Despite the name, L.A.'s Not From England are actually pretty enthusiastic about musicians from England—this is not a "We Don't Need The English" situation—and you'll hear some of that in their Manchester-adjacent amen-break drumbeat and in those bluntly charismatic vocals that lift a little of Primal Scream's swagger. (And of course there's some Sonic Youth in that shock-you-awake intro, too.) This intensely motivated teenage quartet—guitarist/vocalists Cass Blum and Leo Blumenfield plus bassist DeRon Munroe and drummer Beckett Pasdar—started with home demos in the summer of 2018 and graduated to a 2019 EP recorded with FIDLAR drummer Max Kuehn, which is where "Interrupted" comes from. By Chris Ziegler

Photos and recap by Lucy Blumenfield Swaggering onto the stage at Highland Park’s Lodge Room, Slothrust exuded the confidence of a band that feels on the cusp on something big and kind of knows it. The trio blistered through a set of well-crafted songs from… By Debi Del Grande

Photos by Lucy Blumenfield The Moroccan Lounge proved the perfect setting for an intimate night with Slaughter Beach, Dog. An integral part of the songwriting force behind Modern Baseball, Jake Ewald explores the fictional landscape of Slaughter Beach in this solo project. The band was… By Debi Del Grande

Photos by Lucy Blumenfield At 7pm on Friday night a line snaked around the corner of east 16th Street, full of teens wearing dark lipstick, checkered pants, and plenty of SadGirl t-shirts. Almost three hours later, SadGirl took the stage to play an energetic show… By Debi Del Grande

The EELS played their second show of The Triumphant Return of EELS: The World’s Number One Entertainers tour in support of their latest baby The Deconstruction to an eager crowd on Wednesday evening. By Debi Del Grande