Los Angeles-based Allah-Las are just days away from releasing their debut self titled album on Innovative Leisure, home to fellow LA-based artist Hanni El Khatib (who we’ve interviewed HERE) and Nick Waterhouse — who also happened to produce Allah-Las’ album. The quartet encompasses everything you’d hope to hear from a Los Angeles-based band as they […]
7
Sep
Los Angeles surf & psych-rock built for coastal living
24
Aug
How the love of X, X-Men & Eggo Waffles conflates into art
I love Motorhead. You Know this. I love Joan Jett. You know that. I love X. You should know that. Why am I telling you this? Because another guy loves them too, only he happens to be a wicked talented Rock (Poster) God!!! (cue thunder) Bootsy Rizzak aka Josh Bernstein caught my attention a few […]
16
Aug
A young London boy's got the blues, bad
London’s King Krule (Archie Marshall, formerly under the moniker Zoo Kid) holds a very dear place in my heart. For being 18 now he’s honed in on translating his blues to beautifully composed songs, utilizing sound and space in an extremely articulate and sophisticated manner. After the internet got a hold of his debut “Out […]
14
Aug
After four years of silence, Bloc Party returns with "Four"
After four years without an album, Bloc Party will return next week with Four, the U.K. band’s fourth album; seems fitting. This album is the follow up to 2008’s Intimacy, the result of new material the band has been working on for a few years. From Bloc Party’s website: “In late 2010, Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, […]
27
Jul
Lost originals finally found, fully remastered for first time
35 years after the fact, one of the most iconic and influential albums in music history still sounds as powerful and singular as ever. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols changed the landscape for the music industry, and was the only official album released by the Sex Pistols while bassist Sid Vicious was […]
17
Jul
S.S. Coachella switches up the scenery for a 3-day getaway
It was announced, and highly circulated around the internet, that Coachella and Goldenvoice have put together a steller little concert that’ll take place on a cruise ship (yes, like Holy Ship!), called the S.S. Coachella. The music cruise will be taking place this winter, venturing to the Bahamas December 16-19 and Jamaica December 19-23. The […]
17
Jul
Talib Kweli, Das Racist, Spankrock, Dale Earnhardt JR JR & more
The rattling of the above ground subway is almost audible in the new mixtape from Brooklyn collaborative effort Mosholu. Supposedly the recording process began in the legendary Bushwick bathroom of Eastern District Gallery, although producers (including Ghost Dad of WIN WIN, Picture Plane, Amaze 88, and more) were brought in to clean things up and make things […]
16
Jul
Rare footage behind the magic of Joe Strummer & Mick Jones
How much do we love The Clash? Enough to name our entire project after them, duh. Having taken in many of the best documentaries on the legendary British band, we’re always stoked when a new doc, book, comic, biopic, cartoon, porn, fanzine, Tweet, pamphlet or whatever is released. Such is the case with The Rise […]
