YouTube rabbit holes. We all know them. We all love them. (Mostly because we’re all a bunch of asshole procrastinators. Yeah, don’t deny it, buddy. It happens to the best of us.) One rainy afternoon, I fell and fell hard. I wasn’t searching for anything remotely close to Mandy Patinkin, that manly bearded wonder from Homeland and Dead…
When I walked into my very first Tower Records, I could hear the echoes of my footsteps. The bright fluorescent lights were so harsh, I had to squint to case the joint; only empty shelves and bare walls stared back at me. It was like the mall the day after Christmas, but worse. Needless to…
As if we needed another reason to love Kristen Bell. Girl loves sloths, (like, a lot) and is amazing and is VERONICA MARS. She goes on Ellen and is adorable, and Kickstarts shit that makes millions of cash monies in a matter of hours. Nbd, guys. So when Bell and husband Dax Shepard went to…
Earlier this week, Miguel performed an intimate show at Los Angeles’ Bardot, where he paid tribute to David Bowie with a silky smooth rendition of “Space Oddity.” Backed by a lone acoustic guitar, Miguel eventually transitioned to his Wildheart single “Waves.” Miguel. The music he’s created over the years, I don’t really listen to it. But the fact…
I had so many problems with Chairlift’s set last week at The Space in Hamden, Conn. that I don’t even know where to begin. The time in between the opener and the Brooklyn-based synthpop headliners was longer than the band’s actual set (OK, let’s start there). They kept us waiting for a little over an…
Whenever a bands sounds even remotely psychedelic, my ears perk up and I’m listening. Discovering new bands rocking these classic sounds? Even better. So is the case with Plum – a reasonably new outfit formed in late 2014 that struts a vintage guitar sound in our wildly modern, tech-driven music scene. While the band…
Mötley Crüe exploded onto the 80’s LA scene in a tornado of drugs, booze, glam and girls, girls, girls. In between platinum-selling records and sold-out club and arena tours, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx struggled through addiction, jail sentences, inner-band turmoil, rehab, you name it, making the band’s 30+ years one…
David Bowie passed away at the age of 69 to a cancer he was battling for 18 months. You can read more about it here, as well as read some tributes posted and tweeted about him. Bowie was a true original; he was one hell of an artist with a keen vision and fearless ability…
Happy New Year, you fine and sexy ladies and gents! If you are reading this, it means you have survived another year of life, love and the pursuit of happiness. Congrats and shit. Each year on TLW, I post a list of my Top 10 albums of the year. (Insert link to last year’s…
When singer Matt Schultz and his gang of thrashing young thugs debuted their self-titled album in 2008, it was much needed. It wasn’t Pop Rock, nor Pop Punk; it was loud, seething, alternative rock with a hungry, commanding frontman in charge; it bled youthful angst with hints of riotous wisdom, a rarity for a band of twenty-somethings. With…