By DAN MACINTOSH The term “simple” too often gets a bad rap. Saying someone is simple, for example, is one relatively polite way of suggesting another person is mentally challenged. Similarly, there are those among […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Invisible Eyes takes a new approach with its debut album Searching for Crows, blending sounds of Ethiopian World Music with classic old-style UK punk to create an entirely new music genre. Fresh […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Kirin J. Callinan is like no other. The dramatic Australian musician who oozes talent through every pore sweeps the listener away with a romantic album of covers with Return to Center. Knowing […]
By DAN MACINTOSH We usually turn to The Raconteurs, one of Jack White’s multiple creative outlets, for something a little different from this former White Stripes leader’s familiar loud, blues-based rock and roll. And yet, […]
By NOTES FROM VIVACE Greg Holden recently played an early Friday show that enthralled his album-clutching fans at the Moroccan Lounge. It was a packed house with many of those on hand holding the new […]
By STAFF REPORT In a show that brought out the best in music and technological imagination, Imogen Heap impressed at The Greek in Los Angeles to wrap her Mycelia tour. The practically sold-out crowd was […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The title track for Starflyer 59’s latest album, Young In My Head, expresses a sentiment everybody of a certain age will immediately understand. Although gray hair and wrinkles appear, and the body […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Jenny Lewis was joined by guest performer Jackson Browne on stage for a couple of songs at The Hollywood Palladium Saturday night. During her anticipated show promoting her new album On The […]
By DAN MACINTOSH “Face The Facts,” one of the singles released off duo Foxygen’s Seeing Other People album, includes some strikingly inventive lyrical lines, which makes it one of this quirky new album’s better cuts. […]
By NOTES FROM VIVACE Back in 2010, a friend of mine mentioned to me that I should check out a band called Rocket. They were doing a residency at The Three Clubs. I looked up […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Cage The Elephant has an uncanny knack for travelling new sonic terrain while keeping its signature sound. The new album Social Cues out today shows the group’s range and diversity, but also […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Band of Skulls, a group from Southampton, England, may have a scary skeletal name, but the music they create together is not frightening at all. In fact, their Love Is All You Love […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Bob Mould’s new Sunshine Rock album has been described as one of the former Husker Du leader’s happier projects. However, the thought of Mould singing wall-to-wall happy music is something like picturing […]
Sideman and Collaborator to David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Morrissey Goes Solo By DONNA BALANCIA Kevin Armstrong isn’t a household name, but he’s probably in your house. With his new solo album, Run, the sideman […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Cerny Brothers bring a treasured piece of home with them on their musical Odyssey Looking For The Good Land. Bob and Scott Cerny take the listener on a long journey with the new […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The Kooks are one of the more consistently good Britpop remnants, and Let’s Go Sunshine is their fifth studio release. It’s also one of those albums, though, where bright, pop-rock melodies harbor […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Vocalist Peter Murphy and bassist/vocalist David J. have involved themselves in many different projects over the years, but to diehard Goth music fans, they’ll forever be associated with the dark sounds of […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS The psychedelic rock legend Arthur Brown returned to Los Angeles to weave his spell on us dedicated fans. It was a cold night in Los Angeles and after a rough week at […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Jeff Tweedy solo is not all that different from music he makes with Wilco. It’s just more stripped down and less adventurous. That’s not a bad thing, though, because it frees Tweedy’s […]
By DONNA BALANCIA It’s a heartbreaking story of one of the world’s most beloved DJs, Avicii, in the documentary “Avicii: True Stories,” airing on Netflix. The 2017 documentary by Levan Tsikurishvili tells the story of […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Mae opened its rainy night show at the El Rey with “Light,” an instrumental where the band encouraged audience members to apply their smartphones in creating a virtual reality moment. Although this […]
By JOHN DALY Dead Friends 46 calls it like it is. There’s no mistaking the genre of music on their new album called Hardcore. Orange-County, Calif.-based Dead Friends 46 were formed in 2015 by hardcore-punk […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Flesh Eaters sound better than ever and are looking good too with the new album I Used to Be Pretty. Dave Alvin, John Doe, DJ Bonebrake, Bill Bateman, Steve Berlin and […]
By DAN MACINTOSH INGLEWOOD, CA – When fans gathered on New Year’s Eve for Ozzy Osbourne’s reboot of Ozzfest, which had its genesis in the 90s, they were indeed partying like it was 1999. Metal […]
By DAN MACINTOSH A Rhett Miller solo album isn’t all that different from an Old 97’s release (he’s the group’s front man and primary songwriter), only there’s probably a little less country twang to it. […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The first few songs into Brian Wilson’s The Christmas Album Live concert were awkward and – truth be told – just a bit creepy. Wilson, who required help walking to, and sitting […]
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