By DAN MACINTOSH Sparks ended its Hippopotamus Tour with a rousing performance at the Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Backed by a strong and enthusiastic five-piece band, brothers Russell (vocals) and Ron Mael (keyboards) […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Lucinda Belle has belted out a home run with her new song “I’ll Be Loving You.” This fabulous performer and songwriter is putting forth her best effort in bringing back a 1960s […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Punk rock’s John Lydon and his band Public Image LTD put on a victorious 40th celebration show in Los Angeles Saturday night. It’s obvious The Public Image is Rotten Tour has gone […]
By DAN MACINTOSH It’s tempting for Morrissey fans to confront the idiosyncratic artist and shout, ‘Stop talking; just sing your songs!’ Morrissey can’t seem to keep his big mouth shut and say, if not blatantly […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Witnessing an arena rock band — arena rock, at least in most countries outside the United States — in a relatively small theater, seemed a little weird. This Scottish band gained its […]
By DONNA BALANCIA In time for Halloween, CocoVera has released the debut album, Rosary Pea. It’s an avant-garde work with unconventional melodic passages and vocals that hurdle uneven but oddly appealing musical terrain. This is […]
By JOHN DALY Psychedelic rockers from Northern California, Crooked Flower, have produced a dreamy ska-rock collection with their latest album, Into The Light. It’s a wide-ranging musical landscape that Crooked Flower is securely planted in. […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Mick Jones is one fine singer and songwriter, but Joe Strummer will forever be the true voice of The Clash. He sang with such rough-edged vulnerability, he was obviously the main reason […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Matt Johnson, the only consistent member of the London band The The, led his tight rock group through a healthy portion of songs during this SoCal stop on the group’s Comeback Special […]
LA Premiere Party Brings Out Music and Movie Stars By DONNA BALANCIA Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper could be shoo-ins for Oscar glory this year with “A Star Is Born,” but the real winner in […]
By JOHN DALY He’s not a exactly a household name, but Christopher Sluka is a prolific musician who flies under the radar. After 11 albums, his low-key approach might be surprising, because Sluka’s music is […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The album 13 Rivers finds Richard Thompson in a comfortable rock trio workspace, playing alongside drummer Michael Jerome and bassist Taras Prodaniuk. These two talented musicians also regularly tour with Thompson, so […]
Photos by ELLEN BERMAN, Review by BOB BUSBY On Tuesday, July 24th, at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, Roger McQuinn and Chris Hillman two of the founding members of The Byrds performed the opening […]
By DAN MACINTOSH HOLLYWOOD, CA – KCRW’s Reggae Night XVII demonstrated reggae music’s wide diversity. Whether you came for dread serious beats, spiritual meditation or lighter lover’s sounds, you likely left happy. Protoje, fronting a […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Good Field has scored another winner with the album Surface Tension, a beautiful work that incorporates diverse sounds from different eras to elicit tremendous emotional response. The Austin-based outfit has mastered a […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Gabriel Johns, who goes by just Gabriel, sings from the heart throughout his six-song EP Love Lives Here. The project opens with “Another Night,” a song simply celebrating survival. Over a stripped-down […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Icarus Line Must Die is a smart look at what it takes to make music happen independently, but it goes way beyond the how-to. Joe Cardamone is an atypical starving artist […]
By JOHN DALY Iggy Pop takes a look at friendship in “I’ll See Big,” another musical collaboration with synth duo Underworld. Iggy and Underworld will drop a new EP Teatime Dub Encounters on July 27, via Caroline […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The English Beat featuring Dave Wakeling is back with its fourth album, and first full-length since 1982, called Here We Go Love. Over such a long time span many lesser bands have […]
By DAN MACINTOSH The Choir has always incorporated heartbreak into its music. Examples of grief have ranged from the miscarriage of a child, to the loss of an adult friend. Life is filled with more […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Courtney Barnett channels rock and roll of the 1990s with the album Tell Me How You Really Feel, a collection of emotionally charged songs. During one called “Nameless/Faceless,” Courtney Barnett complains, “I […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Live at Lafayette’s Music Room was recorded at a Big Star hometown gig in Memphis. During the set, they cover The Flying Burrito Brothers’ “Hot Burrito #2,” which was mixed in with […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Middle Voice is an appropriately named collection of songs that deals with many of life’s concerns after the 30s and the 40s are over. While it’s comforting to know it’s Kate Fenner […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Longshot played a great show at the Hi Hat Monday night, but the rest of the shows on the West Coast have been postponed, it was announced via social media Tuesday. […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Let’s Make Love is Brazilian Girls’ first album in around a decade, but if you’re anything like me, this New York dance-pop act sort of snuck past you. (Such is one of […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Human Drama and Bar Sinister are a perfect match of artist and venue. Human Drama has played there many times in the past but tonight’s show was going to be special as it […]
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