This is Head is a kraut-disco indie rock quartet from Malmö, Sweden who have made the rounds playing a bunch of NYC shows this week, and I caught them on their Glasslands hit, along with Norwegian Arms and Parenthetical Girls. If I were to make any comparisons - which I will - This is Head made me think of a cross between fellow Swedes The Radio Dept, and English band The Horrors. Their music does a great job of melding…

Lazyeyes hazy vibes melody drives like a Cadillac on the beach of your mind. That’s a poem I just wrote as an ode to Brooklyn-based dream pop band Lazyeyes. Would anybody ever care about reading live show reviews written entirely as silly poems? Would that be lazy journalism? I’ll just let that dippy ditty be a one-off for now, because it’s mostly Lazyeyes’ fault for making me feel like I just got my eyelids burned from laying on the beach…

  One of my favorite things about the Los Angeles music scene is its residencies. Every month, a few magical venues host Monday (or in some cases, Tuesday) night residencies, in which one lucky (and well-deserving) local act is graced with the privilege of headlining once a week for a whole month (!!). During March, Harriet was that fortunate band at The Echo. Monday night marked the residency’s finale, and the quartet ended its month-long stay on a high note.…

  I want to be able to say that Waxahatchee played a supreme show at Porchlight Coffee and Records this past Saturday. I want to be able to say that because Waxahatchee, the solo project of the former P.S. Eliot’s Katie Cruthfield, is a cut example of lo-fi “girl-power” rock, which makes it oh-so-lovable.  I want to be able to say they played a great show, and I kind of can -- the band played with whole-hearted energy and commitment…