As part of an ongoing 7” vinyl split series, Suicide Records dropped One Way or the High Way, a collaboration featuring Atlanta’s The Coathangers and Los Angeles’ very own, L.A. Witch. For their contributions, both bands cover classic punk rock songs from bands that hair from each’s respective coasts. For L.A. Witch, that means a rambunctious […]

Loss, in many ways, is a relative concept. Unless you dropped a crisp bill from your wallet, money “lost” is more accurately money spent. Even death is illusory—the physical form may be gone but memories will always live on. Local riot grrls, L.A. Witch, take it all in stride. Their forthcoming album Play With Fire […]

Jordan Cook of Reignwolf can play guitar with one hand tied behind his back. During most of their set Friday night at the Fonda Theatre, his guitar dangled from his left hand with strap swinging behind like a tiger tail as he magically played dirty blues riffs while crooning into a mic held by his […]

Tents in the desert get warm when the sun rises. Stiflingly so. I awoke Saturday to the convecting heat of the tent, a minor bit of dehydration from the previous evening’s activities, and Wes the photographer’s conversation with our tent neighbor, a guy who worked for the festival parking crew that would also be attending […]

A few years ago we discovered Atlanta punk trio The Coathangers and fell in love with their ferocious album Suck My Shirt. These ladies know how to shred live and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome them back to Los Angeles where they’ll be headlining The El Rey Theatre on Wednesday, August 17th. Hear new songs such […]

The fierce and foxy ladies of L.A. Witch are performing at The Roxy tonight in West Hollywood. To celebrate their hometown gig, the trio has premiered with Grimy Goods a cryptic new live video of their song “Kill My Baby Tonight”. The video, matching the band’s lo-fi and fuzzy sound protrudes with some creepy visual […]

Lolipalooza 1 brought us a day of garage rock bands that made us reminiscent psychedelic trips we may have previously experienced. It was such a great time that Lolipop Records is bringing Lolipalooza 2 to the Echo/Echoplex on Saturday, June 27th! Easily listed as one of our best Los Angeles concerts this month, the day will […]

Burger Records recording artist Cosmonauts are ready to take you on an unforgettable, tripped out garage-psych-trance fueled musical journey through time and space. We’ve seen them do it before at Moon Block Party, Desert Daze and alongside The Lovely Bad Things. Cosmonauts’ current West Coast Tour wraps up right here at home in Los Angeles, […]

Back for its fourth year in a row, Moon Block is gearing up for its annual Desert Daze festival – the ultimate music getaway in Southern California. This year the festival will be popping off on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Sunset Ranch Oasis in Mecca, CA and will be headlined by Warpaint, Failure, and RJD2. Desert Daze will […]

Man, Cherry Glazerr have seriously gotta be the coolest kids in school. I mean, just look at the photos of these humble kids slaying on the small stage of The Echo last Friday. Front woman, Clem takes a perfect stage dive into the crowd thrilling her young fans and classmates. This is how a high […]

Warpaint have announced a special benefit show on February 28th at Fais Do-Do. The benefit titled YAAAASS! will support music in public education with all proceeds benefitting Youth In Rock for John Marshall High School in Los Angeles. The evening will feature performances by Warpaint (with secret guests), LA Witch, Midnight Rose (featuring members of […]

Deafheaven at Indigo Music Festival Indigo Music Festival took its inaugural spin at the Observatory in Santa Ana this past Saturday. Initially announced as a two-day festival with a badass lineup that featured acts such as The Melvins, Rocket From The Crypts, Blonde Redhead and The Black Angels, the festival quickly slimmed down to just […]