FOR OUR COMPLETE L.A. PRIDE COVERAGE CLICK HERE! Leon Else’s name is intriguing enough, but once he opens his mouth and belts out several notes, your eyes are quickly plastered onto the UK import. Else’s brand of synth pop and deep brooding vocals quickly cast a spotlight on the crooner and soon after he received numerous […]
Last night I had the good fortune of attending LAYNE’s set at the Echo. As per usual, I scurried over from my day job to see a band that I’ve been hooked on since my colleague, Derrick Lee, had introduced me to their music. I showed up way too early, and saw LAYNE hanging out […]
As anyone who has ever listened to one of KCRW’s Apogee Sessions on Morning Becomes Eclectic knows, these events are special. And for those who have yet to tune in for one, Dan Auerbach’s session which will broadcast and stream on July 6th is a perfect introduction. It’s not just the intimacy of the space […]
Her voice lingers and then catches on a breath of air, like a feather staying afloat by dancing on a gentle breeze. It is filled with all the emotions of a woman who has just seen a darker side of love and is watching the sun rise for the first time with new eyes. While her […]
Long Beach, CA- I don’t know how many times I can say it, but I absolutely love Nina Diaz’s music. Whether it’s her solo material or the music she puts out with her band Girl In A Coma, there’s something in the timbre of her lush alto voice that just strikes a chord with me. She could be […]
Long Beach, CA- Joining Nina Diaz on tour is the twenty year old singer/songwriter from Long Island, NY, SEE. Her debut EP, produced by Brad Wood (Smashing Pumkins, Liz Phair) and Walter Dicristina, was released in 2016 and is a pretty seamless mix of pop and alternative rock. Her current tour with Nina has her performing her […]
Los Angeles, CA- It’s not often that I get hooked on a band with just one song … and if that happens, I always hold my breath until I get to see how good that band is live. The Night Game hooked me with their catchy, new wave pop gem “The Outfield”. Their performance at The […]
Earlier this year, Conor Oberst released the companion album to his 2016 album “Ruminations”, “Salutations”. It’s an album that reworks many of the “Ruminations” tracks with additional instrumentation and sharp studio production while also adding a handful of new compositions. It’s an album that picks up the pace that the 2016 release set, and is infused with an […]
Though it was released in 2015, I wasn’t introduced to Julien Baker and her cathartic songs of heart-break until I saw her at FYF Fest in 2016. I left that performance with watery eyes and a new go-to artist for musical solace. Discovering that she was the opener for Conor Oberst at The Greek Theatre on 5/13/17, I […]
The sinuous movements, like their hushed, intimate songs, suggest both seduction and confrontation. On Friday night at New York’s historic Forest Hills Stadium, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim — vocalists/guitarists of The xx — traced steps toward and away from each other, as if in a looped recording of a lovers’ quarrel and reconciliation. […]
