The hipster forest is teeming with wolves these days. There’s the rawk of Wolfmother, the racket of Wolf Eyes, and the Modest Mouse-recommended Wolf Parade (while we’re at it: whatever happened to Wolfie?). Enter Los Angeles’ tender new hope: Sea Wolf. Led by ex-Irving vocalist/songwriter Alex Brown Church, they play an indie/folk/pop that should appeal to fans of other gentle giants like Iron & Wine,...

When The Donnas, still in their teens, first came on the scene in the late 90′s, they seemed charmingly stuck twenty years behind the times. They dressed like fast girls circa ’77 and played a primitive hard rock that seemed solely influenced by Kiss, The Ramones, and AC/DC. They were the American teenage rock n’ roll machine- chicks who did a lot of time in detention for cutting classes and smoking...