Yes, they’re from Vancouver with the band name JPNSGRLS (pronounced ‘Japanese girls’) and because of the riff heavy, explosive, lyrically and sonically thoughtful indie rock that edges with punk energy, we can forgive the absence of vowels. This time. In July Charlie Kerr (vox), Colton Lauro (guitar), Chris McClelland (bass) and Graham Serl (drums) released their sophomore record: an engaging […]

Austrian trio HUNGER are onto a certain something. Their debut single, “Gravity,” manages to gracefully trace a cold feeling with a warm outline, making it a compelling introduction to the electronic rock/pop stories that Lucas Fendrich (vox), Daniel Rumpel (guitar), and Johannes Herbst (keyboard/synths) aim to tell and project…like audible cinema. After two years as H U N G E R […]

The last time Paper Route (Nick Aranda, JT Daly and Chad Howat) came to Los Angeles, it was March with springtime weather that could be described as downright pleasant and agreeable. This time’s it’s mid-June and…well, it’s really hot. Almost stiflingly so as they sound check inside the Echo where they would perform later in the eve. This show would serve […]

A native of Atlanta, GA, Joe Saunders is set to become the next great comedy writer. Currently writing for the IFC oddball sketch show, Comedy Bang! Bang! Saunders wrote for the 2015 Emmys as well as written sketches for websites Funny or Die and College Humor. Saunders first began his career at the Upright Citizens Brigade, where he is a […]

Dorothy is a band on a mission to wake up a sleeping giant. Despite questionable as hell cell service from AT&T, the heart and soul of Dorothy Martin – the band’s front woman – transmits loud and clear, bursting with kinetic energy. Dorothy Martin is a woman on a mission: To build a musical bridge, strut across that bridge in […]

It was a typically gorgeous Southern California day in April and, in a couple of hours, the band would hit the stage of the Troubadour for a sold out show opening for label mates The Wild Feathers, but in the meantime, fresh air and a fountain in an adjacent park in West Hollywood, CA were our office. The average age among […]

Originally from Phoenix Arizona, writer and comedian DC Pierson has come a long way from acting and performing at Mountain Pointe High School. After college, he got his start at NYU where he joined the sketch group Hammerkatz NYU. Three other alumni from the group, Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes, and Dan Eckman alongside DC, went on to form Derrick Comedy. […]