By JOHN DALY Oakland is known to lay claim to a lot of cool stuff and, appropriately, the city is the home base of metal rockers Stimuli. The appealing hard rockers have released a new […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Movie Club, comprised of Vince Cuneo and Jessamyn Violet, like surf music. They like it so much, they put together a video to honor Dick Dale called “Navy Seal.” The track has […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Life can be so complicated. Thank goodness Bleached straightens it out for us with their new album Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? With Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? (Dead Oceans), […]
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 JOHN DALY Eaton Super 10 is a smart new release by Los Angeles band Snowball ii and it gives hope that shoegaze can get the point across and still have a good beat. The […]
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 DAN MACINTOSH Weezer — a band so endlessly debated, discussion of the act’s unusual career trajectory was even a recent skit on Saturday Night Live — has now given us a covers album. Although […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Freshly Cut, the debut full length album by The Strands, will not only excite their local following, but introduce the wider world to Amanda Campbell’s languid pop/jazz and incisive love lyrics that […]
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 DONNA BALANCIA Heather Gruber’s music brings reassurance and beauty into a hectic world. With her new full-length album Dance into the Desert, The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has put forth an eloquent and strong collection […]
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 […]
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