Arcade Fire Everything Now Sony Canada Arcade Fire is no stranger to theatrics when it comes time to release a new album. In 2013, before Reflektor (my favorite Arcade Fire album) was [...]
The Cranberries Something Else BMG Chokers. Strategically ripped jeans. Remembering to feed your Tamagotchi before leaving the house. The 90s are back, and now, so are The [...]
Cold War Kids L.A. Divine Capital Records Indie rockers Cold War Kids have released their first album in three years, titled L.A. Divine. Inspired by the band’s hometown of Los [...]
Depeche Mode Spirit Columbia Records Spirit is Depeche Mode’s 14th studio album, and couldn’t have come at a better time. Opening with the pointedly political “Going Backwards,” [...]
The Knitts Retreat Knitting Factory Records For those of us that have been going to see The Knitts’ live shows for years now, their debut album Retreat has been a long time coming. Over 6 [...]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Tourist CYHSY, Inc. Since their 2005 debut, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah haven’t had much to get excited about. They’ve gone through growing pains and [...]
Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! Glassnote Entertainment Group When was the first time you discovered Donald Glover? Was it through his music as Childish Gambino? His [...]
La Sera Queens EP Polyvinyl Records Somewhere in between touring in support of its album Music For Listening to Music To (which I reviewed just this past March HERE), La Sera found the [...]
Moving Units Damage With Care Metropolis Records Los Angeles-based group Moving Units have recently released their fourth album, Damage with Care via Metropolis Records (April 8, [...]
La Sera Music For Listening To Music To Polyvinyl Records The influence of producer Ryan Adams is apparent in La Sera’s Music For Listening to Music To‘s [...]
Peppina @ Resident LA, Los Angeles February 18, 2016 Finnish songstress Peppina swung briefly through Los Angeles on her way back to her native Helsinki via Park City, [...]
The Fratellis Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied Cooking Vinyl The Fratellis’ fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, is easily their best to date. Each song requires at least two [...]
Patrick Watson Love Songs For Robots Domino Records I was first introduced to Patrick Watson in 2012, at Austin City Limits (ACL). I had never heard of him before [...]
Killawatt émigré Osiris Matthew Watt, widely known as Killawatt, shows the progression into a more mature artist with his debut album émigré. He is no longer simply putting out dubstep, but [...]
Twin Shadow Eclipse Warner Bros “That moment when something pure and constant is broken, where you’re filled with vulnerability, that moment is what I live for in art,” says George [...]
The Lookouts Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories) Don Giovanni Records Thirty years before anyone would ever even conceive of Green Day, three guys got together and The Lookouts were [...]
How In 40 Minutes, Joshua Radin Just Ruined Every Man in The World’s Valentine’s Day Plans: An Interview With Joshua Radin Whoever said “romance is dead” has obviously never experienced Joshua Radin. [...]
Sonny & The Sunsets Talent Night At The Ashram Polyvinyl Records If you didn’t know it, you would never guess San Francisco native Sonny Smith is nearing his mid-40s. Imaginative, quirky, and possessing the ability [...]
Prima Donna Nine Lives And Forty-Fives Alive Naturalsound Records Los Angeles foursome Prima Donna is back with an impressive 11-song studio album. Nine Lives and [...]
