Alt-rock/power-pop veterans the dBS are re-releasing their debut album and to celebrate drummer Will Rigby told us about great shows he’s seen over the decades. Will Rigby: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain/Basque Autonomous Community, summer 2003. Azkena Rock Festival with Ray Davies, Jayhawks, The Cramps, and many others (I was performing with Steve Earle and the Dukes).  The headliner was the Stooges. Both Asheton brothers and Steve Mackay on sax, all from Funhouse. Mike Watt on bass with a paperback book in his back pocket. and of course the incomparable Iggy. He was as wild as always. Rubber-l ..read more

Last week at No Vacancy in Hollywood, Huddy brought back the 2008 Hot Topic vibes with the release of his new EP, “Love Bites.” The event featured appearances from notable West Coast personalities like Carrington, Machine Gun Kelly, Yung Gravy, and Larray, but it was primarily about the fans. The event allowed fans to connect directly with Huddy, who expressed his appreciation for their support. Huddy, who rose to fame on TikTok, has become known for reviving the nostalgic spirit of early 2000s pop punk, blending it with his Gen Z aesthetic. His growing popularity suggests that his influence w ..read more

Nelly Furtado, the influential Canadian artist known for her 2006 album “Loose” with producer Timbaland, is back in the studio and preparing to release her next album later this year. Before that, she’s dropping a new single called “Love Bites” featuring Tove Lo and SG Lewis.  “I have a whole new generation of people discovering my music and it just feels really good. Because it’s so authentic for me. I’ve kind of fallen in love with music again? So it’s very trippy meeting young fans, it’s this very real, multigenerational reach of the music,” she said in an interview with PAPER Magazine ..read more

Heavy rock/nu-metal songstress Amira Elfeky told as about going down rabbit holes for a Deftones gem. Amira Elfeky: The first time I heard Saturday Night Wrist, I was 16 years old on the way to Warped Tour with my best friends. “Hole in the Earth” started playing, and it sent me into a Deftones rabbit hole that ultimately led to my obsession with them.  The absolute euphoria that album invokes is just insane; it literally feels like warm sunlight. When I was 18, I was in a rock band, and I really wanted to sound loud and heavy, but you could never hear my voice over the instrumentals. I ..read more

Andy Babiuk of Rochester rockers the Chesterfield Kings literally wrote the book on the Rolling Stones, or at least a book (“Rolling Stones Gear – All The Stones’ Instruments Stage To Studio”). He told us about his 1981 experience in Buffalo at the New York Rich Stadium. Andy Babiuk: It started out as a cold rainy morning in late September driving from Rochester, New York to Buffalo with some friends to go see the second show of The Rolling Stones Tattoo You 1981 Tour. Drinking started at about 8 a.m. with a tailgate party waiting to get into Rich Stadium. It was a general admission show, so ..read more

Alt-pop star Jagwar Twin, aka Roy English, told us about his love for a Kendrick Lamar contemporary classic — and that Ariana Grande runs a close second. Jagwar Twin: The truth is that I don’t have a favorite album and it’ll change from day to day. But if you asked me at the moment, the first thing that comes to my mind right now is Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar because I think Kendrick is saying things that need to be said in our culture. I think he’s one of the only people who isn’t afraid to just speak what he feels and do it in an artful and tasteful way. I ..read more

Terence Hannum of experimental metal trio Locrian told us about his experience watching Assück, Hot Water Music, and Frodus in Florida. Terence Hannum: The walls were sweating. The crowd was a mass, a swarm, total chaos of sweaty hardcore fans, metal heads, and emo nerds. An absolute freak show. It was dark, there were no stage lights in the commercial storefront of 403 Chaos that, by day was an indie record shop, but at night became the epicenter of underground punk and hardcore. It was packed. There was no crowd control or bouncers or people checking IDs or capacity concerns. It was loud. O ..read more

Kanach of Kanak feels the Raw, Unfiltered Emotions of ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: Tom Kanach of New Jersey rockers Kanak told us about his love for Lennon’s classic solo debut. Tom Kanach: Selecting just one record that has significantly impacted my life feels totally impossible, as there are hundreds of records that I cannot live without. Among my personal favorites are Radiohead’s OK Computer, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Elliot Smith’s Figure 8, Wilco’s Summer Teeth, the Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, the Beatles’ Revolver, the Dead Boys’ Young, Loud and Snotty, and the Rolling Stones’ Exi ..read more

The stars aligned for Xzibit as he celebrated the soft opening of Xzibit’s West Coast Cannabis in Bel Air.  Let’s just start with, thank God.  There is an argument to be made this will end up being one of the most valuable retail sites in Los Angeles and the world when using the zip code standard. That means the higher the median income in a zip code, the more disposable income they have to spend on cannabis for recreational purposes. It’s not an exact science, but it’s not too “out there of a concept,” so I’ve always found it to be a reasonable talking point as dispensaries have mov ..read more

Molly Miller revels in Prince: Guitarist and songwriter Molly Miller of the Molly Miller Trio told us about her Prince experience. Molly Miller: I was in the midst of finals in my last semester at USC getting my bachelor’s in Studio/Jazz Guitar when Prince blew my mind. I saw him in May of 2011 during his Welcome 2 tour, which included 21 nights at The Forum in Inglewood, one of which I was lucky enough to see. I had spent four years, not to mention the decade before, studying guitar, but I had never really dug into Prince. I was in complete awe. I remember I kept say ..read more