Bart De Vraantijik of Bart & the Brats told us about his love for a Kids From Belgium lick... Bart De Vraantijik: The riff that blew my mind is most certainly "Do You Love the Nazis" by late '70s punk...

Sad13 is the electropop alter ego of Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, and she told us about her love for her Logitech Lift... Sad13: In the studio—whether at my own space or working out of someone else’s...

Tara Key of underground rockers Antietam told us about her Bowie experience... Tara Key: I was and always will be a Bowie freak. In the Year of the Diamond Dogs, summer, 1974, I was living in N.Y.C., ...

Contact: info@amaliafleming.com Web: amaliafleming.com Seeking: Label, Booking, Film/TV, Management Style: Folk, Pop Raised in California and based in Nashville, singer-songwriter Fleming’s online bio...

Florida-born R&B singer and songwriter Cedric Brazle has followed up old school soul gem "mine." with the equally smooth, warm and gorgeous "again & again." There's a touch of the film noir about the ...

Merge Records Producers: Imperial Teen Imperial Teen released its debut album Seasick in 1996, an astonishing 30 years ago. Back then, vocalist/guitarist Roddy Bottum was an active member of a Faith N...

London-based, Australian-born producer, songwriter and DJ HAAi got her start playing in shoegaze bands an collecting records in Sydney. "When we moved to London, I started digging more and more, but n...

Date Signed: April 2026 Label: Hard Working Records Type of Music: Alternative Management: Self-managed Legal: Aaron Steinberg - Marucs & Colvin LLP Publicity: Becky Kovach - Big Picture Media A&R: Di...

Northern Ireland-born indie folk artist Andrea Magee, based in Austin, TX, was just seven years old when she started performing in her family band. “Coming from Ireland, music was just something we di...

Lady Gaga The Fame Monster (Interscope) N.Y.C. dark pop artist Danny Blu told us about his love for a Gaga classic... I truly struggled to choose between two albums here. It was a toss up between The ...

Web: josiecotton.com Players: Josie Cotton, vocals; Frankie Luis, drums; Marcus Watkins, guitar; Cherish Alexander, bass, vocals; John Miller, guitar, vocals, Paul Roessler, keyboard, vocals Thursday ...

Senior Editor Brett Callwood Alice Bag "No Means No" Punk icon Alice Bag recently announced her retirement from performing live, at least on the reg with the Alice Bag Band. We're just glad that we go...

Coppelia’s Bakery & Restaurant proudly boast that they have been serving the best tres leches cakes and flans in Los Angeles since their beginnings in 1986. That’s 37 years of dessert glory and, as th...

Zachary James of self-proclaimed Satanic doo-wop group Twin Temple told us about his love for a Chuck Berry lick... Zachary James: The first time I heard the opening riff to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. G...

Singer and songwriter Ruby Friedman of Portland, OR-based Ruby Friedman Orchestra told us about her love for her Neumann TLM 103... Ruby Friedman: My favorite piece of gear is my microphone, a Neumann...

Nashville outlaw country artist India Ramey told us about her Tragically Hip experience... India Ramey: My all time favorite concert experience was seeing The Tragically Hip at the Variety Theater in ...

Compton rapper and singer OTP.C4 has joined forces with fellow Compton singer Azjah for new single and video "Like This," and it's a smooth offramp for the fall. "Produced by Mike & Keys (Nipsey Hussl...

We’re at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on a Sunday evening in August. The air’s thick; if you were to stick out your tongue, you could taste the anticipation. The buzz from the crowd is tangibl...

Web: judycollins.com Players: Judy Collins, vocals, piano; Will Kjeer, piano In 2016, this writer interviewed folk songbird Judy Collins and wrote that, “Collins performs about 129 shows each year and...

L.A.-based producer Juos says that he's been chasing career success since 2013. "I went to Beyond Wonderland and it flipped something in me, hearing music like that in a room full of people for the fi...

U2 Songs of Innocence (Island/Interscope) Rising singer-songwriter Kinsley told us about her love for a U2 gem. Kinsley: The first album I ever heard top to bottom was Songs of Innocence by U2. It cam...

Senior Editor Brett Callwood Glam Skanks "Fuck Off" Shangri-Las-esque girl-group doo-wop from these local ladies, with a bite to boot. Where are they now though? Editorial Intern Cade Pinkerson OFF! "...

Award-winning jazz violinist Benny Brydern is back at Boulevard Music this week with his acclaimed Quartet. Brydern spoke to the News about what we can expect… What have you been up to since your last...

Johnnie’s Pastrami was founded in 1952 by brothers Eddie and Eli Passy, so it recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. In this era, when restaurants come and go with increasingly alarming frequency, ...

Steffen Lundtoft of Lowly told us about his love for a Low riff (appropriately enough). Steffen Lundtoft: The beat that blew my mind isn't really a beat. It's the earthquake on "Quorum" from Low's 201...

Tyler Mabry of Athens, GA best friend duo Hey, Nothing told us about his love for Walrus Audio... Tyler Mabry: I LOVE WALRUS AUDIO! I have more Walrus pedals on my board than anything else. I have my ...

Trey Razeldazl of Austin art rock collective J'cuuzi told us about their Andre 3000 experience. Trey Razeldazl: I’m from Atlanta but somehow it took me moving to Austin to finally see Andre 3000 live....

Husky-throated Flint rapper Rio Da Yung OG has dropped new single and video "Lemme Guess," just prior to the release of new album The World Is Yours. The song sees the artist apparently lamenting a ch...

Liverpool producer Alex Farell got his start when he got a pair of DDJ 200s for Christmas in 2019 when he was 12. "Shortly after, around the time that lockdown hit, I basically spent all my time sat o...

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Americana rocker Mike Stinson performs at the Cinema Bar this week, so he told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? When did the band form? I’ve been in the trenches of beer joint warfare for forty years, starting as a teenager in Washington […]

One of the best things about this job is when we find a restaurant by chance. In this case, we were at Hey, Sunshine Kitchen in the mall on Overland Avenue, sampling some vegan delights, when we happe...

Willem Smit of Dutch collective Personal Trainer told us about his love for the lick in Suuns' "Armed For Peace" Willem Smit: When I was in school me and my friends started to mess around with magic m...

Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire told us about his love for his Kaoss Pad and MXR Harmoniser... Stephen Mallinder: These are two pieces of technology that are default for me… I’m picking two very...

Chad Jewett, guitarist and singer in New England mod/punk band Perennial, told us about his Refused experience... Chad Jewett: Refused Is Fucking Dead. Or at least they were at the time. At least that...

It's a mass of talent this week, as rappers 2 Chainz and Statik Selektah join forces with Cash Cobain and Young Nudy for soulful new single and video "Reign." "The track brings together three distinct...

Filipina-American DJ and producer Soraya grew up in Southern California, and started going to raves and small renegades when she was super young (around 14, 15 years old). "I asked my parents for deck...

Salt-N-Pepa Very Necessary (Next Plateau/London) Brooklyn Klezmer artist Daniella Rabbani told us about her love for a Salt-N-Pepa classic... Daniella Rabbani: I mean, is there anything better than kn...

Contact: eric@4entertainmentllc.comWeb: paulaboggsband.netSeeking: Booking, Film/TV, LabelStyle: Soulgrass, Americana. Indie Folk “Formed in Seattle in 2007, Paula Boggs Band has spent nearly two deca...

Contact: emptyangelomusic@gmail.comWeb: soundcloud.com/emptyangelomusicSeeking: Label, Manager, PRStyle: Indie Rock Well, this is very personal. Empty Angelo describes himself online as, “A Los Angele...

Guitar virtuoso Richard Smith is a member of celebrated troupe the Transatlantic Guitar Trio,, and he’s back at Boulevard Music this week. Smith spoke to the News about what we can expect… What have you been up to since your last visit to Culver City? As a solo performer, I am always on the road […]

According to the website, Samual Manar opened Des Croissants Paris with the aim of making it a “traditional French Boulangerie Patisserie. You will find artisanal breads, freshly baked croissants, pas...

Contact: evanjthomaspr@gmail.comWeb: lordsofacidofficial.comPlayers: Praga Khan, keyboards, programming, backing vocals; Carla Harvey, vocals; Olivier Adams, percussion, keyboards, programming; DieTri...

Contact: justinschaefers@gmail.comWeb: SpotifySeeking: Label, Booking, PromotionStyle: Indie Rock Modest Hits is Justin Schaefers’ debut solo album, after years in bands like Winkler and Doss. It’s al...

Editorial Intern Sierra Levesque Lana Del Rey "Florida Kilos" Released on her second album, Ultraviolence, this Lana Del Rey song perfectly captures those melancholic end of summer vibes. Senior Edito...

2026 has been a huge year for alt-pop icon Slayyyter. Her WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA album dropped, one of the year’s greatest records. Her sets at Coachella,