Tag: Album
Back on the Scene: Like Her New Album, Joan Jett Remains “Unvarnished”
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts are geared up for the release of Unvarnished, their first album of original music in seven years.
11 Questions for Lou Barlow (Oh, and Sebadoh has a New Album)
Yesterday, the new Sebadoh album came out—a fact that might prompt you to ask: What year is it? Not 1993… or even 2003… but 2013.
Patty Griffin Returns to the Wiltern
It’s been six long years since Patty Griffin, the Americana sweetheart with the powerful voice, released an album of mainly new material.
The Man Who Recorded Fleetwood Mac Writes A Tell-All
Thirty-seven years ago, a promising British-American band convened at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California to create their second album. The result of these efforts was 'Rumours,' an LP that would catapult Fleetwood Mac to fame.
Dengue Fever Returns
This week, our favorite Cambodian-funk-pop-psych band released a ten-track digital compilation of alternate takes and live performances dating back to 2009.
Quick Take: Specter at the Feast by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Is it a peek into the future or an ode to the past?
Quick Take: Mala by Devendra Banhart
Vintage hip-hop equipment vs. mellow gulches.
Quick Take: Hummingbird by Local Natives
The Silver Lake quartet mines the “sweeping chorale” sound
Petra Haden’s Love Letter to Cinema
Is L.A.'s best-kept musical secret finally about to become a household name? Released this week, musician/vocalist Petra Haden's Petra Goes to the Movies is already getting plenty of buzz.
Quick Take: La Costa Perdida by Camper Van Beethoven
It's full of wacky guitar-driven odes as well as winsome alt-country tunes
