If circumstances persist for Cecilia Della Peruti, her sophomore album as Gothic Tropic is bound to be just as impactful as the band’s debut, Fast or Feast. The past two years since that LP have led the LA-born artist to career highs and personal lows, but her new single is meant to help her heal […]

Eat Your Fill On Gothic Tropic’s Debut LP, Fast or Feast Cecilia Della Peruti has more in common with Father John Misty than meets the eye. It may have only dawned on her while we lounged at Echo Park Lake, as the Santa Ana winds ruined a family picnic nearby. After shamefully admitting I hadn’t […]

Photo Credit: Ryan Aylsworth Los Angeles indie band Gothic Tropic has released an addictive new single titled “Stronger.” Led by the spunky frontwoman Cecilia Della Peruti, Gothic Tropic’s new song is a vibrant spitfire of 80s pop-rock sounds. While Peruti’s vocals soar sweetly and invite you to sing along, the song still carries a sassy […]

Anna Bulbrook needed only a few months to pull together an epic three-day fest celebrating women in rock. The lead singer of The Bulls brought the inaugural GirlSchool’s Field Day Weekend to the Bootleg Theater and Bar, featuring names like Dead Sara, Veruca Salt and Riothorse Royale on the bill. We were there on the […]

On Sunday, October 18th, The Echoplex will find itself the perfect, intimate setting to both wax nostalgic and enjoy fresh tunes off What Happens Next, the latest release from legendary post-punk rock outfit Gang of Four. While only one original member, guitarist/producer Andy Gill, remains in the lineup, the newest incarnation of the band have impressed […]

Monday night, LA shoegazers The Bulls returned to their weekly residency at The Satellite, playing to a packed house. The band — comprised by Anna Bulbrook of the Airborne Toxic Event (sometimes also Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) and The Duke Spirit’s Marc Sails — played through songs from their debut EP Small Problems, due out on […]

Blood Red Shoes Due to the surprise performance by Wolfmother at The Echoplex, The Echo was a little less packed than expected for Tuesday night’s Blood Red Shoes performance. That didn’t stop the night from being any less incredible. Los Angeles’ Gothic Tropic opened up the show to a minimal yet energetic crowd. This was […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra headlined the Echoplex this past Friday with support from Foxygen, Gothic Tropic, and Wampire. Check out our photo gallery below! Photography: Monique Hernandez Unknown Mortal Orchestra Foxygen Gothic Tropic Wampire

Headlining a SOLD OUT show, Unknown Mortal Orchestra proves to be one of the greater indie bands to come out. Their debut track “Ffunny Ffrends” was discovered through their Bandcamp and gained instant recognition in the blogosphere and out to mainstream culture. Pitchfork quickly gave their self-titled album an 8 and describes their sound as […]

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) packed the echo and echoplex with L.A.’s must see bands of 2013. Check out our photo gallery below of Incan Abraham, Montë Mar, Tashaki Miyaki, James Supercave, The Abigails, Beach Party, Gothic Tropic and Cosmonauts! Photography: Monique Hernandez Incan Abraham Montë Mar Tashaki Miyaki James Supercave The Abigails Beach Party […]

  Electric goth-folk artist and Los Angeles local, Chelsea Wolfe, is slated to play The Echoplex on Friday, September 14th. The show is a precursor to her October 16th release of her new album “Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs.” This album is sure to be a stylistic departure from the enveloping darkness and […]

Johannesburg’s Spoek Mathambo (real name: Nthato Mokgata) will be providing his Afro-funk tunes to Angelenos at the Echoplex on Thursday, July 26, 2012. The Africa native first captured our attention with some collaborative projects—Sweat X, Playdoe—that placed his smart, dirty vocals on top of electro-rap bangers that activated dancefloors across the globe and now he’s come into his […]

Check out our photo gallery of day one of the Silver Lake Jubilee (Sunday, May 24). A lot of great bands up in the mix including: AV Club, Tremellow, NO, Silver Lake Contemporary Ballet with The Lonely Wild, Batwings Catwings, Eastern Conference Champions, Incan Abraham, Tearist, Abe Vigoda, Chasing Kings, Summer Twins, The Soft Pack, Gothic Tropic, Maya Jupiter, Aloe Blacc, […]