Henry Rollins is a one-man folk band
Rollins does still take great interest in the democracy of America, and feels confident expounding on it each night, having experienced everything he talks about on stage first-hand.
View ArticleThe Top 10 Albums of 2016
Every year around this time, this page is filled with selections of CityBeat writers’ favorite music of the past year. This time around, however, I decided to claim the full page for myself.
View ArticleChristian punk band Dogwood resurrected
The original members of Dogwood—whose lineup changed a lot during their decade-long career—bonded in their Escondido high school photography class over their mutual love of music and extreme sports...
View ArticleMarching Church rip it up and start again
It only takes about 30 seconds of listening to “Lion’s Den,” the second single from Marching Church’s new album, to understand what the Denmark-based post-punk band is all about.
View ArticleStephen Steinbrink faces his imperfections
Stephen Steinbrink's songs are strangely variegated little wonders that seem to exist in the cracks between classic pop, modern indie rock and standard singer-songwriter fare.
View Article10 Run the Jewels songs that speak truth to power
Hip-hop duo Killer Mike and El-P have never considered themselves political artists. As Mike said in a Village Voice article in 2008, “I just lack the ability to bullshit my audience.”
View ArticleThe unlikely ascent of Spooky Cigarette
It’s a weird thing for a young band to discover fans they didn’t even know they had. Or, weirder yet, to have no idea how they even found their music. That very thing happened for San Diego quintet...
View ArticleAll hail, Queen Carrie!
In addition to Høurs, who play a Valentine’s Day show at The Casbah, Feller also plays guitar and keyboards in the more synthy, darkwave band Hexa and recently started another project called Pleasure...
View ArticleNatalie Mering wants to make you cry
It’s not the first time that Weyes Blood (pronounced “wise blood”) has nodded to dystopia. In fact, one track on Front Row Seat—released in 2016 via Mexican Summer—explicitly deals with a rapidly...
View ArticleSuicidal Tendencies are still (not) crazy after all these years
All he wanted was a Pepsi. Just one Pepsi! And his mom wouldn’t give it to him.It’s been 34 years since Mike Muir first sang that infamous request on Suicidal Tendencies’ self-titled debut.
View ArticleFunk off: How The Red Hot Chili Peppers made California a scat and slap-bass...
Living in Southern California, I’ve grown to reserve my hostility and loathing for the one band whose music seems to cause a visceral reaction of almost physical disgust: The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
View ArticleJapandroids do some growing up on ‘Near to the Wild Heart of Life’
On Near to the Wild Heart of Life, King and Prowse walk a tricky line by evolving Japandroids’ sound without rounding off the qualities that made their music appealing in the first place.
View ArticlePost-punk legends Wire reflect on four decades of reinvention
Wire isn’t a punk band. At least that’s not how Colin Newman, the London band’s founding member and frontman, sees it.
View ArticleBosswitch and the art of rock 'n' roll
There’s always a chance that things are going to get a little crazy at a Bosswitch show. The band’s music, a hook-laden blend of stoner metal and straight-up rock ‘n’ roll, is the kind of sound that...
View ArticleMount Eerie takes a humble and direct stance
There’s no getting around the fact that A Crow Looked at Me is a sad and deeply personal album. But for how much the album is about traumatic loss, it also harbors intricate details that speak to...
View ArticleMitski shakes up the indie-rock scene
As a woman of color in an otherwise white-male-dominated industry, Mitski Miyawaki has always had to work a little harder to prove herself.
View ArticleAstronoid’s perfectionism leads to an unlikely metal sound
Astronoid frontman Brett Boland is a perfectionist. He acknowledges this readily when talking about the songwriting and recording of his band’s first full-length album, Air.
View ArticleThe Wedding Present is a gift that keeps on giving
David Gedge isn’t at all familiar with Abingdon, Virginia. Yet that’s exactly where the man behind veteran UK jangle-pop outfit The Wedding Present was calling from to conduct an interview.
View ArticleAt the Drive-In get back to speaking the same language
With new album in•ter a•li•a, out on Friday via Rise Records, At the Drive-In make the leap from being a short-lived reunion act to being a full-time band again.
View ArticleClark intertwines pop with the avant-garde
The newly released Death Peak doesn’t feature any obvious pop singles, but in contrast to much of Clark’s past work, it is actually heavily vocal-centric.
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