Album Reviews

Lily McQueen Electric Love Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier Los Angeles-based pop vocalist, Lily McQueen, has readied her debut LP, Electric Love (Concierge Records), and channels the best of the 80’s on the record through relatable themes of love, relationships, and unrequited love. Read More

The Coathangers Parasite Reviewed by: Max Miller In a seeming paradox, punk bands need to be deadly serious or hyper-irreverent. There is simply no middle ground. From either end of the spectrum, you can discuss the same themes — ennui, for example — but never in the same way. Read More

Holy Wars Mother Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt  Formerly of the band Sad Robot, Kat Leon (formerly Kat Pawlak) has been a fixture in the Los Angeles indie circuit for awhile now. But 2015 marked a year of intense change, an annus horribilis that was defined by the death of her Read More

Mare Island Mare Island Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt If you do a Google search of Mare Island, you’ll come across a peninsula in Vallejo, California with a rich history as a naval shipyard; the economic lifeblood of Vallejo up until the early ’90s. Using this peninsula as Read More

Rozwell Kid Precious Art Reviewed by: Max Miller Press materials for Rozwell Kid suggest that I will like them if I also like Weezer, Thin Lizzy, The Darkness, and Dinosaur Jr. Oh my, I like all of those bands. That’s a damn tall order there. Each of these bands are very unlike Read More

Everything Turned To Color Life Imagined Reviewed by: Geno Thackara We all know the difference between the movies and real life. Happy people may like to break out and sing sometimes, but crowds of strangers don’t actually join together in a whimsical song and dance with Read More