For the past few weeks, my housemates, friends and I have been gleefully bobbing to the beautiful harmonies, eclectic rhythms and all-around addicting melodies of the Silverlake/Los Angeles group, The Local Natives. Whether it’s fair or not, the Natives have been capturing consciousnesses who have immediately likened their sound to that of such greats as Fleet […]

Eclectic songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Worden gave us an interview this afternoon. Shara is known for her work as My Brightest Diamond. Our conversation covered her first song at age three (written on a cash register), working with Sufjan Stevens, Blogotheque adventures, Radiohead Covers, working with the rap group Jedi Mind Tricks and more. MBD’s […]

If you’ve spent more than thirty seconds on the Daytrotter website, you can tell the gang behind the project is incredibly passionate about their work. The Daytrotter team–led by Sean Moeller–is dedicated to producing completely live, on-the-spot recordings of the bands dropping into their aptly named “Horseshack” studio. The analog studio is laden with an […]

Most unfortunately, the boring beast of traffic didn’t permit enough time for J. Tillman of the Fleet Foxes to make a pit-stop into The Closet on campus. However, I got to meet up with him before his show at the Casbah promoting his new solo album Year in the Kingdom. In the front seat of […]