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 sing hymns for the “California…
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 rather listen, to the empty…
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 Mykula met as Toronto schoolboys in the third grade.…
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 surprised, it happens to…
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 records of…
