“Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” Documentary Gives Intimate Look Behind British-Sri Lankan Pop Star M.I.A. This bio-doc Reveals What the British-Sri Lankan pop star was fighting for all along.
LOS ANGELES, CA- Long before M.I.A. was the pop star behind the Clash-sampled smash hit “Paper Planes” — a song that satirizes Western anti-immigrant prejudice — M.I.A. was Maya Arulpragasam,…
UK rapper Kao brings obnoxious style on Liability Jones mixtape
UK rapper Kao recently dropped this mixtape ‘Liability Jones’, where he’s rapping on a combination of both US beats he’s digging as well as UK ones from his in house…
Bowl King’s “Red x White x Blow” IS GAME CHANGING ALBUM REVIEW: BOWL KING'S "RWB"
LOS ANGELES, CA- I couldn’t have asked for a better way to start off the new year than to listen to Bowl King’s second and newest album ‘ Red x…
Hot Flash Heat Wave Is The Band Next Door Willing To Share Their Ganja Gaze THOUGHTS+PHOTOS: HOT FLASH HEAT WAVE @ THE HI HAT 3/9/18
LOS ANGELES, CA- Hot Flash Heat Wave brought their fuzzed out sound to the Hi Hat in Highland Park on March 9th. The Davis-bred band co-headlined with No Vacation, this show…
Pity Party Brings “Are You Happy Yet” Tour to Orange County REVIEW+PHOTOS: PITY PARTY @ PROGRAMME SKATESHOP 3/21/18
FULLTERTON, CA – You know, I never thought I’d find a band in which I would never skip a song while listening to their whole album (or in this case,…
Loners, Together: Missio + Welshly Arms in NYC REVIEW+PHOTOS: MISSIO + WELSHLY ARMS @ BOWERY BALLROOM 3/3/18
NEW YORK, NY- The house lights are turned down low and the stage illuminated just enough for us to discern angular silhouettes moving into view. As the strip-lights flash white,…
My Backwards Look: Frightened Rabbit Marks 10 Years of The Midnight Organ Fight REVIEW+PHOTOS: FRIGHTENED RABBIT @ BOWERY BALLROOM 2/23/18
NEW YORK, NY- We hide self-doubt behind a facade of detachment, present a carefully-groomed social-media face to the world, and speak in a manner that erases the line between sincerity…
RED Hydrogen One Smartphone
Jim Jannard, the man behind RED Digital Cinema, recently posted an update on the company’s much anticipated project – the RED Hydrogen One smartphone. For those of you who don’t recall much…
Reverie and Dezzy Hollow Bring Underground Hip Hop To The Sunset Strip REVIEW+PHOTOS: REVERIE, DEZZY HOLLOW AND HIDEANDSEEKZOO @ THE ROXY 1/12/18
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Los Angeles has always had a thriving underground hip hop scene. From Freestyle Fellowship to Open Mike Eagle, the music that bumps on the outskirts of the mainstream…
Emo Nite Takes Over Los Angeles For An “Emo Nite Day” REVIEW+PHOTOS: EMO NITE DAY 2017 @ SHRINE EXPO HALL 12/3/17
LOS ANGELES, CA – After hearing about this Emo Nite event from social media and my fellow goth friends, I decided to actually pay a visit to the most talked…
