
[Heard on the local beat ...] L.A. quartet Bigelf is described as "30 years behind and five years ahead of what's happening," and I'll buy that. Fronted by Laurel Canyon-bred Damon Fox, the foursome channels Black Sabbath into a sprawling, gnarly mountain of sound — and while you're not liable to find many of the hipsterati fawning over their vintage prog-rock, rest assured Bigelf has its well-deserved supporters. Their latest album "Cheat the Gallows" came out on Linda Perry's Custard Records . [...]