#TourHappens With…Jukebox The Ghost

  After some 15 years as a band doing that dynamic piano-pop thing that they do, Ben Thornewill (vox/piano), Jesse Kristin (drums/vox), and Tommy Siegel (guitar/bass/vox) aka Jukebox The Ghost are on the verge of two events: releasing their fifth full-length studio album, Off To The Races (surely a nod to their not-so-subtle love for Queen, right?), and taking their bouncy […]

#TourHappens With…SHAED

Max and Spencer Ernst and Chelsea Lee are the Washington DC soulful electro-pop trio SHAED and are no strangers to making sleek, warm-blooded pop gems of the earworm-kind; fortunately, they’re currently working on new music for an upcoming release later this year. With the rapid pace that their band career has moved since SHAED’s inception, Max, Spencer, and Chelsea are […]

In His Words: Bruno Major

“You know, the craziest thing is having a sold-out show in a place you’ve never been before. That’s mind blowing to me.” Indeed. Bruno is in London and I’m in Los Angeles. An international chat and I have concern for his cellular bill. The last time that he performed in LA was his first time performing in LA: a sold-out […]

#TourHappens With…The Beaches

They’re a new wave of lady rock following in the footsteps of those who have come before like The Runaways, Elastica and Band of Skulls. I’m talking about the Toronto foursome, the Beaches, who are sisters Jordan Miller (vox/bass) and Kylie Miller (lead guitar) along with Eliza Enman McDaniel (drums) and Leandra Earl (keys/guitar). Still in their teens and with their debut album, […]

#TourHappens With…Sheppard

While 2017 has seen them serve as main support for the Australian and New Zealand legs of Justin Beiber’s Purpose Tour as well as on a European run with Little Minx, it’s been two years since the United States has had the pleasure of having the Australian indie pop sextet Sheppard hustling from city to city in order to entertain […]

Press Play With Slum Sociable

From SUR, With Love

I asked Zack Arnett to tell me a story…his story. “Over a year ago…in L.A., going through some shit, and kinda got stuck in a rut, and wasn’t feeling right. So, I needed to venture out and me and my boy went out, and traveled around different national parks, and wherever the fuck we could go, and parked this RV […]