KXLLSWXTCH has built a career on emotional extremity, but EYESORE feels different. The Anaheim, California artist has never been interested in smoothing out the rough edges of his inner world, yet this album leans fully into the feeling of being out of place, of standing out when you would rather disappear. Rather than framing alienation […]
Some nights, a bouzouki cuts through the kick drum, clear and played live. That detail anchors the live set from Zehavi (Sagi Zehavi), an electronic artist who grew up sharing one crowded room in an impoverished neighborhood and found his early momentum busking on that same instrument. His music blends club energy with Mediterranean and […]
Kenshi Yonezu approaches each project with focus, and “JANE DOE” is no exception. Written as the ending theme for Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc, the song contrasts the adrenaline of “IRIS OUT” with something much softer and more vulnerable. From the beginning, Yonezu didn’t imagine himself as the main voice of the song. […]
Fans walk into a concert thinking about the moment the lights drop, not the rows of trucks that got everything there. They chase the setlist, not the cords and scaffolding lining the backlot. The headliner gets the scream, but somebody else has already built the entire world the crowd steps into. After forty years of […]
It’s that time of the year once again, when we start reckoning with what everyone on our gift list will be getting for the holidaze. Of course, the music lovers in your life should be the easiest to get for, or so you might think. Sure, it’s easy to just give someone an Amazon gift […]
For music hounds, every day is Record Store Day, especially at the end of the week after you get your paycheck. And while those who live that milkcrate life likely akin the official RSD to going out drinking on St. Patrick’s Day, the fact there are two dates attached to this shopper’s holiday proves how […]
Joe Bonamassa’s sprawling centennial tribute keeps unfolding – Vol. III reminds us that the blues is still alive, still changing, and still finding new ways to connect generations. When B.B. King said, “The blues are the roots, the rest are the fruits,” he wasn’t making a slogan. He was describing a foundation that still feeds […]
Los Angeles at dusk is a city of contradictions. Graffiti catches the last light, jacaranda blossoms fall across cracked sidewalks, and the scent of a dozen kitchens moves through the air. It is here, within this mix of grit and color, that the band A Violet In Youth has found its footing. The group’s music […]
Live and Collective Soul both made massive hits in the 1990s, but it’s in the 21st century that the two veteran alternative bands have become a successful package deal on the road, first co-headlining a tour in 2008 and then reuniting this year for the Summer Unity Tour. The two bands played 30 dates from […]
Among images in popular music, one of the most haunting figures is that of a car crash. Ironically, crashing into something has turned for many musicians into a metaphor for life’s misery, threatening danger, or the urge to rebel-from dramatic ballads to edgier rock anthems. Such cultural echoes, however, might make one think larger than […]