Remember that scene in “Almost Famous” in which the Led Zeppelin superfan, Vic, walks through the hallways, holding proudly a pen that Robert Plant himself had touched? Well, aside from the fact that I don’t like Led Zeppelin, I am basically Vic. I like to think I’m not quite so geeky and starstruck, but the […]
Author Archives: Dominick Duhamel
Two L.A. bands redeem SoCal music
For a long time, I was cynical about the music that was coming out of Southern California. Having grown up in San Diego, where all music seems to sound the same and is followed blindly by a sea of high school scenesters, I like to think my attitude was justified. As I got older and […]
Gimme (more) indie rock
Lou Barlow knows what it’s like to have skeletons in your closet. Like anyone, there have been moments in his past he’d prefer to forget but that always seem to linger on the periphery. The only difference now is that, instead of keeping his skeletons at a distance, he’s playing rock ‘n’ roll with them. […]
Festival gets back to its roots
If I had to choose one word to describe my experience at Coachella last year, it would definitely be “absolutely miserable.” It may have had something to do with the oppressive heat. It may have had something to do with the absurd price of food and drink. But it probably had more to do with […]
So long, Arthur, king of indie news
For people involved in underground music, there’s been a death in the family. I’m talking about Arthur magazine, the Los Angeles-based bimonthly that called it quits last week after five years in publication. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Arthur is shutting down due to financial problems, which, one would presume, come […]
Soundbite: Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think “You, You’re a History in Rust” Constellation Records 4 Paws Out Of 5 There are some albums that should be listened to exclusively on headphones. “You, You’re a History in Rust,” Do Make Say Think’s fifth full-length studio album, is one of them. The reason is simple: the Canadian group’s instrumental […]
Turn down the guilt: piracy doesn’t kill sales
I remember the day I first discovered that music could be downloaded for free on the Internet. I even remember the first song I ever downloaded: “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down. But what I remember most was, several weeks later, feeling guilty, as if I had stolen something. Most of today’s college students have been […]