By DONNA BALANCIA DEWEY BEACH, De. – Memorial Day launches the summer season at the Mid-Atlantic beaches, bringing hordes of sun-starved college and post-college people to the sand and surf. It’s a rowdy scene of […]
Review by DONNA BALANCIA Sky’s Rust is the latest album by Paul Lewis Featuring Romeo Rage and it’s an impressive work, full of cool riffs, inspiring lyrics and fantasy-driven mystical mastery. The album, released via […]
The Dead Milkmen Story Written by The Dead Milkmen Although there are numerous, conflicting, tales of how, when, where, and sometimes why the Dead Milkmen initially formed, the most reliable evidence points to band founder […]
SEE REVIEW: Nick Cave at The Forum in the Oct. 23 edition of CaliforniaRocker.com By DONNA BALANCIA Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will play four North American dates in October, including a show at […]
Dandy Warhols Draw a Diverse Crowd of Longtime Fans By DONNA BALANCIA The Dandy Warhols brought some holiday cheer, some fables and great music to a 2-nite stint at the Teragram Ballroom with the band […]
‘Particle Kid’ Opens Fonda Gig With Cool Tunes Sheryl Crow played a hit-filled benefit concert at the Fonda Theatre last night to help stomp out bullying. Presented by The New 88.5 FM, the concert was […]
Deap Vally is on a success streak, coming off the fabulous Desert Daze festival in Joshua Tree, and this weekend playing the mondo huge Aftershock fest in Sacramento. Deap Vally — comprised of drummer Julie […]
Read The Interview By DONNA BALANCIA John Dunsworth, who portrayed the beloved booze-swigging gatekeeper, Mr. Lahey, on the Canadian TV show, “Trailer Park Boys,” has passed away following a short illness. His daughter made the announcement […]
By DONNA BALANCIA JOSHUA TREE – Iggy Pop and Thurston Moore stole the show at Desert Days 2017 in Joshua Tree. The unusual blend of veterans and young alternative rockers is the key to the […]
Sleep Fans Rejoice as Band Brings It You know it’s a pretty good party when one of the actual performers comes crowd-surfing past you at a concert. That’s what happened during Iggy Pop’s set at […]
Featured Photo By DEBI DEL GRANDE SAN BERNARDINO – In one giant sweeping night of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Cal Jam 17 featuring the Foo Fighters proved that concerts and festivals will continue to thrive. The […]
Songs Tell The Story of This Second-Generation Actor By DONNA BALANCIA Kiefer Sutherland took guitar in hand and hit the Southern California stages last week, moving from Stagecoach to the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood […]
The Blessings To Play Opening Night Party By DONNA BALANCIA Heather Harris has had a unique perspective from her vantage point as rock photographer in the pit since 1967. There isn’t much this sharpeye doesn’t […]
Ronnie Platt is Golden, Kansas Plugs ‘Prelude Implicit’ By DONNA BALANCIA It was a resigned era in the 1970s when Kansas the band made it big. Wedged between the two mini-skirt decades of the 1960s […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Gary Calamar is a multi-tasking musician. He’s a popular DJ on KCRW, and by day he’s a GRAMMY-nominated music supervisor on successful film and TV projects. Gary also hosts the monthly Mimosa […]
Renowned LA Musicians Pay Their Tribute to the Soulful Sound of the ’70s By DONNA BALANCIA Got Soul? You can get some as The Tighty Whiteys, with frontman Ron Young and some stellar musicians, will […]
L.A. Guns Among Bands That Rally for Radio Royalties By DONNA BALANCIA — L.A. Guns and a range of bands performed at the Whisky a Go Go Friday night to support the Fair Play Fair […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – When popular Los Angeles bands Stereo Love, L.A. Story and Rebel Hotel have a rock show at a freak show museum, you get big bang for the buck. The three bands […]
By DONNA BALANCIA — It was a mixed bag of cool performances at The Echo, with Small Wigs, The Herms and Big Ups in a triple-header designed to knock your head off. Small Wigs have […]
LOS ANGELES – The musicians in the band Them Guns may each have a different focus, but when they play together, their sound hits the target. Them Guns performed to a packed crowd at The Viper […]
Photos © Heather Harris; Donna Balancia asks Ron Young, the dynamic frontman for Little Caesar, the important questions. DB: Your band put on a great show last week at Paladino’s. What are your touring plans for […]
The Outre Rocks Their Release Party Sunday Danielle Souza knows how to put on a show — she and her band, The Outre, bowled over the crowd at Lucky Strike Live Sunday night. Their killer […]
The Mint had its own version of International Women’s Day as four distinctly women-oriented bands took the stage. Well, let’s say all four bands were influenced by women. Three of the bands had women out […]
By DONNA BALANCIA James Williamson’s response to challenge is change. Williamson took select Stooges songs, recruited top talent to record the vocals, and created the latest “Superband” of Alternative A-listers. SEE VIDEO OF THE FULL […]
By DONNA BALANCIA in WEST HOLLYWOOD — For a bunch of tough motorcycle guys, the Sons of Anarchy house band, the Forest Rangers, really know how to make some beautiful music. And music that people […]
Johnny Depp and Haim Join ‘Superband’ By DONNA BALANCIA — The New Basement Tapes proved work and friendship can indeed mix, performing a “one and only” show that knocked the socks off a curious LA […]
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