ALBUM REVIEWS: Trepanning Trio’s dual release I Am A Crooked Arrow and The Man Killed The Bird

Trepanning Trio has harnessed unique and artful experiences with the release of these two albums […]

Show Preview: The Morning After Girls at the Viper Room, Thurs. Jan. 29

Goddamn do I hate the cliché of the snarky blogster. And now, thanks to The Morning After Girls, I’ve become one. See, there’s good news and bad news: The good news is that all indications from new music on TMAG’s myspace page are that after six years, they might have finally realized their 60s pop-meets-shoegaze mission statement. After […] […]

Live Review: Lucinda Williams at the Wiltern Theatre

November 21, 2008 Too country for rock and too blues for country, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams toiled for nearly two decades before finding acclaim in 1994 with a Grammy for songwriting – only to have commercial success continue to elude her. 1998 saw an end to all that with the release of Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, […] […]

Live Review: John Doe and Kathleen Edwards at the El Rey Theatre

November 13, 2008 It seemed like an incongruous pairing — weathered, elder punk statesman John Doe joining arms with young singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards for an evening twang-heavy duets and solo performances — yet when the two brought their “Hurtin’ & Flurtin’” tour to the El Rey Theater last night, what looked potentially ridiculous on paper was […] […]