Lina Lecaro is a culture, entertainment and music journalist born, raised and based in Los Angeles. Her work appears and has appeared in LA Weekly, LA Times, Playboy, The WOW Report, Variety, Billboard, Yahoo, Paper, Rolling Stone, Paste, Consequence Of Sound, Vice and many more. She has written two books, "Los Angeles' Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving In The City Of Angels" and "Never Mind the Rules: An Alternative Dating Guide For Girls Who Wanna Rock."
The stars have aligned for 27-year-old Yungblud, the English singer whom many are touting as a new champion for gritty/glam rock 'n’ roll — and the guy who just might bring it back into the mainstream. The career and popularity of the artist born Dominic Harrison has never been broader, or hotter. Yungblug wowed attendees and livestream viewers at the…
These days, what happens in Vegas, slays in Vegas when it comes to the harder side of music. It might have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, but as Fat Mike of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords has been putting out there for a while now, Sin City is basically "the most punk city in the U.S." at the moment. Some…
Les Claypool is one of the most unpredictably prolific artists in rock. At nearly 60, he maintains an ever-mushrooming array of side projects and supergroups, consistently stellar solo outings and, of course, staying active as the frontman and force behind the band that put him on the music map: Primus. After nearly four decades, the rhythmically arresting rock group is…
Prepare to be thrown into a head-spinning circle pit of punk rock memories and madness at the newly opened Punk Rock Museum. Situated in Las Vegas, the museum features endless smatterings of black and white carbon-copied show flyers, rare photo displays, battered instruments, posters, personal items, clothing, and other artifacts that make it feel like a fan’s bedroom, a club,…
Since its inception in 1999, the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival has become less about knocking down pins and more about making big musical strikes, showcasing the best in new and OG hardcore music. Following COVID cancellations in 2022, PRB came back more raucous than ever this Memorial Day weekend. The four-day event felt very full circle too, with…
If anyone could make podcasting feel authentically punk rock, it’s Steve Jones. The Sex Pistols guitarist — who just saw his life story depicted on screen by director Danny Boyle in FX/Hulu’s bio-drama series "Pistol"— is trying his hand at the platform as of late, presenting his popular radio show "Jonesy’s Jukebox" in a new format for a new audience…
The Black Crowes have always pulled from previous eras, meshing old time rock 'n' roll with elements of blues, soul and glam, and fashioning it into something fierce enough to sit alongside the artists who influenced them, yet fresh enough to fit in with contemporary pop. The Atlanta, Georgia group’s ability to conjure the past while bringing something gritty and…
Presented by GRAMMY.com, Living Legends is an editorial series that honors icons in music and celebrates their inimitable legacies and ongoing impact on culture. This week, GRAMMY.com sat down with Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale, members of seminal new wave/post-punk band Devo, who challenged the status quo with irreverent, catchy songs. The average music fan thinks of dome-shaped headpieces and whipping…
The hunger for a David Bowie biopic has intensified in the four years since the icon's death and in the wake of the breakout box office success of music films like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman. But despite its perfect title and marketing that might suggest otherwise, Stardust had zero aspirations to embody the big Bowie biopic daydream. Released last month…
Promoting their new documentary, Beastie Boys Story, premiering today (April 24) on Apple TV+, the two surviving members of GRAMMY-winning hip-hop trio Beastie Boys, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond, alongside the film's director and the group's longtime collaborator and friend, Spike Jonze, participated in a Zoom round-table video interview with select journalists earlier this week to talk…
