Rocco DeLuca

Scott Devours' Call to Greatness

How a local drummer scored a gig with the Who but had only four hours to learn 'Quadrophenia'

[UPDATED: Gypsy Lounge Benefit Tonight at Malone's Bar and Grill] Say Farewell to the Gypsy Lounge

​ UPDATE, JAN. 27, 3 P.M.: There will be a Gypsy Lounge benefit show at Malone's Bar and Grill in Santa Ana tonight. The lineup will include Rocco DeLuca, Chris Karn, Chris Paul Overall, Jameson (full band) and AJ DeGrasse. All proceeds will go directly to "Saving the Gypsy Lounge." Malone's Ba ... More >>

Release the Sounds: Cory Joseph, 'Throwing Stones'

​Those who favor the magnetizing honesty of singer-songwriters will find it easy to peg the sound Cory Joseph is going for on his sophomore release, the EP Throwing Stones. That doesn't necessarily mean that the Long Beach-based musician is readily imitating popular predecessors like Tyrone We ... More >>

OC/LBC Bands Head to South By Southwest

Japanese Motors, Crystal Antlers Among OC/LB Bands Playing SXSW

Today is a day to very much live in the present, what with a historic event of some kind going on in Washington DC, but since we're obstinate like that, let's look a couple months into the future--specifically March 13-17 in Austin, TX, for South by Southwest.We wrote a couple weeks back about the l ... More >>

Surprisingly Robust Monday Night Music Options

Monday isn't typically a great night for live music (or much of anything--just ask Garfield!), but there's several things on the docket today.We've got a record release show from San Diego screamo-ers In Fear and Faith at Chain Reaction, seen rather nattily dressed above. On their MySpace you can li ... More >>

Long Beach's Rocco DeLuca to Play Spaceland Residency in January

Los Angels hipster haven Spaceland has Monday night residencies too, much like our Detroit Bar (which is hosting Dynamite Walls and Midnight Hour, the latter of which we wrote about here, this month). And on Mondays in January, Spaceland will be hosting Long Beach's Rocco DeLuca of Rocco DeLuca and ... More >>

Looking Ahead to South by Southwest

The annual sonic bacchanal known as South by Southwest goes down March 12-16. Every year, several thousand music-biz types, musicians and ordinary mortals with more money than sense descend upon downtown Austin, Texas, cramming five months of musical activity into five days. I'll be blogging about a ... More >>

This Week in Thirty-two

The Happening

No Marshall Stacks!

No. 2: In case you havent heard, OC has a new sound

Chop Monsters

Darren Carr wants your business forever

Dream On

Rocco DeLucas new record, new band, new bunny and old soul

Get Out!

Wanking It Live
April 6 - April 13

Back Door Man

Kiefer Sutherland likes Rocco DeLucanow its your turn

Battle-Scarred and Banged Up

But Chris Karns Deccatree win the war

Eight Days

Martini Space Noise

The secret language of Richard Swift