Album: “Depression Cherry” Artist: Beach House Label: Sub-Pop Records Release Date: Aug. 28, 2015 Rating: 4.5/5 The best way to listen to Beach House is at night, darting down the fast lane, with every window open. After the Baltimore duo released their fifth album on Friday, I knew what I[Read More…]

I swear it’s true: There really are record stores in Long Beach not called Fingerprints Music. Now don’t get me wrong, I love me some Fingerprints as much as the next person, but sometimes… well sometimes you need something a bit more genre specific, especially when you’ve just got to[Read More…]

Classes and parking and buying books and lines, lines, lines everywhere can make the first week of school the most stressful on the calendar. If you are among the 37,500 students in need of some relief, look no further. Your therapeutic music go-to has come in the form of Trevor[Read More…]

We were all expecting so much more. The Fratellis discography has taken a dip with their newly released “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied.” After attempting to record the album in January 2014, the band threw a white flag and asked producer Tony Hoffer, who has previously produced records for Depeche Mode,[Read More…]

Mac DeMarco pulls as many heartstrings as he bends guitar strings in his newest album “Another One,” released on Aug. 7. While his previous efforts have touched on coming-to-age themes, this album explores the myriad of emotions that accompany love. From what it’s like to be in love to what[Read More…]

Eleven years ago, when FYF Fest started out as a small hardcore and punk festival in Echo Park, with a bill full of thrashy guttural performers such as Wires on Fire and The Mean Reds, nobody would have ever guessed F*ck Yeah Fest would one day be headlined by a[Read More…]

Folks, FYF Fest is less than three weeks away, and what better way to expend all that extra energy you’ve been saving up by watching Netflix non-stop all summer long. So wipe the drool from your mouths and sleep from your eyes and join us. Here is who the staff[Read More…]

Cats rule the Internet, but are they taking over the music industry too? In Sept. 2014 rap duo Run The Jewels, which features Killer Mike and El-P, launched a Kickstarter campaign to remix “Run The Jewels 2” with all cat sounds. Yes, cat sounds. Beats on the tracks are expected[Read More…]

So there I was again, 3 a.m. and like the chronic insomniac I am, I was prowling around my apartment, looking for something to keep me mind whirring. I was patiently awaiting the sandman, when a blast from my middle school past, “Summertime” by Sublime crackled through the speakers. Now[Read More…]

Florence Welch, of London group Florence and the Machine, strips bare for their third studio album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.” After trudging through an up and down relationship during the band’s three-and-a-half-year break, Welch decided to create her most honest work to date, leaving behind the large, ethereal[Read More…]