Paul Rogers

Morningwood, with Head Automatica at the Roxy, January 27 Puffed with major-label hot air, Morningwood enter to a stuffed ‘n sweaty Roxy, but aside from self-consciously kooky, breast-obsessed frontwoman Chantal Claret — the retro-pop Kate Bush — this is another workmanlike new wave rehash. One flamboyant character does not a......

EDITORS at Cinespace, January 17 It’s an irony that Interpol — themselves brilliant borrowers from Joy Division and Gang of Four — are now mope-rock’s reference point. Latest earnest Brit imports Editors are haunted by the I-word, and these Brummy boys are indeed heavy on the thousand-yard-stare vocals and repetitive......

The Lashesat Spaceland, December 9 Turns out they do make ’em like they used to. Seattle’s Lashes are a rock band in the traditional sense: crotch-constricting pants and carefully considered haircuts; grittily romantic songs about gals; and a true front man in the multibelted Ben Clark. For all the mysteries......

Now that the dust has settled from the “Free Fiona” Internet campaign and we’ve had a chance to hear the evidence speak for itself — in the form of both the “official” Sony release of Apple’s Extraordinary Machine and also the Web-leaked “Jon Brion” version — maybe it’s time to......

It’s easy to dislike The Like: three comely young girls practically born into music careers (all daughters of prominent biz figures), spinning in the same comfy orbit as silver-spooned L.A. guitar acts Phantom Planet and Rooney. (Members of all three are schoolmates from chi-chi Crossroads.) But an hour alone with......

House of Pies in Los Feliz aptly frames a chat with Eastside coed melodo-punks the Randies, its retro guilty-pleasure atmosphere reflecting the band’s Happy Days veneer. Their debut album, At the Friendship Motor Inn, has just been released nationwide; leaving on tour the next morning, the founding women of the......

Photos by Wild Don LewisPSYCHEDELIC FURS at House of Blues, January 28 Of all the recently reanimated ’80s acts, the Psychedelic Furs are among the most credible. The textured Brit atmo-punks retain a convincing figurehead in front man Richard Butler, have reunited their core lineup (including Butler’s bassist brother Tim......