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Fuzz Unleash Distorted Heavy Overdrive On El Rey
JustinThomas
April 25, 2015
Words: Justin Thomas Photos: Taylor Wong Last night Ty Segall, and his longhaired trio, Fuzz headlined the sold out El Rey Theatre in West Hollywood with support from Endless Bummer and CCR Headcleaners. Heads were banged, faces were fervidly melted and stoner jams tirelessly ensued. News Flash: Mr. Ty Segall
Faith No More Wind Up The Wiltern on Opening Night
Danny Baraz
April 24, 2015
Words: Danny Baraz Photos: Dirt Junior If I HAD to list one musical influence that could encapsulate my love of listening to, creating, performing, critiquing and obsessing on music, without hesitation or pause, I would tell you Mike Patton. Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, and Lovage. His dynamic
Coachella: No Sense of History in your Hate
Danny Baraz
April 23, 2015
Words: Danny Baraz It’s funny how hating Coachella is the cool thing to do now. Every year, almost everyone you know talks trash about the Coachella lineup, patrons and prices and every year the festival sells out two consecutive weekends. Countless articles are written about how the people who
The Replacements: Alt-Heads, Why the Palladium sucks and Whole Foods Blues
Brent Smith
April 18, 2015
Words: Brent Smith Photos: David Evanko I typically bemoan the fact that kids and grownups are listening to the same music nowadays. Where that’s not annoying is in the case of seeing The Replacements live—that notoriously ‘unpopular’ no-band band. They’re hard to pin down. I mean what do you call
Chet Faker, White People and Masturbation at Club Nokia
Taylor Wong
April 16, 2015
Words and Photos: Taylor Wong The other night I got the chance to cover a show that I normally wouldn’t attend but I was blessed enough to witness Nicholas James Murphy aka, Chet Faker’s second show of two that were sandwiched between two performances at Coachella. Now i’m not saying I wouldn’t cover it
Live Stream: Alabama Shakes Intimate Performance on Janky Smooth
Danny Baraz
April 14, 2015
If you close your eyes and listen to Alabama Shakes you feel as if you have been transported to another era. It’s the type of music that transcends genre. Frontwoman, Brittany Howard’s voice is effortlessly epic- reminiscent of the tortured textures of the likes of Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.
D.O.A Look to Fans for Funding Next Album
Savannah Peykani
April 13, 2015
Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A are returning to the music scene to add more hardcore sounds to today’s digital downloads. Hard Rain Falling, which frontman Joe Shithead Keithley says is heavily influenced by the energy of the band’s older albums, has 12 tracks written and ready to record. Now, they’re turning
A Night at the Museum with Cherry Glazerr and White Fence
Savannah Peykani
April 11, 2015
Words: Savannah Peykani Photos: Taylor Wong Where can you find dinosaurs going hard in the pit on a Friday night? At the Natural History Museum, of course, as part of their First Fridays program, which last night featured Cherry Glazerr and White Fence. First off, I have to say how
Concert for Social Justice: Can Music Still Change the World?
Lawrence Rengert
April 10, 2015
Words: Lawrence Rengert Photos: Rebecca Sapp Driving into Hollywood is strange; it still feels weird after all these years, creepy and dirty but also a part of my history, my childhood, my home. I’ve lived in New York and New Orleans, Paris and Amsterdam and nothing is as perverse and life
Tyler, the Creator announces new album and shares music video
Savannah Peykani
April 9, 2015
Tyler, the Creator hasn’t gone anywhere. Two years since dropping Wolf , he took to Twitter last night to announce just what he’s been up to all these months. He’s releasing his newest album Cherry Bomb, launched an offical app called Golf Media and now even has a magazine, Golf
