Brooklyn's beloved Rare Book Room studio launches its own label with this two-disc compilation, entirely laid to tape in the borough. Living... More >>

Gladly Going to Heller Ex-Ruthless Records boss backs On Blast's 'magical' dance rock The term "local band" often smacks of a backhanded... More >>

These Danes Cook The Raveonettes lust noise pop, with bittersweet melancholy Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are the Raveonettes, the best and... More >>

He's a Solar Man Sun Araw elevates  and illuminates Long Beach quintet Magic Lantern have been on a torrid creative spree for the past... More >>

Without any label support, Santa Ana-based Vendetta Valentine are enjoying airplay on KROQ and are being wooed by MTV, whose representatives... More >>

Lizard Kings Fast Dragon breathe new fire into the local scene Mike "Brown Dragon" Garcia of post-punk band Fast Dragon knows what bathrooms are... More >>

One-Man Army of Huge Ideas Hip-hop icon Afrika Bambaataa raises consciousness—and roofs Marooned at a seaside villa on the left-hand side... More >>

Cover records have been a recurring evil in the alt-rock canon; for every public radio fave change-up (Jose Gonzalez's "Love Will Tear Us Apart,"... More >>

Ruminations With a View The Helio Sequence resist pigeonholing while dreaming big Brandon Summers, singer/multi-instrumentalist for the Helio... More >>

I experienced punk's first wave, but I didn't guzzle the Sid Vicious-flavored Kool-Aid. My favorite punk records were British: Wire's Pink Flag,... More >>