Yuck in L.A. at the Historic Troubadour

Photo: Cedar Pasori Many artists have made their Los Angeles debuts at the historic Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, or at least added to its rich array of legendary moments in music. FAULT favorite, Yuck, played their third Los Angeles show there last Saturday, July 30th, to a packed room of fans who energetically bobbed to every melody and sung every lyric. Crowd favorites were…

Active Child – Hanging On

Active Child aka the singer, songwriter, and harpist Pat Grossi, has contributed a new track called "Hanging On" to the Adult Swim Singles Program. The song will appear on You Are All I See, his debut album, which will be out August 23 via Vagrant. Active Child will spend the month of August playing a four-date residency the Echo in Los Angeles. Starting in September, he'll headlining a tour…

Boys of Bedlam

The Boys of Bedlam  are an eccentric Band with an eccentric repertoire, and an equally eccentric lineup. Tim Waddington (Vocals/Mandoline), Josh Häberle (Bass) and Marcus Zabel (Percussion) are based in the obscure southern german village of Wiernsheim. Playing an ecclectic mix of music (where else could you expect to hear the punk anthem "Blank Generation" followed by "A whiter shade of pale",…

FAULT Favourite: THE SOFT MOON

The Soft Moon Luis Vasquez Justin Anastasi Damon Way Ron Robinson (Visuals)   The Soft Moon is the solo project of Luis Vasquez. Luis and his group are based in San Fransisco however he credits his unique sound was influenced by his multi-cultural Afro-Cuban upbringing, and attributes the openness of his music is due to his childhood in the vast Mojave Desert. Vasquez released his first…

Healthy Junkies

One's to watch in 2011   FAULT: How has 2011 been for you so far? 2011 has so far been a good year for us. We have played many shows in London and some outside, all the time gaining confidence and taking our performances to new levels. Also we finished recording our debut album “Sick Note” and now are very near to completion of the artwork too. “Sick Note “ is currently available on…

Sylencer

FAULT: You describe you sound as Metal / Rock / Thrash. How do you keep your sound so unique? To be honest, those three genres are essentially forced labels. Everyone demands an artist has to be unique, but in the next breath, everyone wants to put a label on the artist’s music.  In the world of heavy metal today, fans and artists alike are very genre obsessed. To some people we’re a metal…

Glasvegas

Viva Glasvegas Glasvegas are members; James Allan (vocals), Rab Allan (lead guitar, backing vocals), Paul Donoghue (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Jonna Löfgren (drums). The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No. 2 on the UK Album Charts. Their debut album was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September…

The Soft Moon

The Soft Moon Luis Vasquez Justin Anastasi Damon Way Ron Robinson (Visuals) The Soft Moon is a solo project of Luis Vasquez.  This one man band has a very big sonic sound which is a mix of Suicide, Joy Division and Bauhaus (in other words amazing).  Luis and his group are based in San Fransisco however he credits his unique sound was influenced by his multi-cultural Afro-Cuban upbringing,…