Darkwave icon Chelsea Wolfe just announced Birth of Violence, a new album, alongside the release of her first new music since around this time two years ago. “The Mother Road” is the lead single as well as the opening track of the new record, due out September 13 on Sargent House. That means Angelenos have […]

Shoegaze meets psychedelic on Feels’ new single; it is a catchy hybrid of a song, reminiscent of both Blondie and The Kinks. With a title like “Awful Need,” it is surprisingly aloof, following the band’s previous grunge release, “Car.” Both new singles will appear on the local quartet’s forthcoming album, Post Earth, due out on […]

The first annual FOXES Fest will take place this Sunday, March 25th, at warehouse 1720 downtown, with a lineup centered on LA’s finest young rock bands. Cosmonauts, Sextile, and Death Valley Girls top the bill, with additional local talent from The Mad Walls. Honduras and Thee MVPs round out the lineup, visiting from New York […]

Drawing from his deep reservoir of talent, Tim Darcy is a Renaissance man by any estimation. He is best known as the lead singer for the Montreal-based rock band, Ought, whose last album came out two years ago. It was around this time that Darcy began the process of writing for his debut solo record, Saturday Night, […]

Dinosaur Jr. have announced a massive world tour with two Los Angeles dates at the Teragram Ballroom. The band is touring in support of their 11th studio album, Give a Glimpse Of What Yer Not. The album proceeds Dino’s 2012 release, I Bet on Sky and is set for release on August 5 through Jagjaguwar. […]

Photo by Jazz Shademan Guess what? Death Grips showed up at FYF Fest. They walked on stage, and played a set that was intense x 1,000. The stage was bathed in fixed red lights with the crowd drowned in darkness. At the Trees Stage there are no screens showing what’s on and that somehow seemed […]

Photo by Wes Marsala When I reached the stage to see Battles at FYF Fest they were nonchalantly setting the up their gear, chewing gum and setting out beers. The drum kit was center stage and toward the front with one tall cymbal raised high in the air. Looking around it was clear that the crowd […]

I had been hoping to see noise rockers Dinosaur Jr. for quite some time. Saturday’s performance at FYF Fest had me kicking myself for not crossing it off the list sooner, as the wizard-looking J Mascis led the charge in a high-energy set. Mascis’ vocals are hard to pinpoint. They’re somewhere in between a grittier Jeff […]

Last night, the famed post-hardcore band, Shellac, played an intimate gig at The Echo as a warm up for tonight’s show at The Regent. The Chicago based trio fronted by producer extraordinaire, Steve Albini transported the sold-out Echo back to the best parts of 90’s rock. Much like Albini’s philosophy regarding recording and producing bands, […]

Thee Oh Sees new album, Mutilator Defeated At Last is out May 18 via Castleface Records. San Francisco/Los Angeles noise rockers, Thee Oh Sees are happy to share their ninth studio album titled Mutilator Defeated At Last. Since 2008, the band has been successful in creating a new album every year, and their latest nine-track […]

So I have seen A Place to Bury Strangers multiple times, in fact, the last time I saw them I was not doing concert photography but I decided to play around on the iPhone and see what I could do with it. That was the night I said, “I gotta do this shit!”.  So it […]

It was a small private show at the offices of Flood magazine. I got there a bit early, way before they started allowing people in and watched the sound check of Blonde Redhead. They were deciding what songs to play as they also figured out which lights should go where. It was nice to watch the […]

Dan Deacon has laid out a fresh new summer jam and it’s ready for your listening pleasure. “True Thrush” is the new single from Dan Deacon’s forthcoming album, America out August 28th (North America) / August 27th (Rest of the world) on Domino. As always, Deacon delivers a feel-good banger you just want to jump […]

Blends of different music, no matter how different or eclectic, can always create perfect harmony, as long as they are arranged well. This is what bands like Nisennenmondai and Battles strive to do, and last Sunday’s show at The Glass House in Pomona was yet another demonstration of their skill. A group entitled CGAK was […]

CONTEST CLOSED This is going to be one tripped out journey for your ears. Win tickets to experimental Japanese rockers, Boris, with Red Sparowes and Helms Alee at the El Rey Theatre on Friday, August 27, 2010! Taking influences from musicians such as Nick Cave and The Melvins, Boris are know for combining and switching […]