The Paisley Underground wasn’t so much a movement as an intermission between next new things. It was 1981 and punk music had run its course. Labels marketed their prior punk bands as new wave or power ...

Tonight at the Fillmore, four bands representing a corner of early 1980s California power-pop known as the Paisley Underground will ply their wares for a willing audience. Among them are the Bangles, ...

Before they became MTV darlings in the mid-’80s, The Bangles played Beatlesque power-pop with enough punky energy to land them on bills with Black Flag and Circle Jerks. As if that wasn’t cool… By ...

Today, the Spotlight shines on Matt Piucci, founding member and principal guitarist of Rain Parade. Rain Parade helped define LA's Paisley Underground scene in the early '80s, creating music with ...

Back in 2013, four of the main players in Los Angeles' often overlooked paisley underground scene managed to get together for two successful shows, one here and one in San Francisco. The bands — The ...

The Long Ryders were maybe the roots-iest band in LA’s jangly “Paisley Underground” scene of the early ’80s (Rain Parade, Bangles, Three O’Clock, Dream Syndicate), owing much to Gene Clark and ...

The Bangles, the Dream Syndicate, the Three O'Clock, and Rain Parade were the core of the '80s L.A. music scene known as the Paisley Underground, a mix of '60s-vibing psychedelic garage rock and pop ...

R.E.M. News: Iconic alt-rock pioneers included in 2026's 'This Can't Be Today' boxed set, highlighting their ties to American psychedelia and Paisley Underground scene. Fingerspitzengefühl im Detail: ...

The Bangles - "Talking In My Sleep" The Dream Syndicate - "Hero Takes A Fall" The Three O'Clock - "Getting Out Of Hand" Today, we're hearing the music of those bands, but I promised a special twist.

It’s a mid-April morning, and Matt is somewhere in Oakland, California, on the way to get his booster shot. Besides vaccination, the man has another reason to celebrate: an imminent vinyl re-release ...