Chris Stein, cofounder of Blondie, may have lived even more lives than the nine given to his black cat, Lou. Both joined me on a video call to chat about their human half’s new memoir, “Under a Rock.” The book is a masterclass in rich storytelling, forgoing glitz and glamour in a stream-of-consciousness divulgence from a generational musician. Reminiscence is a gift, and each reader is a lucky recipient.

London-based bar italia headlined a sold-out show at Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre on Thursday, April 18. Four years out from their enigmatic origins in Dean Blunt’s record label World Music, bar italia electrified Thursday evening on Hollywood Boulevard. 

A couple weeks ago I had the chance to sit around with Fat, Evil Children to talk about their new record, their friendship, and their candid process. I walked up to find the four bandmates sitting on a porch and passing a guitar around. I was surprised by their collective deftness with the guitar, which I learned was just a lay example of their instrumental ease and collaborative process.

Arctic Monkeys have come back down to Earth. Following their latest studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the group abandons their 2018 interplanetary travels for their trademark Bittersweet Breakup Special with new lead single "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball."

Amaarae is for the girls. More specifically - Amaarae is for the beautiful mid 20-somethings sporting Depop leather, a vaguely vintage shoulder bag, and liquid blush that complements their horoscope. 

Bloody Angel’s content is partly fresh, partly recycled, but fully fun. I have an interesting history with 23 year old, Northern California native, Sematary. My first exposure to his deep fried, found footage horror inspired sounds and visuals was in my high school chorus classroom…

“Mac is in his feelings and he can't get out of it,” Malcolm Todd confesses in the opening track “Earrings” of his new Sweet Boy mixtape. The stage is set for the lovesick themes present throughout Sweet Boy: missing an ex, troubled relationships, and young love being all-consuming, intense, and confusing.

Pressing play on a Mitski song is choosing violence. And I don’t mean that in the way of the KnowYourMeme-entried “Wake Up And Choose Violence,” a TikTok turn of phrase often used to describe mildly cHaOtIc behavior, although the online culture that’s all but swallowed Mitski up may cause your mind to jump there…

Spending a whopping eight hours listening to shoegaze at The Belasco in DTLA felt a lot like something I would do at 15 in my childhood bedroom, except this time I was staring up at the gilded ceiling of a historic theatre and not an Urban Outfitters tapestry I begged my mom to buy me.