Circa Survive

Blogs
July 7, 2011
Five Bands You Should Check Out If You Like Metal, But Hate Vocals
You head over to a band's YouTube or Bandcamp page because your computer will never physically (or emotionally) recover MySpace giving it herpes, and Justin Timberlake be damned, you're never going back to THAT place. Very interesting things are happening with the guitars, drums, and bass, ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Tonight: Circa Survive, Cold War Kids, Eels, Rademacher, PB Wolf, William Fitzsimmons
Circa SurviveWhen vocalist Anthony Green broke away from the Orange County screamo outfit Saosin six years ago, it didn't look like the best of career moves. Saosin was a rising star on the post-hardcore scene and poised to sign a major-label contract; Green was headed back home to Pennsylvan ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse
Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others
Music
June 24, 2010
Nightranger: Gamer Gauche
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Beach-punks and Ballyhoo: Pac-Sun's Seaside Sound and Swag Fest
The weather may have been breezy, but there was a definite warm-up going on at PacSun's Beach Ballyhoo in Santa Monica this past weekend -- warming up for skimpier fashions, warming up for summer sports like skateboarding and biking, and if the considerable showing of punky, pierced tweens was any i ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Live in L.A.: Make Music Pasadena (with Matt & Kim, Natalia Lafourcade, Warpaint), Opening Night at the Bowl, Freestyle Fellowship, Jamie Lidell, Erykah Badu, Billy Joe Shaver
WarpaintPasadena is used to its parades, but on Saturday its denizens will be traipsing around Old Town to get an earful of music rather than an eyeful of rose pedals. What's impressive about the annual Make Music Pasadena is how many constituencies the festival is serving over one day. With ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Live in LA: Greg Laswell, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, more
Joseph LlanesPeople love Greg Laswell, and it's not just the music supervisors who've funneled his ballads of heartache into shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," "90210" and "The Hills." The 36-year-old singer-songwriter's deft ability to turn melancholy inside out served him well on his 2006 brea ... More >>