Lucas Ross

Nowadays, it is cliché to suggest that kids could become rock virtuosos if they simply spent less time playing music-based video games like “Guitar Hero” and more time practicing actual instruments. Paradoxically, Herman Li ” guitarist for “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” soundtrack contributor DragonForce ” is a textbook example of a gamer turned […]

Responsible for transplanting Death Cab for Cutie from Seattle to “The O.C.,” television music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas has helped put some of indie rock’s brightest acts on the mainstream map. MUTUAL MUSIC INTERESTSLUSH ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRATIONELABORATE CRAFTSMANSHIP Now launching bands beyond prime time with the launch of her own boutique record label, Patsavas has recruited The […]

Drmanhattan, the Wauconda, Ill.-based quartet, bears little resemblance to its notorious namesake: the brooding, blue-skinned superhero Dr. Manhattan from Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel “Watchmen.”  BAND’S BACKSTORYECLECTIC, SPASTIC RECORDING Still, the lively act ” performing with Gay Blades, Damiera and El Paso Hot Button at 7 p.m. Friday at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western (Call […]

While the rest of Los Angeles has seemingly become overrun with prepackaged pop starlets and post-post-punk bands, young singer/songwriter Jeremy Jay has emerged from his hometown’s music scene with a refreshingly lo-fi, indie-pop sound that is more influenced by Fifties rock ‘n ‘roll idols than television’s “American Idol.” Jeremy Jay and We Are Good Friends […]

Israeli native and Nashville, Tenn.-based Eef Barzelay will play Saturday at The Opolis in Norman. When alt-country indie rock band Clem Snide called it quits in 2006 after 10 years of touring and recording, lead singer/songwriter Barzelay seemed to have lost something big. Fortunately, the dissolution of the group ” an outfit Barzelay initially founded […]

Hailing from Long Island, Edison Glass’ members first began playing music together in church, and formed their first band almost 10 years ago. Thomas Alva Edison may have never appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, but the father of the phonograph is a major inspiration for the group. So much, in fact, the band […]

Rather than blend in with an increasingly homogenized community of so-called indie acts that rely on quirks and gimmicks, The Neighborhood is an amiable group of genuine musicians who exude the kind of unique talent and camaraderie that makes one wish the members lived next door and always played their music way too loud. Already […]