The Drill Fest by Wire Packs the Echo By JOHN NORRIS and DONNA BALANCIA Wire held its Drill Fest at The Echo and Echoplex, and it was a rare opportunity to see some of punk’s originators […]
Three Strong Bands Prove Punk Still has Legs By DONNA BALANCIA When The Orwells play a show, it’s more like a PE party. Friends, fans and strong opening bands are the name of the game […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS The curtain was drawn and anticipation was running high. At 7:30 P.M. sharp the theme to The Magnificent Seven came roaring out of the public address system. The curtains then opened to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is re-importing new wave music to the U.S. much to the fans’ delight. Call the Aussies’ music “new wave,” “power pop,” “alternative,” or whatever you may, Rolling Blackouts […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – Susan Hyatt and Lina Lecaro have published a great book, Never Mind The Rules, that can help save your social life, especially if your world revolves around music or an […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – The Meat Puppets won over the crowd of the faithful Wednesday night as they took the stage and held a packed house at the Echo entranced. They didn’t miss […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Check out the exclusive video from Chip Kinman and Ford Madox Ford, called “Expect It.” The video makes its debut right here on CaliforniaRocker.com. A Cool Video Kinman, the well-known wild SoCal […]
Photo By PAUL MCALPINE, Story By JOHN DALY In honor of the 40th anniversary of The Idiot, the famous collaboration between Iggy Pop and David Bowie, here is a video that tells the story of […]
The Yawpers Open for Bash and Pop By DONNA BALANCIA Tommy Stinson and his band Bash and Pop are sittin’ on top of the world. They wear high-class suits, play gigs at places like The […]
Dermot Mulroney and his Brother Team With Pogues Founder By DONNA BALANCIA Dermot Mulroney’s band, Cranky George, headlined the latest installment of Mimosa Music Sundays at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood. What started out […]
Musicians Can Take a Lesson From this Classic Rocker Photos By HEATHER HARRIS, Review By DONNA BALANCIA John Kay and his band Steppenwolf take a step back in time during each performance. The famous rocker […]
Check out Metallica and Lady Gaga in dress rehearsal for the 59th annual GRAMMY Awards as released on Lady Gaga’s YouTube channel:
Photos by LINDA MCCARTNEY, Story By DONNA BALANCIA With a month to go until the release of the reissue of Paul McCartney’s classic album Flowers In The Dirt (the 10th installment of the GRAMMY Award-winning Paul McCartney Archive […]
By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – Gary Calamar is a multi-tasking musician. He’s a popular Los Angeles DJ and by day he’s a GRAMMY-nominated music supervisor on successful film and TV projects. Gary also hosts […]
Jesse Snider and Dee Snider Photo by HEATHER HARRIS Photo Gallery of images from The Whisky A Go-Go and Lucky Strike Live
In-Store Appearance at Amoeba Records Packs Aisles By DONNA BALANCIA Ryan Adams has created a great new record with Prisoner and it’s appropriate that he hit the stage at Amoeba Records, the iconic bastion of […]
By DONNA BALANCIA At The Drive In will release its first studio album in 17 years, called in • ter a • li • a, which is expected to drop May 5. The high-energy post-punk […]
Escovedo and Jesse Malin to Play Federal Underground By DONNA BALANCIA Alejandro Escovedo has had an interesting career. He may come from the famous musical Escovedo family, but he’s punk rock through and through. He’s […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS When growing up one of the first records I ever bought that changed my life was The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Little did I know that almost a haft of […]
Cheetah Band Brings Life to Dead Boys Songs, New Tunes By DONNA BALANCIA Cheetah Chrome and his band got the crowd going at the Whisky A Go-Go and they’ll probably light up Alex’s Bar in […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Billy Harvey is learning how to grow up. And that’s reflected in his new album, Elephants In The Room, in which he blends the sounds of his youth with the sounds that are […]
Musical Pals of Tom Petty Come Out to Honor Him as MusiCares Person of the Year By DONNA BALANCIA Tom Petty and pals helped raise more than $8 million as the he was celebrated as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Producer of GRAMMY-Nominated Blues Album Chats with California Rocker By DONNA BALANCIA Blues great Joe Louis Walker is getting some. After all, that’s what he asks for in his GRAMMY nominated album ‘Everybody Wants […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Guitar slinger Kenny Wayne Shepherd came barnstorming into the Coach House on this cold rainy night to raise the roof of this juke joint. This was the second night of his 2017 […]
The California Rocker Q and A with The Musician Known as MAJOR By DONNA BALANCIA DB: How does it feel to be recognized as a nominee for Outstanding New Artist by The NAACP Image Awards? […]
By DONNA BALANCIA They have captured greatness, these rock photographers, but tonight Richard Young and Chris Cuffaro were the center of attention. Young’s show, “Rebels” was held at the Leica Store in LA and Cuffaro […]
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