Kevin Preston, who sings with LA glam-punk’n’rollers Prima Donna, is also a member of the Foxboro Hot Tubs, a band that includes Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. But wait! Come back! This doesn’t sound anything like Billie’s boys, but is instead a rather lovely nugget of new-wavey pop-rock, like The Strokes, but harder. Steven Van […]
Beatles-esque vocal harmonies meet clap-along rhythms in the latest number by the Los Angeles rock outfit Prima Donna, “Deathless”. In the press materials for their new album, Nine Lives and Forty-Fives, the Los Angeles rock band Prima Donna are described as having a “curriculum [that] includes musical road trips with Eddie and the Hot Rods, […]
by Rachel Brodsky With its “Saved By the Bell”-esque neon detailing, obvious lo-fi production, and ironic zoom-in/zoom-out camera trickery, Andy Gabbard’s “More” video could easily be written off as little more than a collection of gimmicks — good thing then that all of those visual aspects make the clip all the more charming. Playing off […]
18. Paul Collins – “Feel the Noise” One of the last of the class of ’79 who continues to proudly wave the power pop flag, Paul Collins is still down in the trenches, touring across the country and beyond and releasing excellent records such as this. Collins rocks like a man half his age on […]