INTERVIEW: A BRIGHT CONVERSATION WITH BLEACHED

Los Angeles sister-duo Bleached have been punkin out for quite some time now, but just released their debut full-length Ride Your Heart, on April 2nd. Jennifer and Jessie Clavin dig through crates of 70’s garage rock LP’s to cut and paste and smattering of nostalgic guitar-driven influences on their new album.

JAMAICAN QUEENS (TT THE BEAR’S 4/1)

By Nick Cox Photo Credit: Ellie Molitor Detroit, it seems, has a way of putting things into perspective. Ryan Spencer, the frontman of Motor City three-piece Jamaican Queens, spent the bulk of a recent Q&A with Noisey talking about the sort of hair-raising danger he lives with everyday. “I hear stories from friends (and acquaintances) […]

SEAN BONES, BOYTOY, VELAH (TT’S 2/28)

Going high-concept is a risky move for a band that is still finding its feet. Grandiose notions can collapse all too easily into superficial gimmickry if a young band gets caught up in them before it has mastered the basics. A cursory glance at Velah might easily arouse the suspicion that they have fallen into this very trap…

POTTY MOUTH, HILLY EYE, SLUTEVER, TOMBOY (MIDDLE EAST 2/11)

So I popped into the Middle East Upstairs for an evening of all-female rock ‘n’ roll. Yes, let’s just get it out there and be done with it: all four bands that took the stage that night—Tomboy, Slutever, Hilly Eye, and Potty Mouth—consisted entirely of women. Whoop-dee-fucking-doo-on-a-stick. Now that’s all I’m going to say about that, because the sex of that Monday night’s performers was not the point of the show…