McAlpine’s ‘Bare + Real’ Book Signing Events to Include Rare Stories and Images By DONNA BALANCIA Life comes full circle for Paul McAlpine who has published a photo book documenting his years on the road […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Backstage Pass, one of the all-girl anchors of punk rock in Los Angeles, has reunited for a few shows and has a new cassette out called Backstage Pass 77. There’s a lot […]
By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES – Back in the early ’80s, when Australian Nick Cave was still raving like a madman while fronting The Birthday Party and wooing the Goth crowd, it was impossible to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Prima Donna has a tough life, as viewers can see in the new video for the band’s cover of “Cruel Summer,” which premieres here on California Rocker. Wouldn’t it be nice to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Fantastic Negrito gave fans a sneak peek of his latest music to Instagram viewers who got to watch him record what could be yet another winning album. The two-time Grammy-winning Bay-Area blues […]
By JOHN DALY Voting is open for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Pat Benatar, Motorhead, Soundgarden are among the 2020 class nominees. Benatar and Motorhead are first-time nominees. Others nominated to the revered […]
Fantastic Rock N Roll, a Special Report All Photos © 2019 MELANIE SMITH, Words By JARED MUSSON MANCHESTER – UK glam rockers, The Struts, took to the stage in Manchester last night to embark on […]
Review By DAN MACINTOSH The Regrettes, a (mostly) all-girl Los Angeles rock band, mix a lot of great musical stuff together on How Do You Love? Los Angeles has historically been a fertile breeding ground […]
By JOHN DALY Flaming Lips and Metz closed out opening night of Desert Daze Friday night in cool style, with balloons, pink robots and some general late night fun. But it was Devo that “de-evolutionized” […]
By JOHN DALY On the very first Saturday Night Live broadcast, on Oct. 11, 1975, George Carlin hosted and Billy Preston and Janice Ian were the musical guests. Carlin laid on the audience his famous […]
By JOHN DALY Lana Del Rey brought out the stars Thursday night at The Hollywood Bowl to accompany her on a selection of some beloved classic and new songs. Chris Isaak, Weyes Blood and Zella […]
By NOTES BY VIVACE As I like to do, I recently went to The Hi Hat to catch some bands that I’d never seen before. That resulted in me coming across The Haunts. Before the […]
By JOHN DALY Joan Baez is so legendary, that Lana Del Rey invited her on stage during a show at The Greek in Berkeley. And it proves that good songs will stand the test of […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Paul Young was a heartthrob in the 1980s known best for his gorgeous song “Every Time You Go Away,” and now he’s back — as a British Tex Mex star. Young has […]
Jason Bonham and Julian Frampton Open During Emotional Evening Review By DONNA BALANCIA The Peter Frampton concert at The Forum gave proof of the masterful musician’s prolific career to an all-Baby Boomer audience that celebrated […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Iggy Pop told SiriusXM that David Bowie was “precise” and “quick” when working on the duo’s albums The Idiot and Lust For Life. During an interview on SiriusXM, Pop said there was […]
By JOHN DALY Cheap Trick band members Tom Petersson, Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen talk about their rise to fame with Dan Rather on a new episode of The Big Interview, set to air Wednesday, October. […]
By JOHN DALY Nick Cave is making the best use of technology to premiere his new double album Ghosteen, and you can hear it right here and right now. Last week, Cave and The Bad […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Maybe to be “Telepathetic” means to know the stuff is going to hit the fan and still not doing anything about it. That seems to be the case for some poor palooka […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Kim Shattuck passed away today after a two-year battle with ALS, according to a post by her husband who wrote heart-wrenching words on social media. She was 56 years old. Her bandmate, […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Story of Plastic, which features a musical score by Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, will receive its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival on Sunday, October 6. The documentary […]
Dear Boy Gigs at Teragram October 10 By SYLVIA BORGO Los Angeles indie band Dear Boy have had a triumphant year. And they aren’t even close to calling it a wrap quite yet. In anticipation […]
By JOHN DALY Kurt Cobain’s beloved home in Seattle is for sale with a listing price of $7.5 million, according to reports. It’s a remarkable jump in price for the house that Courtney Love sold […]
Featured Photo by LUIS MORENO Moby performed a wide range of songs including those from Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones at Jail Guitar Doors’ Rock Out 5! at The Ford Theatres in Hollywood Saturday […]
By JOHN DALY Eddie Vedder launched his annual Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, by joining The Strokes onstage Friday and taking center stage on Saturday night. The Strokes headlined Friday, Vedder headlined Saturday and […]
By JOHN DALY Ska-punk trio Sublime With Rome just dropped the music video for “Blackout.” Watch the video directed by Andreas Ramirez here. “Blackout” is off the band’s recent full-length album Blessings, which came out […]
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