Editor’s Note: German indie rockers Giant Rooks are one of those rare international bands who had an audience in the US before ever playing a single headline show on North American soil. After releasing EPs in 2015, 2017, and 2019, the five piece group dropped their debut LP, Rookery, in …

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Editor’s note: Last Friday night, Enjoy, the solo project of Wyatt Shears from The Garden took the stage at The Regent Theatre. The California native has been releasing music under the Enjoy moniker since 2012 but doesn’t get as many opportunities to play live shows as Enjoy due to the …

Editor’s note: Fans of singer-songwriter Jake Hays received quite the surprise last week when his mother, the legendary Cherie Currie came out to join him on stage. Hays is the only child of Currie and actor Robert Hays. Jake’s career in music started with the band Maudlin Strangers. In November …

Editor’s note: Ash Gutierrez, who performs under the name glaive, celebrated his 17th birthday just a few weeks ago and last week he performed to a sold out crowd at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. On top of that he just released his fourth EP, Old Dog, New Tricks. …

Editor’s note: California post-punk quartet Bad Suns released their fourth studio album, Apocalypse Whenever, on January 28th. They celebrated the release by kicking off their US Tour in Albuquerque, NM. If that sounds like a strange place to start a national tour, it’s a nod to the symbol which graces …

Chances are, if you’re familiar with the indie pop scene of the 2010s or the LA music scene at all, you’re very familiar with staple band- Bad Suns. The valley-bred four piece has returned with their 4th record, titled Apocalypse Whenever, and are embarking on an accompanying US tour. The …

Editor’s note: What do you do when you’re playing a sold out show and your opening act has to cancel last minute? Well if you’re Fletcher and Wyatt Shears, the twin brothers who make up the duo The Garden, you call your dad. The elder Shears, Steven just so happens …

Editor’s note: There’s nothing conventional about the way Osees do things. Known by several different names, the San Francisco based five piece have become known for their unusual approach to live shows as well as releasing music. In 2020 they released not one, but three, new studio albums. With so …

Editor’s note: British alt-rock giants Wolf Alice came out swinging in 2021 with the single “The Last Man On Earth” in February. The single was the first off their new record Blue Weekend that came out in June and immediately went to No.1 in the UK. Since then they’ve been …

Editor’s note: English folk punk singer Frank Turner managed to find ways to keep performing live despite the challenges of the pandemic last year, but there’s no substitute for the real thing. Now that we can once again crash into each other in dimly lit clubs with sticky floors, Turner …