The Shangri-Las News and Photos

"Women Who Rock" Exhibit to Hit the EMP in Seattle This Summer

Fri, May 10 2013 8:25pm - Source: ArtistDirect

Women rock and if you live in Seattle, you can celebrate them, as the first museum exhibit featuring the most influential female musicians hits the EMP Museum in Seattle this summer.

Interview: Bleached

Mon, April 08 2013 4:04am - Source: Consequence of Sound

The chilly warmth on our backs that comes with early April means the summer is just within reach.

The Monkees, Fats Domino, Del Shannon, others – Action!: The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (2012)

Wed, December 31 1969 7:00pm - Source: Something Else!

For those not in the know, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were one of the greatest and most successful songwriting teams of the '60s.

Top 200 Tracks of 2012 (101-150)

Fri, February 01 2013 6:50pm - Source: Music Like Dirt

Numbers 101-150 or pick a playlist below for the full fat streamable Top 200. 150.

Live Video: Allah-Las

Thu, December 20 2012 5:27pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Their name spoofs the The Shangri-Las, their songs check the sounds of the 60′s, from British Invasion to West Coast country rock -- the record store rats of Allah-Las have long been interested in contextualizing the history of rock with the music of today, both with their on-going, lost classics-unearthing radio show, Reverberation (now offered online), and by writing their own songs together for the past several years.

Europe by Allo Darlin'

Tue, November 20 2012 2:15am - Source: Caffeine-Headache

Elizabeth Price, who co-founded influential 1980s indie-pop outfit Talulah Gosh when she was an art student, opens an exhibition of video installations later this month at a London gallery.

Stereoboard Talk To Rising Singer-Songwriter Lisa Crawley (Interview)

Thu, November 15 2012 2:56pm - Source: Stereoboard

After an exchange or two about our mutual love for The Office, it doesnt take long to realise that (much like her music) she is a pure pleasure.

Novella detail new single

Tue, October 16 2012 10:42am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Longhaired psych-pop lot Novella have pledged to release a new seven-inch single via Italian Beach Babes on 26 Nov, and its name is 'Mary's Gun'.

Shorties (An Oral History of Led Zeppelin, The Economics of a Successful Indie Band, and more)

Mon, October 01 2012 2:04pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

The Quietus shares an excerpt from Barney Hoskins' new oral history of Led Zeppelin, Trampled Under Foot. Vulture examines the economics of a successful indie band, using Grizzly Bear as an example.

Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II

Thu, September 27 2012 8:16am - Source: Drowned In Sound

One constant throughout Thee Oh Sees ' 15-year-career is that you never quite know what to expect next.

Euros Childs – Summer Special

Thu, September 13 2012 7:53am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Summer Special is his fourth album in as many years (that's six if you include last year's collaboration with Teenage Fanclub 's Norman Blake as Jonny , and his most recent, released earlier this year, First Cousins , with Meilyr Jones of The Race Horses , who also appears on his latest) with little sign of any slowing down by the former Gorky's Zygotic Mynci frontman.

DiS Does Pop #9: The Top 10 girl bands of all-time... ever

Thu, August 16 2012 8:02am - Source: Drowned In Sound

The pop column for people who think Florence & The Machine were infinitely improved by Calvin Harris' remix... which admittedly isn't saying much.

Blake has a lot to answer for but IF he sorts his life out he could work with us

Sun, July 22 2012 2:15am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

Her heartbroken mum Janis, dad Mitch and brother Alex decided the most appropriate way to celebrate her short life would be in one of the venues where she spent some of her happiest times.

Saturday afternoon live - Eagles, Linda Ronstandt, Jackson Browne

Sat, March 31 2012 7:16pm - Source: MOG

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations.

TVD Recommends: Sugar and Spice at Rock and Roll Hotel tonight, 3/28

Wed, March 28 2012 9:15pm - Source: The Vinyl District

It's Women's History Month, so what better way to end it than by listening to a bunch of ladies spinning a vinyl-heavy set of music by the ladies of rock 'n' roll?

The 405 Review: London Popfest 2012

Tue, March 13 2012 8:51am - Source: The Four Oh Five

London Popfest is not your average music festival.

Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror

Mon, February 20 2012 6:55pm - Source: The Quietus

What made Sleigh Bells' impressive 2010 debut Treats such a – ahem - treat, wasn't so much the conflict at the heart of the music – that'll be the full-on sonic onslaught tempered with breathy, almost child-like vocals, the juxtaposition of diverse musical backgrounds that shouldn't but do work and the ability to rise and fall at will – but it's resolution.

Mary Weiss & Reigning Sound :: Don’t Come Back

Tue, February 07 2012 1:04am - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

A bunch of us drove from L.A. to Long Beach last month for night two of Reigning Sound 's two night run at Alex's Bar. To say it was exactly the kind of sonic punch in gut we were looking for would be an understatement.

Cults - S/T

Mon, December 26 2011 8:45am - Source: The Ripple Effect

Whether it's rock, electronic or whatever I love when two awesome musicians come together and create wonderful music.

Review: Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams

Sat, November 26 2011 11:31pm - Source: Catfish Vegas presents....

The first thing to notice about Dum Dum Girls is the attitude—that audacious, flirtatious cool, with their don't-follow-the-rules posturing.

Sahara Hotnights - s/t (Universal)

Wed, November 09 2011 6:32pm - Source: It's a Trap!

I suspect I'm not the only one who reviews all-girl rock bands with a higher-than-usual bout of optimism, a utopian belief that one day chicks can tip the profane masculine iceberg known as R'N'R -- but who also, when duly disappointed, applies as swift and sharp double-edged Kenzo sword.

Brown Acid Black Leather: The Story Of The Jesus And Mary Chain's Psychocandy

Tue, November 08 2011 12:12pm - Source: The Quietus

The tension in the packed venue was not only palpable but also worrying.

Dusting ‘Em Off: The Honeys – The ‘60s Singles

Thu, January 01 1970 12:00am - Source: Consequence of Sound

With the recording of the Beach Boys' third album Surfer Girl , in the summer of 1963, bandleader and principle songwriter Brian Wilson took over as the band's producer, a role formerly held by Capitol Records in-house producer Nic Venet.

TVD Live: Vivian Girls at The Hitone, 9/13

Tue, September 20 2011 2:13pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Last Tuesday night we welcomed Vivian Girls to the The Hi-Tone. They are a punk rock, surf pop trio from Brooklyn, New York featuring Cassie Ramone (guitar/vocals), Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman (bass/drums/vocals), and Fiona Campbell (drums/vocals).

Twisted Sister Guitarist Talks About Blistering 1983 Live Concert -- Song Premiere

Fri, August 26 2011 6:01pm - Source: Noisecreep

Twisted Sister stormed the stage at London's famed Marquee Club in March of 1983 for two intense shows that cemented the band's live legacy in the UK Recordings from those legendary nights reveal the Long Island quintet raw, hungry and catching fire just a few months before it achieved breakout success on radio and MTV.

Martin Lewis: Is That All There Is? A Fond Farewell to Jerry Leiber

Tue, August 23 2011 12:19am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

The songs he and Mike Stoller wrote starting in 1950 gave voice to every teenager.

My favourite album: Closer by Joy Division

Thu, August 18 2011 10:39am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

When I was still at school, I finished my Saturday job a couple of hours early to attend the first day of the Futurama festival in Leeds, headlined by Johnny Rotten's PiL, my first-ever gig.

The Diva and Her Demons: Rolling Stone's 2007 Amy Winehouse Cover Story

Sat, July 23 2011 8:27pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Alongside the world's tallest free-standing tower, one of the world's tiniest pop stars is crouched next to a garbage pail, collecting a pile of eyeliner pencils and mascara tubes between her hands.