The Occurrence - Category: Music

The prophesied end times sure made for some great music in 2012. Bands we never thought would get back together finally put out new material (No Doubt, Soundgarden). The international community breathed a Psy...

MOUNTAIN MIRRORS Asylum Acres Massachusetts singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jeff Sanders works under the moniker Mountain Mirrors.  Never heard of him?  That's OK because if he continues releasing the caliber of music found on his new EP, Asylum Acres, that might change...

It's a miracle enough when a regular album flows cohesively and tells a story. But when a collection of rarities and b-sides from an artist's entire career gels like the "real" thing, it's...

Photo by Maura Lanahan I normally clap my hands together with glee whenever Henry Rollins' recurring column comes out on LA Weekly's website. His insightful, optimistic posts are anathema to cynics, an anomaly in these...

Death Grips frontman Stefan Burnett We've all been conditioned to believe that the record industry has been rapidly dying for the better part of a decade. Blame illegal downloading or Napster or pirates or terrorists, whatever...

Flying Lotus Until The Quiet Comes Warp/Brainfeeder   "Hope u guys like 'until the quiet comes' I feel like I did my best to tell you my story, honestly"  Steven Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus, wrote this...

The xx Coexist Young Turks   So much gets made of the proverbial "Sophomore Slump" that most bands attempt to combat these days.  The xx can not be bothered by all that.  With Coexist, the English threesome's second release,...

Grizzly Bear Shields Warp Records "I know it's wrong, just give until it's gone." sings Daniel Rossen on "A Simple Answer", a standout among standouts that is Grizzly Bear's fourth studio album, Shields.  Sometimes the dense, lush tones...