Review: Shana Cleveland – Manzanita

Review: Shana Cleveland – Manzanita
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Shana Cleveland = Cat Stevens + Alice Coltrane + Richard Brautigan … read more

Review: La Luz – Floating Features

Review: La Luz – Floating Features
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La Luz = Dick Dale and His Del-tones + Shannon And The Clams … read more

Top 5 Sock Hop n’ Roll Albums

Top 5 Sock Hop n’ Roll Albums
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Your hair’s lookin’ slick, your boots are greased and you’re ready to crash the 1955 Vince Lombardi High Senior Prom. These sock hop n’ roll albums of 2015 will have your teenage kicks all night long. … read more

Review: La Luz – Weirdo Shrine

Review: La Luz – Weirdo Shrine
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La Luz = The Ronnetes + The Starlets + Haibibi + Lyn and the Invaders … read more

Rock n’ Roll, Love and Death: La Luz’s Weirdo Shrine

Rock n’ Roll, Love and Death: La Luz’s Weirdo Shrine
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After procuring La Luz’s It’s Alive from Albatross Recordings and Ephemera, I took it home, dropped the needle and then soon began to uncontrollably gyrate to the surf-soulful sound of the first track, “Sure is Spring.” … read more

Ty Segall @ Urban Lounge 09.27 with La Luz, Max Pain and the Groovies

Ty Segall @ Urban Lounge 09.27 with La Luz, Max...
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This is better than when I saw Ty Segall play here in Fuzz and that was one of the best performances I can remember. Holy cow, this is amazing. How can he play so well and so hard, non-stop? … read more