What’s the importance of a supergroup these days? The Hard Quartet really aren’t worried about it
Sitting around a North Hollywood rehearsal studio on a recent Wednesday evening, the members of the Hard Quartet are taking a break from prepping for…
Can jazz clubs survive in L.A.? The supergroup SML sure hopes so
The debut album from the L.A. jazz supergroup SML is a thrilling elegy for a dead nightclub. Over two packed nights last year, the quintet…
Waxahatchee didn’t overthink the ‘Saint Cloud’ follow-up ‘Tigers Blood’
Very often, success is a matter of timing. For Katie Crutchfield, the songwriter and musician who performs as Waxahatchee, that meant releasing the right album…