It’s bizarre to think that 60 Watt Kid could spawn so many great solo projects–or maybe it’s not! Kevin Litrow has been rocking it out with N O W, but the other half of the Kid’s power duo, Derek Stovall, is making some awfully sad-sounding barroom folk songs that could shake the paint off your Chevy, if you hadn’t already driven it into a ditch.

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L.A. Record + The New L.A. Folk Fest + Grand Ole Echo are co-hosting The Return Of Murder Ballads tonight at the Echoplex. Here is the lineup of musicians performing songs about killing times! For more info, go to the folk fest website. Get a little appetizer by listening to the bands or watching some [...]

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“The dolphin baptizes you/and releases all the pain/from the city,” Litrow croons, and “Drone of Dume” becomes an “Under the Sea” for nature loving trippers.

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“Take The Pain Out Of Your Chest” is from 60 Watt Kid’s most recent album, We Come From The Bright Side. This tune’s a heavy one, inspired by the passing of Kevin Litrow’s mom, and when they play it live, Litrow usually convulses and throws himself into the audience’s arms (figuratively if not literally). The [...]

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There is a lot going on in belles of the ball Big Whup—a lot of instruments, a lot of vocal acrobatics, a combination unicorn/Pegasus/microphone named Party!, some adorable hopping and dancing, etc.

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Javelin brings sounds of familiarity, something you would find blasting out a car window along a main drag of Whittier Blvd or the most eastern park of Sunset. This feeling made the audience comfortable enough to dance and sway together in a converted warehouse off Beverly Blvd. full of strangers, as we imagined the sun hitting our shoulders.

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