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Album Review and Band Interview: Evilution by The Black Widows
Southern California’s favorite arachnid rockers are back and in a massive way. Evilution, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Revenge of the Black Widows, delivers 16 blistering tracks of pure instrumental evil. The Los Angeles Beat serendipitously heard a brief sample … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe nela, Evilution, Jim Miller, john collinson, Matthew Lake, Pat Hoed, The Black Widows, Tony Fate, Weston Hodges
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Album Review: Double Naught Spy Car’s “Panorama City” Toys with Space Time Continuum
For the last two-and-one-half years, Double Naught Spy Car’s Western Violence (2012) has been the soundtrack for my neurotic Los Angeles existence. Teeming with talent and creativity, the instrumental, psychedelic, surf noir band has twisted the boundaries of musical conformity, … Continue reading
Album Review: HellBat! Puts the Fright in Fright Night
Yay Freedom!, the debut release by Los Angeles rock quartet HellBat!, is an ambitious convergence of punk, classic rock and jazz. Transcending the dry ice, leather studded outfits and heavy metal imagery that the band’s name might imply, HellBat! challenges … Continue reading
Album Review: SMASH Fashion’s Big Cat Love is Big Fun
The crash of the gong kicking off “Wicked Ways,” the opening track of SMASH Fashion’s third LP, announces unapologetically the forthcoming 12-song celebration of rock and roll. Big Cat Love is a tasty trip through rock’s glorious 1970s zenith when rock was … Continue reading
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Tagged john collinson, Lloyd Stuart Casson, Reijo Kauppila, Roger Deering, Smash Fashion, Tony Kinman
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Album Review: The Angst Blues of Jon Wahl and the Amadans; Record Release Party: El Cid, March 23
Any true music fan knows that serious listening can only happen with a decent hi-fi in a dedicated space free of distractions and the myriad, perhaps pointless, multitasking activities that fill every free second of our lives. While increasingly fewer … Continue reading
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Tagged Amadans, bob lee, claw hammer, el cid, Elastic Records, Extra Frothy Dynamite, Golden Rulers, john collinson, jon wahl, Music, music reviews, William Tutton
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Strawberry Alarm Clock: Iconic 60s Psychedelic Band Talks with Los Angeles Beat About its New Album and July 19 Whisky A Go-Go Concert
Strawberry Alarm Clock, a quintessential Los Angeles psychedelic band, has released a new album “Wake Up Where You Are,” the band’s first record since 1969. Known for its #1 1967 hit “Incense and Peppermints,” the band’s history includes numerous members … Continue reading
