Los Angeles – For the three members of the Colesville, Maryland post-hardcore outfit Two Inch Astronaut, the late 90s and early 00s never ended. With the release of their second full-length album Foulbrood on Exploding in Sound Records last week, the band continues to follow in the footsteps of their Beltway brethren, unleashing ten tracks
Max Jury Trio Delivers A Soulful Set
Los Angeles – On Tuesday evening, singer-songwriter Max Jury brought his soulful sounds to a full house at The Satellite in Silver Lake. Opening for Brooklyn-based folk-rock band Streets of Laredo, this young musician from Iowa and his two band mates filled the room with earnest lyricism, tight instrumental chemistry and sweet vocal harmonies. Blurring
Ex Cops ’ Arresting Performance At Bootleg Hifi
Los Angeles – After seeing their performance last Friday at The Bootleg Hifi, audience members unfamiliar with alternative-pop act Ex Cops would have no way of knowing that the band just released one of the most polished records of 2014. While Ex-Cops’ most recent release, Daggers (on Downtown Records), saw the band venturing into more
Hookworms Deliver Noteworthy Psych Rock LP, ‘The Hum’
Los Angeles – With a sound that blends an amalgam of influences while retaining a solid psych-rock core, the buzz around the Leeds-based five-piece Hookworms has grown in anticipation for their new release, The Hum. The band’s second widely distributed full-length album, The Hum, is just out on Domino Records imprint Weird World. Since forming in 2010, Hookworms have
Cult of Youth Continue to Cultivate Their Sound With ‘Final Days’
Los Angeles – Cult of Youth have just released their third full-length release for Sacred Bones this week. Ominously titled Final Days, the record sees the five-piece band from Brooklyn reaching a full-realization of their evolving blend of post-punk and neo-folk. Though the band’s rough-around-the-edges 2008 debut drew comparisons to genre-luminaries like Current 93, the band
Tijuana Panthers Bring Their Surf Punk To The El Rey
Los Angeles – On a warm, peaceful Wednesday evening at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district, Tijuana Panthers were anything but quiet as they revved up the large, buzzing crowd with their surprisingly unique brand of saccharine-laced surf punk. Opening for Mariachi El Bronx, the Long Beach-based band put on a performance that