Best New Music: Indie & Alternative

The Shy Lips may be the next big name we have heard that resembles that first blissful burst of the early indie invasion. And to top it all off, they’re from Gothenburg, Sweden. We all remember around that time the heyday of The Strokes, The Libertines, and Arctic Monkeys, right? We were infatuated with the new […]

Local singer-songwriter, Cassandra Violet leads a double life. By day, she’s a high school English/theater teacher in East L.A. — and a coaxing, songstress by night. Her newest release is the low-key, yet internally soul-wrenching, three-track EP, Beyond The Fray. While her students may not be privy to her music (their heads might explode!), we were […]