By DONNA BALANCIA Punk rock’s John Lydon and his band Public Image LTD put on a victorious 40th celebration show in Los Angeles Saturday night. It’s obvious The Public Image is Rotten Tour has gone […]
By DAN MACINTOSH It’s tempting for Morrissey fans to confront the idiosyncratic artist and shout, ‘Stop talking; just sing your songs!’ Morrissey can’t seem to keep his big mouth shut and say, if not blatantly […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Change is good but it can make people romanticize the past and remember only the rosey side of the way things used to be. That’s not the case with Vince Conrad and […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Sad Lovers and Giants have released a new album called Mission Creep, comprised of 12 songs that take the listener to the twangy heart of the legendary band’s sound. One can […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Witnessing an arena rock band — arena rock, at least in most countries outside the United States — in a relatively small theater, seemed a little weird. This Scottish band gained its […]
By JOHN DALY Hardy Fox, co-founder of the band The Residents, passed away from brain cancer. He was 73. Fox was the primary composer for the group, known for its performance art and timely, often […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The west has long been a place of discovery and musician Lacey Kay Cowden and her Tuesdays at The Townhouse in Venice reinforce that belief. “Calamity” Cowden, as she is known to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA In time for Halloween, CocoVera has released the debut album, Rosary Pea. It’s an avant-garde work with unconventional melodic passages and vocals that hurdle uneven but oddly appealing musical terrain. This is […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Willie Basse who made a name for himself as one of LA’s most beloved metal rockers has passed away at 62. Basse was battling cancer. Basse, known as the “Cultural Ambassador to […]
By JOHN DALY KISS has announced its first set of End Of The Road 2019 Tour Dates, kicking off in Vancouver on Jan. 1, 2019, and wrapping in Birmingham, Ala., on April 13, 2019. It […]
By JOHN DALY Psychedelic rockers from Northern California, Crooked Flower, have produced a dreamy ska-rock collection with their latest album, Into The Light. It’s a wide-ranging musical landscape that Crooked Flower is securely planted in. […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Billy Harvey took a sad time in his life and turned it into a collaborative work that will be remembered for years to come. The Arsonist, released today, is an achievement on […]
By DONNA BALANCIA It’s not often we pitch a particular show but this one is quite special. Tonight, some favorite bands, Ex-Cult, Die Group and Enemy, will play the hotter-than-hot Moroccan Lounge. But more importantly, […]
Ska Pop Band Plays With Big Names at Blitz By DONNA BALANCIA The Interrupters are red hot with their hit single “She’s Kerosene,” but the band’s “overnight” success has been years in the making. The […]
By JOHN DALY Def Leppard and Stevie Nicks continue to battle for the No. 1 spot in the fan vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. As of Oct. 29, the legendary metal […]
By JOHN DALY Levi Petree has released a “haunting” video right in time for Halloween. But at this time of the year, when “haunting” generally refers to ghosts, Petree is haunted by the ghost of […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Mick Jones is one fine singer and songwriter, but Joe Strummer will forever be the true voice of The Clash. He sang with such rough-edged vulnerability, he was obviously the main reason […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds made a night at The Forum seem like a one-on-one intimate experience. And, yes, the fans could feel Cave’s heartbeat. Thousands of fans hoped to be […]
Photos by ANTHONY MEHLHAFF, Edited by DONNA BALANCIA The debut album for New York punk band Surfbort, called Friendship Music, will drop on Oct. 26. So to celebrate, Surfbort put on a wild “pre-record release” show in […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Demon Dayz fest presented a range of cartoon characters and music stars together on Saturday night at Pico Rivera in Los Angeles. The Damon Albarn-powered Gorillaz event was not short on star […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Rivers Cuomo still loves his alma mater, Santa Monica College. The Weezer frontman who attended SMC, returned to play the halftime show during the school’s homecoming football game. Cuomo enlisted some help […]
By JOHN DALY Mike Campbell paid a special tribute to his friend the late Tom Petty on Tom’s birthday with an Instagram jam … played in a St. Louis shower. Campbell is on tour with […]
By Notes From Vivace Cowgirls recently played a set at the Moroccan Lounge. Influenced by their name, when seeing this band live, one can just envision seeing them playing in front of a red barn […]
Plus Motorcycle Racing in Huntington Beach By JOHN DALY The Offspring, Social Distortion, Pennywise and Rancid will headline the Surf City Blitz in Huntington Beach Oct. 27-28. The Suicidal Tendencies, The Interrupters, TSOL, Bad Religion […]
By JOHN DALY “The Wild One Forever” birthday celebration for Tom Petty will take place at The Bootleg Theater on the night of Petty’s birthday, Oct. 20th, 2018. Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair headlines the celebration. […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The songs to David Byrne’s 1986 feature film True Stories have been assembled as a complete collection and will be released on Nov. 23. The album True Stories, A Film by David […]
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