AThe art of music is random and abstract: there are no schematics to build a better bass line or formulas to concoct the perfect chorus. Last November, Brandon Whalen (vox), Nick Crawford (guitar), Jeff Fedel (guitar), Jason Bower (bass) and Ben Scarboro (drums) of Denver, Colorado’s My Body Sings Electric released their Franklin Tapes: Side A EP which the band described […]

Los Angeles is known for its vast array of cuisine being home to fusion tacos, fancy burgers, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, endless Korean BBQ, delectable falafels, epic cupcakes and the list goes on and on. Therefore, it is just a tad bit ironic that writers and buddies Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell decided to make a podcast in which they review […]

It’s a cold, wintry Thursday night outside a Starbucks in Lake Forest, California. The outside lounge area is desolate, abandoned coffee cups resting on the tables like long forgotten totems. It’s 50 degrees – give or take – but to us Californians, that clearly means hypothermia and everyone disappeared as soon as the thermometer dropped to 60. All the members […]

It seems damned apropos that a song called “Wake Up Call” occupies space on Nothing But Thieves’ debut full-length album: since presenting themselves, Conor Mason (vox, guitar), Joe Langridge-Brown (guitar), James Price (drums), Dominic Craik (guitar), and Philip Blake (bass) have been a refreshing combination of a genre-fluid rock band. Airs of soul, grunge and even dance co-mingle and are […]

Santa Barbara native, Nick Long, came to Los Angeles playing punk rock music. After spending time in a couple different rock bands (RIP Dead Country), he’s now exploring a softer, more electronic side of himself with his new project, Dark Waves. The Dark Waves EP released in September showcases a moodier and – yes – perhaps darker side to the […]

Zane Carney is one of those souls who couldn’t be more born for the artistic realm if he tried. More than simply a singer/songwriter: he wields a guitar with the same precision and passion that a samurai does a sword but with less bloodshed. The gifts of music and performance run deep through Carney veins with brother, Reeve, and sister, Paris, […]

From the perspective of a music fan, there is very little that truly compares to the live experience because live is where the music lives. Where every performance is unique unto itself due to being a specific, magical moment in time and something that’s rarely replicated. Chris Jahnle of Kill/Hurt Records (based in Los Angeles, CA) seems to understand that. […]