Canada’s Billy Raffoul Is Rock & Roll’s Hottest Import
HOLLYWOOD, CA- You’ve done it again Canada. From Neil Young and Broken Social Scene to Billy Talent and Reignwolf, our northern neighbors keep supplying us with bonafide rock stars. This time? It’s 23-year-old Billy Raffoul. If you appreciate an old school rock-n-roll foundation with soulful Hozier-like…
The 2018 She Rocks Awards Honors Women Trailblazers In Music
ANAHEIM, CA- “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” This famous quote by Hunter S. Thompson was spoken Shirley Manson (Garbage)…
Zella Day Tests Out New Songs For Her Next Album At Moroccan Lounge
Los Angeles, CA- Zella Day has been a busy little bee this year recording her new album and touring as the opening act for Lana Del Rey (which earned the singer a good amount of new fans). This time Zella joined her boo Korey Dane…
At SXSW, Mondo Cozmo Prove That They Are Ready For The Big Time
Austin, TX- For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play,…
The Beauty Of MUNA’s Dark Synth Pop On Full Display At The Teragram [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
“This venue feels so special,” Katie Gavin, the singer of dark pop band Muna shared with her fans. “Maybe some of you were here with us when we opened for one of our favorite bands, Chairlift.” The look in Gavin’s eyes was one of joyful…
Lo Moon Touched Hearts And Warmed Bodies At The Teragram Ballroom [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
LOS ANGELES, CA- What can be better than a seductive, soul teasing synth-rock show on a rainy weekday in the City of Angels? As all the cool kids got together at Teragram Ballroom for the alt pop trio MUNA, LA’s Lo Moon touched hearts and…
Nick Murphy Debuts New Music For The Finale of “30 Days In LA” [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! No words, no video, no photo can describe the greatness of the final installment of Red Bull Sound Select’s “30 Days In LA” at the Theatre at Ace Hotel …. but I’ll give it a try….
River Tiber Wows “30 Days In LA” With Their Soulful Jams [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! A laptop with patriotic Canadian flag sticker shows up on stage as the multi-instrumentalist River Tiber (nee Tommy Paxton-Beesley) and his band takes over The Theatre at the…
His Name Is Ayo Olatunji, And You Will Remember His Name [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! As Red Bull’s Sound Select’s “30 Days In LA” came to an end, it felt like we’d seen it all. The variety of talent, special guests, free goods,…
James Vincent McMorrow Returns To Los Angeles With Triumphant Wiltern Performance [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] “It’s a very special venue”, sighs James Vincent McMorrow as the artist comes out of the shadows, an onto the stage of the venerable Wiltern Theatre. It felt like we got an exceptional variation of vocals that…