic desert rock at The Resident DTLA. The songs are both cinematic and […]

Fur Dixon and WTFUKUSHIMA at MSM - Photo © Scott Free
Live Reviews

Review: Fur Dixon Opens for Alice Bag, Revs Crowd at Maui Sugar Mill

May 31, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Fur Dixon Opens for Alice Bag, Revs Crowd at Maui Sugar Mill

Review by HARRIET KAPLAN and Photos by SCOTT FREE Fur Dixon and her band are courting controversy and attention with their moniker WTFUKUSHIMA. It’s definitely a timely and controversial name. Their new, upcoming album, Return 2 Sender, […]

Musicians

Father John Misty: ‘End of World’ Songs a Result of his Christian Upbringing

May 31, 2018 News Comments Off on Father John Misty: ‘End of World’ Songs a Result of his Christian Upbringing

By DONNA BALANCIA Josh Tillman, AKA Father John Misty takes a claymation adventure in the new video for his song, “Please Don’t Die” off the new album God’s Favorite Customer, due tomorrow. In the video directed […]

Fat Mike of NOFX - Photo © 2018 Donna Balancia
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UPDATE: NOFX Feeling Effects of Their ‘Jokes’ from Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, Apologizes

May 30, 2018 News Comments Off on UPDATE: NOFX Feeling Effects of Their ‘Jokes’ from Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, Apologizes

By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – NOFX took what was deemed as a step too far last weekend at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas making a comment about Route 91 Harvest Festival victims that […]

Live Reviews

The Posies Prove Perennial Popularity with an Outstanding Show at The Bootleg

May 30, 2018 News Comments Off on The Posies Prove Perennial Popularity with an Outstanding Show at The Bootleg

By HARRIET KAPLAN The Posies performed an exciting and unforgettable show at The Bootleg to celebrate their 30-year anniversary as a band. They have a lot going on with a world tour and three expanded […]

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X the Band Thrills at Topanga Days Festival – Photo Gallery by Scott Free

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on X the Band Thrills at Topanga Days Festival – Photo Gallery by Scott Free

Photos by SCOTT FREE X had a busy weekend headlining the three-day Topanga Days festival on Sunday before scooting off to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas for its Monday gig. The Southern California punk […]

Courtney Barnett photo by Pooneh Ghana
By DAN MACINTOSH

Review: Courtney Barnett Channels ’90s Sound With ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Courtney Barnett Channels ’90s Sound With ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’

By DAN MACINTOSH Courtney Barnett channels rock and roll of the 1990s with the album Tell Me How You Really Feel, a collection of emotionally charged songs. During one called “Nameless/Faceless,” Courtney Barnett complains, “I […]

By DAN MACINTOSH

Dan MacIntosh Review: Big Star ‘Live at Lafayette’s Music Room’

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on Dan MacIntosh Review: Big Star ‘Live at Lafayette’s Music Room’

By DAN MACINTOSH Live at Lafayette’s Music Room was recorded at a Big Star hometown gig in Memphis. During the set, they cover The Flying Burrito Brothers’ “Hot Burrito #2,” which was mixed in with […]

Todd Rundgren and Utopia interview - Photo by James Balboni
Musicians

Interview: Todd Rundgren Talks Utopia Tour and The Meaning of Life

May 27, 2018 News 1

By DONNA BALANCIA Unless you’ve been living on the wrong planet, you know Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, the beloved new wave band of the 1970s and 1980s, has reunited and is out on tour. Todd Rundgren’s […]

By DONNA BALANCIA

PHOTOS: Punk Rock Bowling Rolls into Las Vegas This Weekend

May 26, 2018 News Comments Off on PHOTOS: Punk Rock Bowling Rolls into Las Vegas This Weekend

By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – Despite the 80-degree weather, expect visitors in leather jackets and spiked-up hair to dominate Las Vegas this weekend as Punk Rock Bowling rolls into town today through Monday. Punk […]

Charming Liars - Photo © 2018 Harriet Kaplan
Live Reviews

Charming Liars Are Half Right, Truth Was in Music at Bootleg Show

May 25, 2018 News Comments Off on Charming Liars Are Half Right, Truth Was in Music at Bootleg Show

Review and Photos By HARRIET KAPLAN The Bootleg Theater was the scene of the latest KROQ Locals Only Show featuring the British alt rockers based in Los Angeles, Charming Liars. Performing a quick, 40-minute set that […]

Musicians

PREMIERE: Fur Dixon Strikes with New Single ‘Don’t Tread On Me’

May 25, 2018 News Comments Off on PREMIERE: Fur Dixon Strikes with New Single ‘Don’t Tread On Me’

By DONNA BALANCIA Fur Dixon is angry about all that’s going on with our country and she’s written a dynamite song about it that premieres here on CaliforniaRocker.com called “Don’t Tread On Me.” “Don’t Tread […]

John Dwyer - Photo © 2017 Donna Balancia
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For Oh Sees: A New Record, a World Tour and a Minotaur Head

May 23, 2018 News Comments Off on For Oh Sees: A New Record, a World Tour and a Minotaur Head

By DONNA BALANCIA The Oh Sees will release a new album called Smote Reverser on Aug. 17 through Castle Face. “Overthrown” is the first single off the collection and John Dwyer and company are gearing up […]

Chip holds up gold record of The Dils sent over by Posh Boy - Photo © 2018 Donna Balancia
Musicians

Tony Kinman Honored by Fellow Musicians, Friends and Family at Memorial

May 22, 2018 News Comments Off on Tony Kinman Honored by Fellow Musicians, Friends and Family at Memorial

By DONNA BALANCIA Tony Kinman who had an immeasurable impact on the rise of Americana music and who engineered the punk rock revolution in Southern California, was feted by friends and family at a memorial […]

Rob Morrow - Photo © 2018 Patrick O'Heffernan
Live Reviews

Rob Morrow and his Funky Country Blues Take the Stage in Santa Monica

May 22, 2018 News Comments Off on Rob Morrow and his Funky Country Blues Take the Stage in Santa Monica

By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN The beloved actor Rob Morrow bought his funky country blues band RMB to the Santa Monica Playhouse’s community theater stage, playing for a small audience as part of the gig by the […]

The Latest

Deadpool Music Video: Diplo, French Montana and Lil Pump ft. Zhavia

May 21, 2018 News Comments Off on Deadpool Music Video: Diplo, French Montana and Lil Pump ft. Zhavia

By JOHN DALY Deadpool, which slayed the box office this weekend with an estimated $125 million take has a high-energy soundtrack. Check out the newly released music video “Welcome To The Party” with Diplo, French Montana […]

Musicians

Rock Photog Henry Diltz Gets Exhibit at Carlsbad’s Museum of Making Music

May 18, 2018 News Comments Off on Rock Photog Henry Diltz Gets Exhibit at Carlsbad’s Museum of Making Music

CARLSBAD, Calif. – NAMM’s Museum of Making Music will host the exhibit “Listening Through the Lens: The Music Photography of Henry Diltz” June 9 through Oct. 28. “Music is such a huge part of so […]

By JOHN DALY

Big Hits: YouTube Star Ryan Beatty Drops New Single ‘Bruise’

May 18, 2018 News Comments Off on Big Hits: YouTube Star Ryan Beatty Drops New Single ‘Bruise’

YouTube darling Ryan Beatty has released a new song called “Bruise” and — what else — a video to accompany the song. It’s the latest by the 22-year-old, Clovis, Calif.-born singer who has built a […]

Trent Reznor - Photo by Ed Vill
Musicians

Listen: Nine Inch Nails Releases New Single, ‘God Break Down the Door’

May 17, 2018 News Comments Off on Listen: Nine Inch Nails Releases New Single, ‘God Break Down the Door’

Featured Photo by ED VILL Nine Inch Nails has released the new single “God Break Down the Door,” off the upcoming album Bad Witch. Listen to the new single, “God Breaks Down the Door” here: […]

Musicians

Sting and Shaggy Launch 44/876 Tour in September, Play The Wiltern Oct. 15

May 17, 2018 News Comments Off on Sting and Shaggy Launch 44/876 Tour in September, Play The Wiltern Oct. 15

By JOHN DALY Sting and Shaggy, who just released the fun, island-style album 44/876, will take their island flavored music on the road with a national tour, it was announced today. The 44/876 Tour launches in […]

By JOHN DALY

Stevie Wonder Plays Las Vegas, Atlantic City This Summer with ‘Song Party’

May 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Stevie Wonder Plays Las Vegas, Atlantic City This Summer with ‘Song Party’

Stevie Wonder will play Las Vegas and Atlantic City this summer with “The Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love & Music,” a limited engagement concert series. Wonder will perform “The Song Party” in four […]

Musicians

Tenacious D to Tour for First Time in Five Years, ‘Probably’ Will Release Album

May 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Tenacious D to Tour for First Time in Five Years, ‘Probably’ Will Release Album

By JOHN DALY Tenacious D will tour for the first time in five years, with stops at Cal Jam 18 in San Bernardino this October, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Chicago. The dynamic duo of Jack Black […]

Brazilian Girls - Photo by Harriet Kaplan
Live Reviews

Review: Brazilian Girls Make It a New Wave Night at the El Rey

May 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Brazilian Girls Make It a New Wave Night at the El Rey

By HARRIET KAPLAN There was an excitement and anticipation in the air as fans filled The El Rey to see The Brazilian Girls, who just released their first album in 10 years, Let’s Make Love, […]

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By JOHN DALY

The Weeknd, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire Headline Life is Beautiful

May 15, 2018 News Comments Off on The Weeknd, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire Headline Life is Beautiful

The Weeknd, Florence + The Machine and Arcade Fire headline Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival in Downtown Las Vegas September 21-23. In its sixth year, Life is Beautiful sets the stage with a […]

Reviews

Review: ‘Middle Voice’ by Kate Fenner an Honest Account of Life After 40

May 15, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: ‘Middle Voice’ by Kate Fenner an Honest Account of Life After 40

By DONNA BALANCIA Middle Voice is an appropriately named collection of songs that deals with many of life’s concerns after the 30s and the 40s are over. While it’s comforting to know it’s Kate Fenner […]

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    Q and A: Deap Vally Duo Plays This Weekend’s Aftershock Fest, Preps New Songs
    October 20, 2017 Comments Off on Q and A: Deap Vally Duo Plays This Weekend’s Aftershock Fest, Preps New Songs
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