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David Crosby Schedules Summer Tour

3405 days ago
Rolling StoneDavid Crosby will embark on an 18-date North American tour this August ahead of the scheduled fall release of a new solo album. "An Evening with David Crosby" will feature the Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash musician performing songs from thr... more info

Whitney: Light Upon the Lake review – gorgeous, russet-coloured Americana pop

3410 days ago
Guardian Music(Secretly Canadian)Whitney’s reputation as a supergroup is perhaps a little overstated. Only in the indie world could a group formed of members of Smith Westerns and Unknown Mortal Orchestra attract the super prefix. But Light Upon the Lake me... more info

I Cut Meat and Sing My Song: The Soft Boys, 1976-78

3502 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard40 years after they emerged from Cambridge, The Soft Boys remain a totally singular band: both ahead and behind their times, Robyn Hitchcock and co. blended an array of influences (Barrett, Beatles, Beefheart, Barbershop, Britfolk, Byrds and many oth... more info

Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen

3545 days ago
Aurgasmbluegrass Barefoot in grass or dirt. Sunshine or candlelight. Worries whisked away in a breeze of wisdom. Acceptance. Troubles are nothing more than lint caught in your pockets. So empty them. Be lighter. Refreshed and humbler. Brothers Larry and Ton... more info

Cat Power & Jakob Dylan – “You Showed Me” (The Turtles Cover)

3658 days ago
StereogumSouthern California folk rock is getting its own tribute show this fall. Artists like Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Beck, Regina Spektor, Jade (formerly of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros), and Jakob Dylan will cover songs by artists like the Beach Boys... more info

The Mantles – “Police My Love

3676 days ago
StereogumBay Area five-piece the Mantles play starry-eyed psychedelic pop fast enough that it almost sounds like punk rock — or, at least, like the mid-’60s garage bands whose inability to sound like the Byrds or the Rolling Stones accidentally helped ins... more info

EZTV – “Dust In The Sky” Video (Stereogum Premiere)

3726 days ago
StereogumThere are traces of so many wonderful bands in EZTV’s DNA: Real Estate’s languid bliss-out guitar music, Girls’ back-to-basics pop songcraft, the Nerves’ punchy New Wave, the Byrds’ twangy jangle. All those factors and more are audible in â... more info

Meg Baird, Don't Weigh Down the Light, review: 'soft beauty'

3758 days ago
The TelegraphInspired by her move to San Francisco, Baird's third album carries a Californian sound which recalls The Byrds and Joni Mitchell more info

Best Coast's 'California Nights' has a dark side

3805 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentOf all the cultural archetypes that Southern California has produced, the loosely defined genre known as "beach music" is one of its most enduring. That sunny, harmony-rich, melodically spirited permutation is the rope connecting artists as varied as... more info

Review: 'The Wrecking Crew' sheds fascinating new light on pop music history

3846 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaThe documentary that centers on a vastly influential group of Los Angeles studio musicians reveals secrets about some of pop's most famous records by the Beach Boys, Byrds, Ronettes and others. more info

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