REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Black Pumas, 311 and Weezer headline BeachLife Fest 2022 in Redondo Beach Friday night. Crowds of Southern California concert-lovers can catch Smashing Pumpkins on Saturday night and Steve Miller Band on […]
Photos + Words by LUIS MORENO LOS ANGELES – Dean Wareham is on tour promoting his latest album I Have Nothing To Say To The Mayor of L.A. The title itself, I believe, tells one […]
By JOHN DALY Chris Forte adds to his prolific musical accomplishments with his latest record, Backyard Astronomy, a collection of cool jazz and funk tracks. Forte has blended his love of music and astronomy with […]
By DAN MACINTOSH SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA – Bruce Cockburn’s hair may be white, and he might now walk with a cane, but this fiery social commentator (in song) is still burning strong. He performed […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Doug Henthorn’s new album is one for the collection. Called Three — it’s Henthorn’s third album — the record encapsulates some of the best music we’ve heard so far this year. A fan […]
In the summer of 1970, singer songwriter Linda Hoover, then 19, entered Manhattan’s Advantage Sound Studio to cut her debut album with first-time producer Gary Katz, and the young songwriting and arranging duo of Walter […]
Indie outfit Pohgoh has signed with Spartan Records, which will release the band’s upcoming J. Robbins-produced album du und ich this fall. The new album is the band’s first release since 2018. “After releasing things ourselves […]
Photos + Words by LUIS MORENO The Mountain Goats are now on tour again to support their three pandemic albums including 2020’s Songs for Pierre Chuvin, 2021’s Dark In Here plus all the classics you’d […]
More than $50,000 worth of gear belonging to psyche rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been recovered by police in Portland. The stash included custom made guitars and effects pedals, which have long played an […]
Review by JOHN DALY Stevie Cornell has made a triumphant and humble return to the music scene after a 20-year absence with his outstanding new self-titled album. The Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Cornell helps ease listeners […]
By AVA LIVERSIDGE Brian Jonestown Massacre’s return is on the horizon as the ’90s rock giant’s 19th studio album is scheduled for release come June. Uncompromising yet fresh, their 10-track LP Fire Doesn’t Grow On […]
By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES – The Brian Jonestown Massacre played some wonderful music at The Wiltern, but the band also tested its audience’s patience a tad. Rather than building momentum from song to song, leader […]
By RICK SCHINDLER Neatly encapsulating the ennui of the past two years in the image of lounging “all day long” in one’s underwear, Wet Leg’s “Chaise Longue” is the Song of the Pandemic. It’s also […]
#CaliforniaRocker SAN DIEGO – Songwriter Jack Tempchin and San Diego rock band Mrs. Henry have released “Waiting,” their first collaboration. Recorded live in one take in Otay Mesa, the gritty rock single bottles lightning in […]
#CaliforniaRocker Death Valley Girls have shared a remix of their new track “When I’m Free” by the legendary multi-disciplinary artist Peaches via Suicide Squeeze Records. For nearly a decade, Death Valley Girls have made it […]
Ahead of defending his world title belts, heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury has joined forces with legendary American singer-songwriter Don McLean to create a brand-new rendition of “American Pie.” Fury, who will take […]
“Super group” Sons of Silver will release their sophomore EP Ordinary Sex Appeal on April 29. The band will hold an exclusive Facebook live stream show and listening party to join them on April 20 […]
Photos and Review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – I first came across Gracie Gray in 2019 at a since-vanished venue called The Satellite in Los Angeles. I immediately fell in love with the […]
Photos and Review by LUIS MORENO LOS ANGELES – Loose Buttons from New York City kept it together at the Moroccan Lounge in downtown L.A. the other night. They’re promoting the recently released album What’s […]
Photos and Review by LUIS MORENO US Rocker Photo Editor Three years later and Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band still brings the house down. This time it was The Mint in Los Angeles supporting their […]
LOS ANGELES – If you are too young to have witnessed Bob Mould in a few of his other prior artistic vehicles (Husker Du, Sugar), this Tuesday night show offered an all-in-one live retrospective of […]
Petaluma Records released the official video for “Knockin’” featuring Ledisi, George Porter Jr, Ian Neville, Cyril Neville and Ivan Neville. The new recording is the sixth single unveiled from the upcoming soundtrack release Take Me […]
By AVA LIVERSIDGE Jack White is the music industry’s most exciting outsider. In fact, the career garage rocker-turned Willy Wonka-esque vinyl mogul has created a music industry microcosm of his own via the Third Man […]
Photos and Words by NOTES FROM VIVACE HOLLYWOOD, Ca. – Since music started back up in June 2021 in Los Angeles, I’ve kept a mental list of all the bands, venues, promoters that I wanted […]
Photos and Words by LUIS MORENO Reverend Horton Heat, AKA Jim “Reverend Horton” Heath, stepped on stage for a solo show at The Venice West and everyone stopped what they were doing to applaud and […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Few music festivals are more SoCal-centric than BeachLife, which returns to Redondo Beach shores from May 13 th to May 15th. However, it’s about music (performed at the beach), more than it […]
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