Derrick Lee
Atomic Ape Comes Out Of 2 Year Hiatus To Blow Up The Blue Whale [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Formerly known as Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Atomic Ape came out of a two year hiatus to play a two set gig at The Blue Whale in Little Tokyo. The quintet led by Jason Schimmel hasn’t missed a beat, and on a…
I Am A Man Who Marched With Women And Found My Resolve
LOS ANGELES, CA- I wasn’t originally planning on attending the march. If I’m being completely honest, it wasn’t really on my radar. I had a handful of friends ask me if I was going to participate, but I kinda shrugged it off since I was…
The Weeks’ Drops First Music Video For Anticipated Album “Easy”
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Easy, the highly anticipated new album from rising Nashville-via-Mississippi band The Weeks, is set for release April 7 on Lightning Rod Records and the band has dropped a new video for album’s first track “Talk Like That”. Shot…
James Supercave’s Fan Got Uninhibited With Them At The Troubadour
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- With the release of their debut album, “Better Strange”, in early 2016, James Supercave kept themselves busy imbuing their infectious psych-pop to the masses, putting their best foot forward to earn the ears of more fans. Those fans came out in full…
SWIMM Finishes ’16 Strong With Inspired Gig At Troubadour
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- SWIMM had a busy 2016. Having spent most of the year on tour opening for bands like Dr. Dog and Rooney in support of their most recent EP “Beverly Hells”, they capped it all off with a killer performance at The Troubadour in…
Lukas Frank Fills The Troubadour With Shoegaze Vibes [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] “Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lukas Frank works as a busser at a ramen restaurant and makes music in his spare time.” I always try to do a little research prior to shows when there are…
Against The Current Returns To The Roxy To Leave Their Music “In Our Bones” [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] There was a lot of music that came out in 2016. In fact, there may have been too much … so much that you may have overlooked a gem here and there. Well, let me know throw…
Daughter’s Musical Journey of Beauty & Sadness Is Overwhelming [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] There’s is a somber beauty in Daughter’s music. With a penchant for delving deep into relentlessly heavy subject matter, their music will pull on your heart strings until it sheds a tear of blood. Their sophomore album, released January…
CRUISR’s Anthemic Indie Pop Rocks The Roxy [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] The band following Beach Weather was CRUISR, an indie pop/rock band based out of Philadelphia, though if you weren’t familiar with them you would have probably guessed that they were L.A. because their music has a laid-back vibrancy that…
Chanticleer Voices The Spirit of Christmas [REVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] There’s power in music. Especially during the holiday season. I spent all of my college career singing in a choral group, so I may be slightly biased when it comes to this topic, but I believe that there is…