Ronnie Wood

2 weeks ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ronnie Wood

There are a few non-music related things I love about Steel Wool, so let me count them out for you before I jump into discussing their great new EP: The art for this project, done by Los Angeles artist Cayla Blachman, is incredible; the packshots for both “Eyes Closed” and the excellent standout “Fading” are remarkable, and their debut self-titled EP has a similarly striking intensity.

1 month ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ronnie Wood

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Dead Gowns’ utterly beautiful debut IT’S SUMMER, I LOVE YOU, AND I’M SURROUNDED BY SNOW and wakelee’s tightly wound emo EP DOGHOUSE! Dead Gowns – IT’S SUMMER, I LOVE YOU, AND I’M SURROUNDED BY SNOW Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock Favorite Tracks: “How Can I,” “Wet Dog,” “In The Haze,” “Swimmer,” “See People” “I don’t think I can afford the time to not sit right down & write a poem about the heavy lidded white rose I hold in my hand” So goes...

2 months ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ronnie Wood

You can rely on Delivery to deliver heaps of rowdy, roaring guitars. The Melbourne five-piece are quickly getting their name out there. Their lockdown-born 2022 debut record, FOREVER GIVING HANDSHAKES, a set of spindly, rumbling punk songs, marked Delivery’s beginning of becoming a true Australian phenomenon. They’ve since kept busy, playing tons of dates across Australia and Europe, and have scored themselves a deal with the label Heavenly Recordings. Everything is looking up for the band.

Jan 24, 2025 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ronnie Wood

As it goes, Merry-Go-Round Magazine is an independent, online culture magazine based in Los Angeles, CA. While our reach has become much more global, and our writer base has expanded far beyond our SoCal roots, it will always be an LA mag. I sat with my car packed during the fires, prepared to leave on Wednesday the 8th in case the Sunset fire jumped the 101 and I had to bail. Our film editor Kevin Cookman had to evacuate his home because of the Altadena fire.

Dec 31, 2024 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ronnie Wood

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