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Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy and Conspirators Launch ‘Living The Dream’ Tour at Whisky

June 19, 2018 News Comments Off on Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy and Conspirators Launch ‘Living The Dream’ Tour at Whisky

By JOHN DALY Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators will release their new album Living The Dream on Sept. 21 and will kick off their U.S. Tour Sept. 13 at the Whisky A-Go-Go in […]

Death Grips - Photo courtesy Mcbcharles
New Music

Death Grips Shares Two More Songs Off ‘Year of the Snitch’

June 19, 2018 News Comments Off on Death Grips Shares Two More Songs Off ‘Year of the Snitch’

By JOHN DALY Death Grips shared two more new songs off their upcoming album, Year of the Snitch. The first song is “Shitshow,” the video for which was pulled off YouTube for “sexually provocative content.” […]

Vampire Weekend - Photo by Alyson Camus
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Review: Vampire Weekend Comeback Show at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl a Charity Event

June 18, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Vampire Weekend Comeback Show at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl a Charity Event

Review and Photos by ALYSON CAMUS The Libbey Bowl is a cute and intimate place, located 90 minutes north of Los Angeles. It may have initially seemed to be a strange choice for Vampire Weekend […]

RZA will be on hand for David Lynch's Festival of Disruption - Photo © Donna Balancia
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RZA, Mike Patton, Francis Ford Coppola Headline David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption

June 18, 2018 News Comments Off on RZA, Mike Patton, Francis Ford Coppola Headline David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption

By JOHN DALY RZA, Mike Patton and Vic Mensa are among those slated to perform at David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles Oct. 13-14. Francis Ford Coppola will be […]

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Travis Barker Blood Clots Force Blink-182 to Postpone Las Vegas Shows

June 15, 2018 News Comments Off on Travis Barker Blood Clots Force Blink-182 to Postpone Las Vegas Shows

By DONNA BALANCIA Blink-182 has postponed two of its Las Vegas residency shows this weekend because drummer Travis Barker is suffering from blood clots in his arms and is unable to perform. The band is […]

Keith Richards finds New things in Satisfaction
New Music

Keith Richards: Rolling Stones Hit ‘Satisfaction’ Could Have Been Different

June 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Keith Richards: Rolling Stones Hit ‘Satisfaction’ Could Have Been Different

By DONNA BALANCIA Keith Richards says he’s still discovering new ways to make the old Rolling Stones songs interesting. “Every time I play ‘Satisfaction,’ I find a new little thing going on (inaudible) ‘I should […]

GNR - Photo courtesy of Katarina Benzova
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PHOTOS: Guns N’ Roses Quench ‘Appetite for Destruction’ at Download Fest

June 11, 2018 News Comments Off on PHOTOS: Guns N’ Roses Quench ‘Appetite for Destruction’ at Download Fest

By DONNA BALANCIA California Rockers Guns ‘N’ Roses came out to headline the Download Festival this weekend in Donington Park, UK,  and looked and sounded as good as ever. Check out some photos here. The […]

By DAN MACINTOSH

Review: The Choir Takes Heartbreaking Turn with Album ‘Bloodshot’

June 9, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: The Choir Takes Heartbreaking Turn with Album ‘Bloodshot’

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 […]

Original Utopia band members: Kasim, Willie and Todd - Photo © 2018 Donna Balancia
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Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Reunites and Tour Wraps at Fox Riverside – PHOTOS

June 5, 2018 News Comments Off on Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Reunites and Tour Wraps at Fox Riverside – PHOTOS

By DONNA BALANCIA LOS ANGELES – The long wait for a Todd Rundgren and Utopia reunion tour has finally ended. TR and company put on an amazing show at The Wiltern and had a fun […]

RF Shannon photo courtesy of RF Shannon
Live Reviews

RF Shannon: Austin-Based Psychedelic Band Hypnotizes at Resident

June 1, 2018 News Comments Off on RF Shannon: Austin-Based Psychedelic Band Hypnotizes at Resident

By HARRIET KAPLAN RF Shannon, an Austin-based band via L.A., fronted by singer-songwriter Shane Renfro, played a moody, atmospheric set of blues-soaked psychedelic desert rock at The Resident DTLA. The songs are both cinematic and […]

Fur Dixon and WTFUKUSHIMA at MSM - Photo © Scott Free
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Review: Fur Dixon Opens for Alice Bag, Revs Crowd at Maui Sugar Mill

May 31, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Fur Dixon Opens for Alice Bag, Revs Crowd at Maui Sugar Mill

Review by HARRIET KAPLAN and Photos by SCOTT FREE Fur Dixon and her band are courting controversy and attention with their moniker WTFUKUSHIMA. It’s definitely a timely and controversial name. Their new, upcoming album, Return 2 Sender, […]

Fat Mike of NOFX - Photo © 2018 Donna Balancia
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UPDATE: NOFX Feeling Effects of Their ‘Jokes’ from Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, Apologizes

May 30, 2018 News Comments Off on UPDATE: NOFX Feeling Effects of Their ‘Jokes’ from Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, Apologizes

By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – NOFX took what was deemed as a step too far last weekend at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas making a comment about Route 91 Harvest Festival victims that […]

Photography

X the Band Thrills at Topanga Days Festival – Photo Gallery by Scott Free

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on X the Band Thrills at Topanga Days Festival – Photo Gallery by Scott Free

Photos by SCOTT FREE X had a busy weekend headlining the three-day Topanga Days festival on Sunday before scooting off to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas for its Monday gig. The Southern California punk […]

Courtney Barnett photo by Pooneh Ghana
By DAN MACINTOSH

Review: Courtney Barnett Channels ’90s Sound With ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Courtney Barnett Channels ’90s Sound With ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’

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

Dan MacIntosh Review: Big Star ‘Live at Lafayette’s Music Room’

May 29, 2018 News Comments Off on Dan MacIntosh Review: Big Star ‘Live at Lafayette’s Music Room’

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

PHOTOS: Punk Rock Bowling Rolls into Las Vegas This Weekend

May 26, 2018 News Comments Off on PHOTOS: Punk Rock Bowling Rolls into Las Vegas This Weekend

By DONNA BALANCIA LAS VEGAS – Despite the 80-degree weather, expect visitors in leather jackets and spiked-up hair to dominate Las Vegas this weekend as Punk Rock Bowling rolls into town today through Monday. Punk […]

Charming Liars - Photo © 2018 Harriet Kaplan
Live Reviews

Charming Liars Are Half Right, Truth Was in Music at Bootleg Show

May 25, 2018 News Comments Off on Charming Liars Are Half Right, Truth Was in Music at Bootleg Show

Review and Photos By HARRIET KAPLAN The Bootleg Theater was the scene of the latest KROQ Locals Only Show featuring the British alt rockers based in Los Angeles, Charming Liars. Performing a quick, 40-minute set that […]

John Dwyer - Photo © 2017 Donna Balancia
New Music

For Oh Sees: A New Record, a World Tour and a Minotaur Head

May 23, 2018 News Comments Off on For Oh Sees: A New Record, a World Tour and a Minotaur Head

By DONNA BALANCIA The Oh Sees will release a new album called Smote Reverser on Aug. 17 through Castle Face. “Overthrown” is the first single off the collection and John Dwyer and company are gearing up […]

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Deadpool Music Video: Diplo, French Montana and Lil Pump ft. Zhavia

May 21, 2018 News Comments Off on Deadpool Music Video: Diplo, French Montana and Lil Pump ft. Zhavia

By JOHN DALY Deadpool, which slayed the box office this weekend with an estimated $125 million take has a high-energy soundtrack. Check out the newly released music video “Welcome To The Party” with Diplo, French Montana […]

By JOHN DALY

Big Hits: YouTube Star Ryan Beatty Drops New Single ‘Bruise’

May 18, 2018 News Comments Off on Big Hits: YouTube Star Ryan Beatty Drops New Single ‘Bruise’

YouTube darling Ryan Beatty has released a new song called “Bruise” and — what else — a video to accompany the song. It’s the latest by the 22-year-old, Clovis, Calif.-born singer who has built a […]

By JOHN DALY

Stevie Wonder Plays Las Vegas, Atlantic City This Summer with ‘Song Party’

May 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Stevie Wonder Plays Las Vegas, Atlantic City This Summer with ‘Song Party’

Stevie Wonder will play Las Vegas and Atlantic City this summer with “The Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love & Music,” a limited engagement concert series. Wonder will perform “The Song Party” in four […]

Brazilian Girls - Photo by Harriet Kaplan
Live Reviews

Review: Brazilian Girls Make It a New Wave Night at the El Rey

May 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Brazilian Girls Make It a New Wave Night at the El Rey

By HARRIET KAPLAN There was an excitement and anticipation in the air as fans filled The El Rey to see The Brazilian Girls, who just released their first album in 10 years, Let’s Make Love, […]

Reviews

Review: ‘Middle Voice’ by Kate Fenner an Honest Account of Life After 40

May 15, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: ‘Middle Voice’ by Kate Fenner an Honest Account of Life After 40

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 JOHN DALY

Arctic Monkeys Drop Video for ‘Four Out of Five’ off ‘Tranquility Base’

May 14, 2018 News Comments Off on Arctic Monkeys Drop Video for ‘Four Out of Five’ off ‘Tranquility Base’

Arctic Monkeys have released a video for the song “Four Out of Five,” off the new album Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino.  It’s a somewhat mysterious video indicative of a thriller genre, with frontman Alex […]

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Lindsey Buckingham: Fleetwood Mac Firing was ‘Not my Doing or my Choice’

May 14, 2018 News Comments Off on Lindsey Buckingham: Fleetwood Mac Firing was ‘Not my Doing or my Choice’

By JOHN DALY Lindsey Buckingham broke his silence on being fired from Fleetwood Mac during a political fundraiser Friday night in Los Feliz. As recorded on video by Brian Larsen and reported in Medium by […]

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Who’s the ‘New Guy’ on Keyboards with the Todd Rundgren and Utopia Tour?

May 11, 2018 News Comments Off on Who’s the ‘New Guy’ on Keyboards with the Todd Rundgren and Utopia Tour?

By DONNA BALANCIA Todd Rundgren is in the midst of a much-anticipated Utopia reunion tour with the band’s original members except for the young keyboardist. So who is this 31-year-old keyboard and synth expert on […]

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Classic US Rocker Reviews

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    Black Waat3r Breaks Down The Sound ‘Barriers’ At The Viper Room for Night of Soul Satisfaction
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  • Garbage Proves a Treasure to Fans in Boise, Despite Limiting Future Tour Dates
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    The Amish Outlaws Kick Off the Summer in Rowdy Style at Dewey Beach
    May 30, 2023 Comments Off on The Amish Outlaws Kick Off the Summer in Rowdy Style at Dewey Beach
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California Rocker®

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    RIP: Robbie Robertson, Songwriter Who ‘Drove Old Dixie Down,’ Passes Away at 80
    August 10, 2023 Comments Off on RIP: Robbie Robertson, Songwriter Who ‘Drove Old Dixie Down,’ Passes Away at 80
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    Release: The Ocean Blue Opens ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’ Again, Drops New Video + Track
    August 7, 2023 Comments Off on Release: The Ocean Blue Opens ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’ Again, Drops New Video + Track
  • Releases: Brian Setzer, Nils Lofgren Albums Lead the New Music of the Week
    July 21, 2023 Comments Off on Releases: Brian Setzer, Nils Lofgren Albums Lead the New Music of the Week
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    Review + Photos: Sparks and They Might Be Giants Light it Up at The Hollywood Bowl
    July 19, 2023 Comments Off on Review + Photos: Sparks and They Might Be Giants Light it Up at The Hollywood Bowl
  • Star Party, The Binges and Ames Flames Draw Crowds to the Redwood for Donny Popejoy + Pope Tribute
    July 4, 2023 Comments Off on Star Party, The Binges and Ames Flames Draw Crowds to the Redwood for Donny Popejoy + Pope Tribute

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Vintage Interviews

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    Interview: Des Rocs Sets Europe on Fire with Dynamic Rock, Launches US Tour in April
    February 18, 2024 Comments Off on Interview: Des Rocs Sets Europe on Fire with Dynamic Rock, Launches US Tour in April
  • Victoria Bigelow Writes and Performs Songs for Everyone in her Audience at LA Show
    July 1, 2024 Comments Off on Victoria Bigelow Writes and Performs Songs for Everyone in her Audience at LA Show
  • Interview: Aryeè The Gem Shares Her Evening With Us at The Fonda in Los Angeles
    March 12, 2024 Comments Off on Interview: Aryeè The Gem Shares Her Evening With Us at The Fonda in Los Angeles
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    Little Caesar And The Rise of Biker Rock: Interview With Ron Young
    June 2, 2015 Comments Off on Little Caesar And The Rise of Biker Rock: Interview With Ron Young
  • Vince Conrad Productions Strikes Hidden Gold with Remastered Punk Hits
    February 2, 2016 Comments Off on Vince Conrad Productions Strikes Hidden Gold with Remastered Punk Hits
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