By DONNA BALANCIA Check out the Julian Frampton band, a new group led by a second-generation musician, who has a different look and different style than his famous father, Peter Frampton. See The Julian Frampton […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Turbonegro, the madcap lads from Norway, recently landed in Amerika to promote their ninth studio album RockNRoll Machine. Since 1988 when these six punks from Oslo started a band called Turbonegro, little did […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – Punk Rock Bowling isn’t just about NOFX and dumb jokes. The 20-year-old fest is an inclusive economic staple that brings music tourists to downtown Las Vegas and puts the […]
Virtual Band to Play Demon Dayz Fest in LA By DONNA BALANCIA Jack Black hits the Venice Beach Boardwalk in the new Gorillaz video “Humility,” a jazzy track off the upcoming album The Now Now. […]
By HARRIET KAPLAN RF Shannon, an Austin-based band via L.A., fronted by singer-songwriter Shane Renfro, played a moody, atmospheric set of blues-soaked psychedelic desert rock at The Resident DTLA. The songs are both cinematic and […]
Review by HARRIET KAPLAN and Photos by SCOTT FREE Fur Dixon and her band are courting controversy and attention with their moniker WTFUKUSHIMA. It’s definitely a timely and controversial name. Their new, upcoming album, Return 2 Sender, […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Josh Tillman, AKA Father John Misty takes a claymation adventure in the new video for his song, “Please Don’t Die” off the new album God’s Favorite Customer, due tomorrow. In the video directed […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – NOFX took what was deemed as a step too far last weekend at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas making a comment about Route 91 Harvest Festival victims that […]
By HARRIET KAPLAN The Posies performed an exciting and unforgettable show at The Bootleg to celebrate their 30-year anniversary as a band. They have a lot going on with a world tour and three expanded […]
Photos by SCOTT FREE X had a busy weekend headlining the three-day Topanga Days festival on Sunday before scooting off to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas for its Monday gig. The Southern California punk […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Courtney Barnett channels rock and roll of the 1990s with the album Tell Me How You Really Feel, a collection of emotionally charged songs. During one called “Nameless/Faceless,” Courtney Barnett complains, “I […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Live at Lafayette’s Music Room was recorded at a Big Star hometown gig in Memphis. During the set, they cover The Flying Burrito Brothers’ “Hot Burrito #2,” which was mixed in with […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Unless you’ve been living on the wrong planet, you know Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, the beloved new wave band of the 1970s and 1980s, has reunited and is out on tour. Todd Rundgren’s […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – Despite the 80-degree weather, expect visitors in leather jackets and spiked-up hair to dominate Las Vegas this weekend as Punk Rock Bowling rolls into town today through Monday. Punk […]
Review and Photos By HARRIET KAPLAN The Bootleg Theater was the scene of the latest KROQ Locals Only Show featuring the British alt rockers based in Los Angeles, Charming Liars. Performing a quick, 40-minute set that […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Fur Dixon is angry about all that’s going on with our country and she’s written a dynamite song about it that premieres here on CaliforniaRocker.com called “Don’t Tread On Me.” “Don’t Tread […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Oh Sees will release a new album called Smote Reverser on Aug. 17 through Castle Face. “Overthrown” is the first single off the collection and John Dwyer and company are gearing up […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Tony Kinman who had an immeasurable impact on the rise of Americana music and who engineered the punk rock revolution in Southern California, was feted by friends and family at a memorial […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN The beloved actor Rob Morrow bought his funky country blues band RMB to the Santa Monica Playhouse’s community theater stage, playing for a small audience as part of the gig by the […]
By JOHN DALY Deadpool, which slayed the box office this weekend with an estimated $125 million take has a high-energy soundtrack. Check out the newly released music video “Welcome To The Party” with Diplo, French Montana […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. – NAMM’s Museum of Making Music will host the exhibit “Listening Through the Lens: The Music Photography of Henry Diltz” June 9 through Oct. 28. “Music is such a huge part of so […]
YouTube darling Ryan Beatty has released a new song called “Bruise” and — what else — a video to accompany the song. It’s the latest by the 22-year-old, Clovis, Calif.-born singer who has built a […]
Featured Photo by ED VILL Nine Inch Nails has released the new single “God Break Down the Door,” off the upcoming album Bad Witch. Listen to the new single, “God Breaks Down the Door” here: […]
By JOHN DALY Sting and Shaggy, who just released the fun, island-style album 44/876, will take their island flavored music on the road with a national tour, it was announced today. The 44/876 Tour launches in […]
Stevie Wonder will play Las Vegas and Atlantic City this summer with “The Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love & Music,” a limited engagement concert series. Wonder will perform “The Song Party” in four […]
By JOHN DALY Tenacious D will tour for the first time in five years, with stops at Cal Jam 18 in San Bernardino this October, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Chicago. The dynamic duo of Jack Black […]
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