Silversun Pickups are a band with a reputation for their buzzing, anxious rock. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, take a listen to “Panic Switch” off their 2009 album Swoon. It’s been 10 year…
Album Review: The National – “I Am Easy to Find”
The National wouldn’t be considered a “national treasure” without frontman Matt Berninger’s brassy, sultry, and all or nothing vocals in the spotlight. A one of a kind personality that’s been an…
Album Review: Local Natives – Violet Street
Whether it be the haunting city streets of Silver Lake, California, or the red brick campus of UCLA, Local Natives is a band deep-rooted in my own backyard. On their fourth album, Violet Street, they …
5 Songs for a Night at Gatsby’s
From decade to decade and dusk till dawn, the last name Gatsby is passed down between generations like a bottomless flute champagne glass. I invite you inside the mansion to get a closer look, or rath…
Album Review: PUP – “Morbid Stuff”
If you’ve ever wondered what the dark-side of Canadian hospitality sounds like, pop this album in. PUP has been making music since guitarist Steve Sladowski, bassist Nestor Chumak, and drummer Zack My…
Five Songs for a “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” Playlist
If you find yourself stuck in bat country, or on the Las Vegas Strip, you’ve probably fallen into Hunter S. Thompson’s trap that is his 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Can’t say I’m surpris…
From the Record Crate: The Doors – “The Doors” (1967)
On the surface, 1967 was a year of riot and protest, the emergence of discotheques in America, and a social movement regarded by many as “The summer of love.” When you take a turn away from the major …