Maybe Girlpool have some new gal pals? Gal Pals, made up of Jillian Talley and Lauren Mikus, is a Los Angeles-by-way-of-Austin duo that formed in 2012. After performing at SXSW in 2013 and generating buzz on their home turf, they journeyed out to California. Armed simply with drums and a guitar, Gal Pals provide the […]
Maudlin Strangers, the vehicle for the lush, synth-laced music of Agoura Hills’ Jake Hays, have signed to Vagrant Records, which will re-release his “Overdose” EP on Jan. 20. The band, which now includes live members Jeff Lehrer, Kenny Benson and Richie Gonzales, is coming off a year that saw the self-released EP propel Hays and […]
Tickets just went on sale for a special show featuring the Foo Fighters on Saturday at the Forum. Part of the proceeds from “An Evening With the Foo Fighters in the Round” will benefit various charities, including the Rock School Scholarship Fund, MusiCares and Sweet Relief. All tickets are priced at $50, with $10 going […]
When Passion Pit keyboardist Xander Singh was forced to resign his position in the band last year because of health issues, it brought on a huge existential crisis. “A lot of how I defined myself was by standing on stage,” he says. “It’s a weird feeling … to be back at ground zero, rebuilding.” Singh, […]
Jack White, Drake and AC/DC have been announced as headliners for Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2015, the two-weekend affair going off April 10-12 and 17-19 at Empire Polo Club in Indio. Reunited U.K. shoegazers Ride are also on the bill, along with Steely Dan, Interpol, the War on Drugs, Ryan Adams and a […]
Thieves early this week plundered the Eagle Rock studio space used by singer-songwriter Alex Brown Church and his indie-rock ensemble Sea Wolf, making off with guitars, amplifiers, a synthesizer, drum machine and various pedals and other electronics. Church and his management are asking the community to be on the lookout for the stolen gear. Download […]
A new electronic music festival headlined by Empire of the Sun and Chromeo will debut in mid-March at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego. CRSSD Festival – co-promoted by Goldenvoice and the year-old San Diego company FNGRS CRSSD – will go off March 14 and 15, offering three stages of music at a picturesque bayfront […]
L.A. electro alchemist Robert DeLong will be joined by London indie-rocker Tom Vek and SoCal Afro-Latin rockers Quita Penas at the 2015 opener of the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays series. Next year, the series will skip January and kick off on Feb. 6. The monthly series runs March 6, April 10, May 1 and […]
Friends continue to rally in support of singer-guitarist Josh Schwartz, a creative force in the bands Further, Beachwood Sparks and Painted Hills. Schwartz, who was diagnosed with ALS more than three years ago, has sought experimental stem cell therapy not available in the U.S., and an online campaign raised more than $25,000 to pay for […]
Fresh off playing KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas, the Smashing Pumpkins announced this morning they would play a surprise show Tuesday night at the Fonda Theatre. The band, playing behind the new album “Monuments to an Elegy” (out last week), is touring with a lineup of founder Billy Corgan, longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Mark Stoermer […]
