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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 […]

interviews

Interview: Jay Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel Talks New-Era Touring With The Alarm and Modern English

June 30, 2019 News Comments Off on Interview: Jay Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel Talks New-Era Touring With The Alarm and Modern English

By DONNA BALANCIA Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel will team with The Alarm and Modern English for a major U.S. tour that kicks off July 18 in Austin. On the eve of the tour that […]

Musicians

The Hives to Release New Double A-Sided Single With ‘Good Samaritan’ and ‘I’m Alive’

June 28, 2019 News Comments Off on The Hives to Release New Double A-Sided Single With ‘Good Samaritan’ and ‘I’m Alive’

By JOHN DALY Almost 20 years after a smashing debut, the dapper Swedish punkers The Hives have released a new single “Good Samaritan” out digitally via AWAL. Both “Good Samaritan” and “I’m Alive” are featured […]

concerts

Katey Sagal and The Reluctant Apostles Play to Packed House at The Mint

June 26, 2019 News Comments Off on Katey Sagal and The Reluctant Apostles Play to Packed House at The Mint

By DONNA BALANCIA Katey Sagal and The Reluctant Apostles performed at The Mint in Los Angeles Wednesday night to a packed house and played a few new tunes. In their third outing at the West […]

concerts

The Rolling Stones Soldier Through First Stop of ‘No Filter’ Tour, It’s On To Ontario

June 26, 2019 News Comments Off on The Rolling Stones Soldier Through First Stop of ‘No Filter’ Tour, It’s On To Ontario

By DONNA BALANCIA The Rolling Stones soldiered on, rocking out fans in Chicago during the first stop of the anticipated North American leg of the No Filter tour. The most famous living rock band played […]

concerts

311 Teases New Album ‘Voyager’ with Colorful Video ‘What The?!’

June 26, 2019 News Comments Off on 311 Teases New Album ‘Voyager’ with Colorful Video ‘What The?!’

By DONNA BALANCIA Multi-platinum rockers 311 are giving fans a sneak peek of their new album VOYAGER with a new video for the track ‘What The?!’ which can be seen here at CaliforniaRocker.com. VOYAGER will […]

FILM AND TV

‘Live From Daryl’s House’ Still in Limbo, No News on Show’s Return

June 25, 2019 News Comments Off on ‘Live From Daryl’s House’ Still in Limbo, No News on Show’s Return

By DONNA BALANCIA UPDATE: 02/07/20 A spokesman for Wolfson Entertainment said on Friday that there is still no news to report on production of new episodes of Live From Daryl’s House. “We have no news […]

Indie

Interview: The Great Sadness and Their ‘Feral Goth’ Music Might Just Save The World

June 25, 2019 News Comments Off on Interview: The Great Sadness and Their ‘Feral Goth’ Music Might Just Save The World

By DONNA BALANCIA The Great Sadness, the Los Angeles duo of Cathy Cooper and Stephen McNeely, adhere to the old saying “Walk softly but carry a big stick.” Refreshingly, their music does not hit people […]

The Latest

Alejandro Aranda Announces U.S. Fall Tour Beginning in Berkeley in October

June 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Alejandro Aranda Announces U.S. Fall Tour Beginning in Berkeley in October

By JOHN DALY Alejandro Aranda the Pomona dishwasher who finished second on American Idol, will play 28 dates around the U.S. on a newly announced fall tour. Aranda, known as ScaryPoolParty, launches a trek that […]

Festivals

Review: Gnarlytown in San Pedro was Bikes, Boards and Bands, But No Picnic

June 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Review: Gnarlytown in San Pedro was Bikes, Boards and Bands, But No Picnic

By DAN MACINTOSH Gnarlytown was a day filled with extreme sports and punk rock, and smartly offered free entrance to children under 5 with a paid adult admission. With many children sitting atop their fathers’ […]

Wayne Kramer with Burrell Kelly - Photo © 2017 Donna Balancia
Books

Wayne Kramer Discloses Radiation Treatment During Library Tour

June 20, 2019 News Comments Off on Wayne Kramer Discloses Radiation Treatment During Library Tour

By JOHN DALY Wayne Kramer revealed to his social media followers that for the last three months he has been undergoing cancer treatment. But the founder of the MC5 said he would be on hand […]

interviews

Interview: Swear Words Releases Innovative Album, ‘Barbary Brothers’

June 20, 2019 News Comments Off on Interview: Swear Words Releases Innovative Album, ‘Barbary Brothers’

By DONNA BALANCIA Swear Words, AKA Justin Hill, has released the new album, Barbary Brothers. The record is playfully jazzy with a compelling unique modern style.  From the first track, “High Tide,” through the last […]

By DAN MACINTOSH

Pennywise and Rancid, Travis Pastrana and Chris Cole Come to Gnarlytown in San Pedro

June 19, 2019 News Comments Off on Pennywise and Rancid, Travis Pastrana and Chris Cole Come to Gnarlytown in San Pedro

By DAN MACINTOSH Get ready to watch a beach town transformed into Gnarlytown. Gnarlytown, dubbed “Bikes, Boards and Bands,” brings together extreme sports and punk rock to the Los Angeles Waterfront in San Pedro this […]

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