The Immediate Family ‘Skin In The Game’ Quarto Valley Records Record Review by DAN MACINTOSH Necessity is oftentimes the mother of invention, which is certainly the case with The Immediate Family. These guys began as […]
The Dream Syndicate The Troubadour January 27, 2024 By DAN MACINTOSH WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – The Dream Syndicate is lead singer Steve Wynn’s vehicle to stretch out and play loud electric guitar music, and that’s […]
Review by DAN MACINTOSH Photos by ALYSON CAMUS WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – The Whisky A Go-Go has been celebrating 60 years of being an iconic Sunset Strip Rock N Roll club this month by hosting […]
Review by DAN MACINTOSH Photos by FARAH SOSA LOS ANGELES, CA – The show was billed as Arturo Sandoval Swinging Holiday, and as he was with his big jazz band, the evening certainly swung. However, […]
Book Review by DAN MACINTOSH ‘Euphoric Recall’ By Peter Jesperson Minnesota Historical Society Press Being a longtime fan of The Replacements, Soul Asylum, Husker Du (and other Minnesota performers), one name kept coming up in […]
VetsAid Various artists North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre By DAN MACINTOSH, Photos by PHILIP MACIAS CHULA VISTA, Calif. – It’s difficult to imagine a better way to honor veterans and Veterans Day than with Joe […]
Mike Peters The Canyon October 18, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH MONTCLAIR, CA – The Canyon was a most unusual concert venue to host a Mike (The Alarm) Peters concert. It is literally in a suburban […]
Power Trip October 6, 7 and 8 Empire Polo Club By DAN MACINTOSH INDIO, CA — Although some of the acts on the three-day Power Trip bill have played have Coachella (held annually on these […]
The Church The Glass House October 4, 2023 POMONA, CA By DAN MACINTOSH The Church is touring behind one of its best albums, The Hypnogogue, and brought a healthy selection of that record’s songs to […]
The Baseball Project Teregram Ballroom September 20, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Two of the most passionate people groups on planet earth are rock music fans and sports fans. There’s a variety […]
Cheap Trick Pacific Amphitheatre August 7, 2023 Review by DAN MACINTOSH Photos by MIGUEL VASCONCELLOS COSTA MESA, CA – These days, the touring band Cheap Trick has become a bit of a family affair. In […]
Sparks Hollywood Bowl July 16, 2023 Review by DAN MACINTOSH Photos by LUIS MORENO HOLLYWOOD — Eventually, most every important Los Angeles band plays the Hollywood Bowl. It’s sort of a regional rite of passage. […]
Review By DAN MACINTOSH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Although it would be stretching the truth to call this weekend’s Hollywood Bowl festival a strictly jazz event, there were jazz elements mixed into various presented genres that […]
Peter Case McCabe’s Guitar Shop June 16, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH SANTA MONICA, CA – Seeing Peter Case at McCabe’s is akin to the ultimate intimate SoCal concert experience. Case, who played all the local […]
Former Replacements Bassist Releases New Album, ‘Wronger’ Interview by DAN MACINTOSH You’d never have predicted it, back when Tommy Stinson started playing in a Rock N Roll band as a teenager, that he’d eventually evolve […]
By DAN MACINTOSH HIGHLAND, Calif. – The unique guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, celebrated the recent release of the album, In Between Thoughts … A New World, with an engaging evening of instrumental music. Although […]
Cancer Battle Has Given His Songs ‘New Meaning,’ Peters Says Interview by DAN MACINTOSH Mike Peters of The Alarm is one of the most positive people in Rock and Roll. Formed in 1981, his band […]
Sisters Of Mercy The Hollywood Palladium May 23, 2023 Review by DAN MACINTOSH WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – It seemed like every Goth in SoCal came to see genre veterans Sisters Of Mercy at the historic […]
Violent Femmes Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet May 13, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA – Violent Femmes are touring to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Wisconsin group’s debut album. The act […]
STAFF REPORT – US Rocker® Photo Editor Luis Moreno has been named a finalist in the Individual Blog category of the SoCal Journalism Awards it was announced. Moreno was named a finalist in the Los […]
Movie Review by DAN MACINTOSH You may wonder why Blood, Sweat & Tears just seemed to burn bright and burn out fast. The band was on top of the musical world in 1970, you may […]
Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ‘76 Mercury Studios/Universal By DAN MACINTOSH The album jacket of Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ’76 states how this LP was recorded “at a sold-out Edenhalle Concert Hall […]
Local Natives Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever December 7, 2022 Review by DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – The chilly night’s music at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge featured the third night of Local Natives’ brief […]
IDLES, HC McEntire, L7, The Oxys, The Senders and More Curated by JOHN DALY It’s December and while everyone else is playing holiday music, here at US Rocker, it’s time for great punk, rock and […]
By DAN MACINTOSH GLENDALE, CA – Singer-songwriter Brett Harris mentioned early on how this gathered group performing Big Star songs, and the audience that came to see them, felt like family. Yes, across town, other […]
Julian Lage/The Bad Plus Walt Disney Concert Hall October 14, 2022 By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Guitarist Julian Lage headlined an eclectic night of instrumental music at Walt Disney Concert Hall that also […]
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