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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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