The bratty beach punk of WAVVES....

So I'm reading through a New York Times article (it's free to sign up) about a California two-piece that's been lighting shit up with their performances, when I realize that I vaguely recognize the dude playing drums. After reading the article again, I realize that the dude is in fact Ryan Ulsh, my ...

We have some extremes this week. There are a couple releases on here that I am beyond excited for, and a whole lot of crap I couldn’t care less about. For the former group, we have Eluvium’s seven-disk vinyl box set Life Through Bombardment. I bought this back in October and they just an...

The two top bands in California with nonsensical repeated consonants are doing some shows together and I for one am kind of excited. If there was a third band doing this (there probably is, but for this post let's pretend it's just these two) Entertainment Weekly might write about it as a ch...

Aby Wolf, Yo! Majesty, Kevin Costner, free Andrew Broder and next week's releases including P.O.S., Handsome Furs & Wavves...

Wavves (Los Angeles, CA) I think it's insanely funny that the band's LA Blogs love to talk about hardly ever get national press while the bands that skate just under the radar and don't get written about by LA Blogs are the ones who garner national acclaim and praise. What does that say about LA Mus...

If you like hearing the production value of tinfoil a la Alien Lanes and the pure pop glee of Matt & Kim, well, California-based WAVVES is your thing then.  "So Bored" is a no-bullshit gem of a track that you should be blasting every day, anywhere you go, with anyone you associate with.  No jo...