USC alumni take steps into music world
Eclectic band DDL Roundhouse got its start after successful jam sessions at the Gamma Epsilon Omega fraternity house.
New LP has makings of a future classic
While the recent resurgence of Afro-pop-punk is nice (Johnny Clegg is finally cool!), Vampire Weekend and the like can often feel pretty feckless. There’s nothing wrong with that, but well, sometimes rock needs a little feck. Enter Wolf Parade. The group’s new album Expo 86 has moxie to spare. Bedroom kids will be burning out […]
Fresh-faced ingénue boasts entirely nouveau sound
Janelle Monáe’s exclusive recent engagement at a Santa Monica recording studio showcased the young chanteuse’s vocal chops.
Veteran band delivers with SoCal soul
Rooney’s Saturday show at The Music Box captured the band’s easygoing California spirit.
Drake’s new debut has a bipolar vibe
It’s probably not too much of a stretch to say that Drake has had a pretty hectic year. It does indeed seem like an eternity since a fairly successful Canadian rapper released a mixtape that featured a little song called “Best I Ever Had,” rocketing the aforementioned rapper into the upper echelons of the hip-hop […]
Band happy to be busy and on the road
Rise Records’ In Fear and Faith capitalized on the opportunities presented by the Internet early on and has been touring since.
Band’s latest lives up to its strong debut
Like most newly formed bands attempting to secure a place in the contemporary music industry, Delta Spirit sought to re-establish itself as a band and build on its initial success with the release of a purposeful sophomore record. The band’s first album, 2008’s Ode to Sunshine, was hailed as a success by fans and critics, […]
Viterbi graduate falls in line at Pantages Theatre
School of Engineering alumna Catherine Ricafort now plays Connie Wong in A Chorus Line.
Eclectic soundtrack to farcical SNL spin-off falls flat
Well, it was pretty easy to see it coming. A movie as silly, as ridiculous, as ironic as MacGruber wasn’t exactly going to produce a soundtrack that Ennio Morricone would approve of. Without beating around the bush, the soundtrack is at once miserable and ridiculous, much like the movie itself. The real question is, then, […]
One man punk outfit goes out with bang
LCD Soundsystem, the gargantuan punk-dance-pop project of James Murphy, has been a highly dependable source of tunes that blur the line between innovation and accessibility. Over eight years and throughout two albums, Murphy has operated in this area as an antihero of hip. On This Is Happening, his third and allegedly last album as LCD […]