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…

  Friday nights in Los Angeles are always exhilarating, and last weekend The Echo transformed from its typical small bar/venue feel into a stadium of sorts with epic performances by L.A. natives TORCHES and UK/New York-based electro-poppers Lovelife. The night began with TORCHES’ sweeping, anthemic brand of indie rock. Though recorded the band consists of vocalist/guitarist Azad Cheikosman and drummer Eric Fabbro, they added Braeden Henderson to their live performances, and this couldn’t have been a better choice. Henderson and…

It’s been a very long time since I’ve been to a concert. Sure, I go to plenty of gigs and shows, but going to Django Django's concert at Seattle’s Neptune Theater on March 20 definitely felt like unfamiliar, or at least not recently familiar, territory. Harping on the “show vs. concert” distinction could seem trivial, but the high quality audio production coupled with a video backdrop eliminated any skepticism of semantic triviality.  It was a concert aesthetically and musically engineered…

I almost couldn’t write this review because I was too busy dancing at this show. Hockey’s new single “Defeat on the Double Bass Line” may be more of a ballad, but it’s the minority in their catchy pop melody repertoire. Their past show at Glasslands featured many of the new songs off their forthcoming full length Wyeth IS, plus some of their older jams like “Too Fake” and “Calling Back,” and from the movement of the crowd I’d say nobody…