Two years ago, pop rock band Eisley performed regularly at a small coffeehouse in Tyler, Texas. This past spring, after releasing only one EP, Eisley played in front of 12,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl when they opened for Coldplay’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head” tour. Although its rise to fame seems to […]
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Review: The Strokes fall short of potential
With all the hype The Strokes have been receiving in the media these days, including recently being named by Rolling Stone as “the best young rock band on the planet,” it would be easy to think their sold-out, Wednesday-night performance at the Hollywood Palladium would have really been something special. Unfortunately, The Strokes proved they […]
Tiger Lillies shock, entertain to the “˜Gorey End’
Imagine a piercing falsetto, bordering on the edge of freakish, singing about naughty children being blown to bloody bits while accompanied by carnival-like accordions, toy drum solos and even screeching cats. Although this sounds like something directly out of a horror movie, it’s a fair summation of a Tiger Lillies album. Over the last decade, […]