By DAN MACINTOSH COSTA MESA, CA – When Chicago first started making music, back in the late 1960s, it was cool to have horn players in a rock band. With its trumpet, trombone and saxophone […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Pond has uploaded a new music video for their song “The Boys Are Killing Me,” check it out here. The new video is a creative, retro composition of images featuring the band […]
Photos and Words by SYLVIA BORGO SAN DIEGO – With a setting almost empty of any obtrusive sound equipment, The Alarm’s lead singer, Mike Peters, took the stage and rocked The House of Blues San […]
By DONNA BALANCIA William Lawrence has released “Send A Line,” the first single off his solo album Slow Dancing On A High Wire, due Aug. 1. Like the rest of the dreamy tracks on this […]
Chip Kinman Joined by John Doe and Tom DeSavia for Book Signing at Lou’s Records By DONNA BALANCIA While the waves peeled off at the end of what was then Carlbad’s Elm Avenue, two punk […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Movie Club, comprised of Vince Cuneo and Jessamyn Violet, like surf music. They like it so much, they put together a video to honor Dick Dale called “Navy Seal.” The track has […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Third Eye Blind confirmed it will release a new album Oct. 18 and Stephan Jenkins and company have dropped the title track, “Screamer,” indicative of a new style from the NorCal rockers. […]
Photos and Words by MELANIE SMITH Anna Calvi continued her trek across the UK to perform her solo show to open the three-night stand of musical innovators and pioneers inspired by the work of David […]
By NOTES FROM VIVACE The Dead Coats are an Austin, Texas-based band. They recently finished a tour that started in Texas and took the band up the west coast before ending at The Redwood Bar […]
By JOHN DALY Drummer Clem Burke of Blondie has joined the the Santa Barbara-based band The Tearaways and the band will head out on tour across the U.K. Burke, the renowned Rock and Roll Hall […]
By JOHN DALY Megadeth bassist and co-founder David Ellefson and business partner Thom Hazaert will hold a book signing for “More Life With Deth,” at Book Soup in Hollywood Aug. 3. In order to enter […]
By DONNA BALANCIA One of the staples of the LA punk scene is the band the Hellflowers, who release their first full-length album, Por Vida, on Friday. Like their EPs and previously recorded music, the Por Vida […]
By JOHN DALY Ceremony, Jay Som and Steve Ignorant could not be more different from one another. But each have released creative music videos that have been selected to the California Rocker Video playlist for […]
By JOHN DALY It appears Ryan Adams has ended his self-imposed banishment from social media and wants to get back to making music. Five months after accusations of sexual misconduct, abusive behavior and video sex […]
Photos and Words By DONNA BALANCIA Rickie Lee Jones showed the style that earned her accolades in launching the Marina del Rey Summer Concerts series. The beloved musician drew a deep field of blanket-lounging fans […]
By TINA TADDEI Thursdays in Suburbia played to a jam packed audience at the House of Blues in Anaheim and delivered new-era punk-metal music with attitude. It was Sunday Funday at the House of Blues, […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Paul McCartney is working on a musical stage adaptation Frank Capra’s mid-20th century holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” McCartney has partnered with Bill Kenwright who will produce the show. Kenwright a […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Alejandro Aranda, known as Scary Pool Party, shared the spotlight with another local LA favorite, Lauren Ruth Ward, as the two are featured in new Gibson G-45 guitar advertisements. The videos are […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Gibson will work with guitar makers, and veteran and young musicians in cooperative agreements designed to drive guitar sales, it was announced at Summer NAMM. The Nashville company unveiled its Authorized Partnership […]
Check Out Our Video Playlist: The Kinks By DONNA BALANCIA Saying he was inspired by The Rolling Stones, Ray Davies said The Kinks are getting back together. But unlike their rock brethren — and in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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