Main Fest Alhambra Inaugural Festival Kicks Of With Capital Cities
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] On September 10, 2015, Downtown Alhambra played host to the inaugural music festival MainFest. The idea for the festival was borne from the mind of an Alhambra native, Joanna Vargas. A local business woman, Joanna’s passion for music…
Thee Commons Rocked at MainFest Alhambra
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE For More MainFest Alhambra Coverage! RECAP: Clowns, man. They creep me out. It was my first time watching/listening to Thee Commons perform live, and perhaps their musical concoction of psychedelic, surf rock and cumbia lends…
Marc Baker Brought The Charisma at MainFest Alhambra
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE For More MainFest Alhambra Coverage! RECAP: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it here: Marc Baker is a VERY charismatic performer. Like Too Bad immediately before him, the MainFest crowd was only slowly trickling in…
Venice Beach’s Too Bad Kicked Off MainFest Alhambra
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE For More MainFest Alhambra Coverage! RECAP: The Venice Beach based trio Too Bad had the privilege of being the first act to grace the main stage of MainFest Alhambra’s inaugural music festival. Though the crowd…
The Evolution of Nina Diaz [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] It’s been a long time coming, but on October 28, 2016, Nina Diaz’s solo album, “The Beat Is Dead”, will see the light of day. I’ve been following Nina’s career since I saw her band Girl…
Meet The New Face “Electro-Dance Rock”: TOO BAD [INTERVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Kicking off the action on the main stage at the inaugural incarnation of MainFest Alhambra was the local band based out of Venice Beach: Too Bad. Consisting of Jason Napier (“J-Rock”) on guitar and vocals, Gerry Saint…
How Will You KAABOO?
Entering its second year of musical existence, KAABOO returns to the Del Mar Fairgrounds to provide the sunny city of San Diego with a musical bonanza. Last year, Bryan Gordon, one of KAABOO’s founding organizers, was quoted as saying that the upstart music festival was a “fictional world”…
The Walcotts’ Tom Cusimano Opens Up About The Songs of “Let The Devil Win” [INTERVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Tom Cusimano is a founding member of the band The Walcotts. Having earned solid praise from critics for their style of American Rock and Roll that effortlessly melds roots music, soul, blues and country, they are currently…
Sting’s Intimate Performance At KROQ Has More Meaning Than He’ll Ever Know [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] On August 31, 2016, after a 13 year absence, Sting was back live on KROQ’s radio waves. With check in for the event starting at 6:30am, it was a special concert/interview billed as “Breakfast with Sting”, hosted…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Sonic Textures & Infectious Hooks Envelope The Pier [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE REST OF OUR COVERAGE OF SANTA MONICA PIER’S TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES SANTA MONICA, CA- Bands that are able to faithfully recreate the sonics of their albums “live” earn high marks in my book. They earn even higher marks when the music is…
