By DAN MACINTOSH Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. has been described as a post-punk revival band, and A Hero’s Death, its second full-length album, is a strong collection of impassioned, punk-inspired Rock N Roll. Lead singer Grian Chatten […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Learning that Khruangbin is from Houston, Texas, feels like discovering how the “they-must-be-English” Spoon is also from Texas. The plant life just doesn’t fit with its environment. Not an obvious fit, though […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Accompanying press material for The Jayhawks’ XOXO album highlights its uniquely collaborative nature, as the album features more writing and lead vocals from members Marc Perlman, Karen Groberg and Tim O’Reagan than […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Mike Hadreas, who performs under the name Perfume Genius, has released his fifth album. Although this Perfume Genius is a darling of the alternative music scene, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately […]
By NOTES FROM VIVACE With Los Angeles music venues shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, coming across new up-and-coming artists for me is done via online sources. We Found New Music, which in more […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Late at night is a good time to listen to Melissa Sullivan’s new album, Late Last Night, set for release June 26, preferably in a richly-paneled, near-empty cocktail bar while you sip […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Few self-respecting rock fans would ever turn down the chance to hear new music from the R.E.M. guitarist, Peter Buck. Similarly, anything fresh from Britpop hero, Luke Haines (Black Box Recorder, The Auteurs) […]
Review by DAN MACINTOSH How you feel about The 1975’s approach to creating its music may be linked inexorably to your opinions concerning musical schizophrenia because this band’s songs are all over the map. The […]
Review by DAN MACINTOSH Even in this digital music age, serious music fans keep running mental lists of their most anticipated album releases. They wait impatiently for these projects to come out with the same […]
Photos and Review by LUIS MORENO Vintage Trouble has dropped the track and video for “Outside-In (Quarantine Session)” a bluesy rock tune that takes the listener back to the band’s trademark sound of great blues […]
By JOHN DALY Snoop Dogg pretty much sums up the collective feelings of the people when he sings his new single “I Wanna Go Outside,” and you can watch the video here. “You can’t tell […]
Photos and Words by SYLVIA BORGO It’s May. And I find myself thinking a lot about Scott Hutchison. Well, in all honesty, I think about Scott a lot. There isn’t a week that goes by […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS The Psychedelic Furs have not released a new album in almost three decades. Their last album World Outside was released in 1991 before they went on an extended hiatus. During that time […]
By JOHN DALY The Los Angeles scene has a way of bringing musicians together and that’s the case of the new Jail Weddings Sister project Sirens In The Night, which premieres its debut EP, To […]
Edited by JOHN DALY Knifey the band has dropped an upbeat new song called “ask you” from the soon to be released album, Sleepwalker. The track “ask you” was inspired by the love for a […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The best thing you can say about X’s new Alphabetland – and it’s saying a lot! – is it sounds just like an X album. Not the sluggish X of Ain’t Love […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Born Ruffians kicks off its sixth album, JUICE, with the hyperactive “I Fall in Love Every Night,” which sounds like “horny” 1980s New Wave, as well as classic rock. Heck, it features […]
By JOHN DALY Paul Weller of The Jam has changed up his style and he’s prepping a new electronic album on Sunset on June 12. On Sunset is Weller’s 15th solo album. And this record will […]
By JOHN DALY One of the more bizarre releases this week is the hilariously excellent EP White Girl Wasted by A Bunch of Jerks. Come on, can this be real? Well the music is fast-paced […]
By DAN MACINTOSH You can sometimes recognize a Morrissey album before you even hear a single note. His latest album is titled I Am Not a Dog on a Chain, but not — mind you […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Peter Bjorn and John’s latest full-length features no overt whistling, as did the trio’s “Young Folks” hit. It does, though, contain plenty of the irresistible pop music we’ve come to expect from […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Weeknd’s new album After Hours is a blend of R and B and 1980s synth, and it goes to prove that even those who do remember the past repeat it anyway. […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Bob Dylan, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016, apparently has a lot to say about what’s going on in our world with the new track “Murder Most Foul.” The […]
By JOHN DALY Scott Goodwin is keeping the party going — at least in his latest video — with the fun new single “Dirty.” With confetti flying and wild party-goers, the fun doesn’t stop. After […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Back in 1984, The Dream Syndicate recorded a song called “John Coltrane Stereo Blues.” Now, in 2020, this pivotal Los Angeles-originated band has recorded an album, The Universe Inside, that kicks off […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Lauren Jauregui has released the track and video for “Lento,” produced by Tainy, who is on the track and in the video. Jauregui, formerly of Fifth Harmony, said she hopes the upbeat track […]
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