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Month: July 2019

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Los Skarnales and Steady 45s Wake Up Long Beach with Big Band Sound

July 16, 2019 News Comments Off on Los Skarnales and Steady 45s Wake Up Long Beach with Big Band Sound

By DONNA BALANCIA Los Skarnales brought its wild Texas ways to Alex’s Bar in Long Beach last Friday, prompting fans to blow off steam with moshing and mayhem. The Steady 45s from LA opened and […]

New Music

Wilco Drops Single, ‘Love is Everywhere,’ Sets Tour for Album ‘Ode to Joy’

July 16, 2019 News Comments Off on Wilco Drops Single, ‘Love is Everywhere,’ Sets Tour for Album ‘Ode to Joy’

By DONNA BALANCIA Wilco will release their first album in more than three years on Oct. 4 with Ode to Joy, and will go on tour to support the album. Today they’ve released a track […]

Classic Rock

Paul McCartney Defies ‘Paul Is Dead’ Rumors at Dodger Stadium in Spectacular Tour Finale

July 14, 2019 News Comments Off on Paul McCartney Defies ‘Paul Is Dead’ Rumors at Dodger Stadium in Spectacular Tour Finale

By DONNA BALANCIA There was a time back in the late 1960s when it seemed the whole world believed “Paul Is Dead.” Paul McCartney’s performance at Dodger Stadium Saturday night to wrap his Freshen Up […]

Indie

Earthless Puts Its Psych Rock Style Out There in San Diego Show

July 13, 2019 News Comments Off on Earthless Puts Its Psych Rock Style Out There in San Diego Show

Photos and Words by FRANNY KOVACS Earthless brought its out-of-this-world music to the Casbah last week. The trio, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba, executed an undeniably powerful psychedelic […]

Reviews

Review: Bleached Reveals Album with ‘Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?’

July 11, 2019 News Comments Off on Review: Bleached Reveals Album with ‘Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?’

By DONNA BALANCIA Life can be so complicated. Thank goodness Bleached straightens it out for us with their new album Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? With Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? (Dead Oceans), […]

By DAN MACINTOSH

REVIEW: Black Keys ‘Let’s Rock’ a Tribute to a Simpler Time in Music

July 10, 2019 News Comments Off on REVIEW: Black Keys ‘Let’s Rock’ a Tribute to a Simpler Time in Music

By DAN MACINTOSH The term “simple” too often gets a bad rap. Saying someone is simple, for example, is one relatively polite way of suggesting another person is mentally challenged. Similarly, there are those among […]

Indie

Amyl and The Sniffers Set Off Post-4th Fireworks at Teragram Ballroom

July 9, 2019 News Comments Off on Amyl and The Sniffers Set Off Post-4th Fireworks at Teragram Ballroom

Photos by CAMERON ACOSTA When Amyl and The Sniffers come to town it’s a sure thing they’ll blow your head off as they did with the rowdy crowd at the Teragram Ballroom the other night. […]

Festivals

CANCELLED: KROQ Presents On The Water Festival by SGE in Huntington Beach This October

July 9, 2019 News Comments Off on CANCELLED: KROQ Presents On The Water Festival by SGE in Huntington Beach This October

By JOHN DALY UPDATE: CANCELLED – Slightly Stoopid, The Interrupters, Dirty Heads and 311 are among performers at the new KROQ Presents On The Water Festival, Saturday, Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct.  13 at Huntington State […]

Indie

Drug Hunt FKA Bad Vibes Takes Over the Casbah for Release Show

July 9, 2019 News Comments Off on Drug Hunt FKA Bad Vibes Takes Over the Casbah for Release Show

Photos and Review by FRANNY KOVACS The Casbah was packed on Friday night anticipating the return of a San Diego favorite: Drug Hunt. Once called “Bad Vibes”, the guys played goodies from their 2017 debut […]

By DAN MACINTOSH

Chrissie Hynde Shows Range with Eclectic Performance at Hollywood Bowl

July 8, 2019 News Comments Off on Chrissie Hynde Shows Range with Eclectic Performance at Hollywood Bowl

By DAN MACINTOSH Chrissie Hynde’s recent interest in vintage jazz music and the standards songbook has resulted in the upcoming solo album Valve Bone Woe, a full-length she describes as a jazz/dub project. Most the […]

Classic Rock

Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs Prep New Tunes

July 6, 2019 News Comments Off on Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs Prep New Tunes

By DONNA BALANCIA Mike Campbell and his band The Dirty Knobs are working on some new songs and that’s good news for fans of the funky, no-holds-barred band. Campbell, co-founder of Tom Petty and the […]

Live Reviews

VIDEO: Rockin’ and Rolling with Buttertones and Tropa Magica at Dirty Penni Fest

July 6, 2019 News Comments Off on VIDEO: Rockin’ and Rolling with Buttertones and Tropa Magica at Dirty Penni Fest

By DONNA BALANCIA The Buttertones and Tropa Magica got people revved up at Dirty Penni Fest in Echo Park. Dirty Penni Fest is held annually at the Echo and Echoplex, one of the few times […]

interviews

INTERVIEW: Nils Lofgren Works E Street Band But Memorializes Lou Reed with ‘Blue With Lou’

July 4, 2019 News Comments Off on INTERVIEW: Nils Lofgren Works E Street Band But Memorializes Lou Reed with ‘Blue With Lou’

By DONNA BALANCIA Nils Lofgren celebrated 50 years on the road last September. All indications are he will be hitting the road again with the E Street Band, as his bandleader and friend Bruce Springsteen […]

concerts

Otaquest Live Concert and DJ After-Party to Draw J-Pop Fans to Novo at LA Live

July 3, 2019 News Comments Off on Otaquest Live Concert and DJ After-Party to Draw J-Pop Fans to Novo at LA Live

By JOHN DALY Music lovers and J-Pop fans will unite at OTAQUEST LIVE, a live concert, and OTAQUEST KICKOFF, a DJ after-party club event at The Novo at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July […]

Indie

A Tribute to Sublime Serves ‘Burritos’ at Belly Up Tavern for Bradley Nowell Foundation

July 2, 2019 News Comments Off on A Tribute to Sublime Serves ‘Burritos’ at Belly Up Tavern for Bradley Nowell Foundation

By FRANNY KOVACS Burritos headlined a night of reggae vibes and good times Friday night at Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, San Diego. The evening was titled “A Tribute to Sublime,” but the cause […]

Indie

Dan Harper’s Invisible Eyes Releases World-Punk Album ‘Searching For Crows’

July 1, 2019 News Comments Off on Dan Harper’s Invisible Eyes Releases World-Punk Album ‘Searching For Crows’

By DONNA BALANCIA Invisible Eyes takes a new approach with its debut album Searching for Crows, blending  sounds of Ethiopian World Music with classic old-style UK punk to create an entirely new music genre. Fresh […]

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