In the grand scheme of things, 2016 kind of sucked more than a Hoover, but Nick Wold (vox, guitar), Nelson (bass) and Jacob Wick (drums) aka DREAMERS have been fruitful and productive: from thousands of road miles on tour spreading the goodness of their punchy, iridescent and more thoughtful than you would expect pop tinged rock to moving cross country, […]

Hey there, lovelies. Welcome to this HEAR THIS quick hit. My Spotify HEAR THIS playlist grows deeper by the week: every Friday I add 13 songs that are interesting (to my ears, anyway) and feel are worthy of getting into yours. The goal: That you, my friend, may find at least TWO songs/artists that warrant further inspection. Find your new favorite […]

Homecomings should always be so grand. Since September Marc Cazorla, Alex Stiff and Chris Vos have racked up some mighty road miles traversing the country taking on venues and audiences on their biggest national headlining tour yet. This was a milestone for Los Angeles’ The Record Company: a trio of upright and forthright rock and rollers with heady respect for blues, punk, […]

Hear this. Now. Considering the changes our socio-political landscape has and will continue to go through, you’d be something of a dim bulb to not expect some portion of your favorite artists (and even your least favorite) to expressively and musically chime in with their thoughts. From Woodie Guthrie to Joan Baez to Rage Against The Machine, music has always […]

In case you didn’t get the memo, The Hunna have arrived. The UK quartet is as free spirited and life-loving as any band you will meet and their arena-worthy indie rock aesthetic is a direct reflection of who they are. Ryan (vox/guitar), Dan (guitar), Jermaine (bass) and Jack (drums) are in the midst of a musical bonfire, not unlike the […]

YOUNG RISING SONS @ THE TROUBADOUR 10/20/16 Red Bank, New Jersey’s Young Rising Sons are good at setting a solid live performance bar so their return to the Troubadour in Los Angeles was a welcome one. Where the blue-collar earnestness of singer/guitarist Andy Tongren, bassist Julian Dimagiba, and drummer Steve Patrick fuses with soulful optimism and a river of feel-good underneath […]

In the realm of live music, the past week has been flush with high quality sounds from equally high quality bands. New York’s The Dig made their way back to Los Angeles to play at Resident where it was fine melody and harmony business as usual with their artful, semi-post punk take on indie rock and, yes, that is their […]