NEW WORLD ORDER
Westerns feel good, feel right, in volatile, contested times. But not just any Westerns — not kitsch dross like Joel Souza’s Rust, which even a real-life blood curse can’t make…
“So many beautiful songs”: why Elliott Smith remains a key inspiration for Brad Mehldau
“I've always been fascinated with the drone of open-string guitars, like in Nick Drake’s music or Neil Young’s or Joni Mitchell’s,” says Brad Mehldau, widely considered one of the greatest…
Snapped: Cage The Elephant Takes Over the El Rey (A Photo Essay)
In a private show at the El Rey Theatre in Hollywood Friday night, Cage the Elephant treated fans to an epic warm-up performance in advance of their Rose Bowl show…
Snapped: Elements Music & Arts Festival Comes Alive (A Photo Essay)
Elements Music & Arts Festival recently celebrated its 8th edition in Long Pond, Pennsylvania to a sold-out crowd of happy campers, featuring more than 100 artists and four stages. Elements’…
Her Story: Debbie Gibson Chronicles the Ups and Downs of a Life Beyond Her Dreams
“I’ve always felt ageless,” Debbie Gibson tells me, two days after her 55th birthday, adding that she’s “embracing” her age and loves seeing other “seasoned” women in her industry finally…
The Aces Find Their Groove on ‘Gold Star Baby’
No one’s having more fun at the Aces’ Gold Star Baby record release party than the band themselves. On the Saturday Night Fever-style light block dancefloor at Los Angeles’ Kiss…
Snapped: ARC Music Festival – Chicago In the House (A Photo Essay)
Chicago’s Union Park paid an epic tribute to house music this Labor Day Weekend with its eclectic ARC Music Festival, now in its fifth year. Originating from Chicago’s boiler rooms…
Haute & Freddy Run Away with the Circus
It was just last year that Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp, two seasoned Los Angeles-based pop songwriters, were feeling a little burnt out, and decided to do something different on…
BABYMETAL Is Bringing Kawaii Metal to the Masses
BABYMETAL came out of Tokyo in 2010 as an audacious mutation of Japanese pop and muscular heavy metal. With a very young Su-metal singing up front, and two other females…
AT HOME WITH SEBASTIAN BACH
Before the chimes of his doorbell stop echoing, Sebastian Bach throws open the front door of his Las Vegas home. His 6’4” frame fills the doorway, his iconic voice as…