John Vanderslice is a small man (stature-wise). He’s not particularly short, it’s more like he’s compact, with no wasted space. Like the buffalo/Indian relationship, every part of John Vanderslice is usable by John Vanderslice. It’s extremely...
Saturday night, Satan’s minions descended on the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to hear what can only be described as the house band for hell, Slayer. For more than twenty years, seeing this band live has eluded me despite owning most of their catalogue and...
It seems as if Indie Rockers the Decemberists never stop working. Since there formation a mere five years ago in 2002, they have put out nearly as many full lengths (as many if you count the phenomenal “Tain EP”), they have performed orchestral renditions...
A few years ago when I was DJing clubs that weren’t clubs really, but people standing around listening to dance music, I probably had The Faint in every one of my sets—at least one song. In 2004 that was pretty much all you needed to get the party started....
As L.A.'s own Cary Brothers made his way back home to play his final show of a 35-date U.S. tour, he was greeted with familiar and unfamiliar faces who all adored him equally. Ground Control caught last night's shows and got some photos of Cary's band and...
Three years after 2004’s Uh Huh Her, PJ Harvey is coming back with the release of a brand new album, White Chalk. Produced by two legendaries, Flood and John Perish, the album is being described by the NME as "Sparse sounds, spine-tingling pianos and...
A full year after their Oklahoma hometown show, the Flaming Lips are finally releasing their first ever live DVD, U.F.O.’s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City. This is big news. For those of you who have never had the euphoric pleasure...
The term “thinking man’s rock”—or some variation of it—has been thrown around a lot in the press over the last few decades in reference to a host of different musicians to the point that the term has now either become a sales tool or lost...
Beck is back at it. On Tuesday 8/21 he will release a self-produced new track called "Timebomb", which for one week will be available only at iTunes. The following week the track will be available at all other digital music retail. "Timebomb"...
Sea Wolf's forthcoming debut full-length, Leaves in the River, due Sept. 25 on Dangerbird Records, will be met with a fall tour alongside New York indie stalwarts Nada Surf. Yet anxious fans won't have to wait until then to hear Alex Brown Church's elegiac...