The Anti Groupies Bring Punk Energy To Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Final Film ‘Geisha War’
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is a special relationship between cult films and music. Sometimes a song helps define a movie. Other times, a movie introduces audiences to a band they might never have discovered otherwise. Over time, the two become inseparable. Think of the Pixies’…
Nobody Puts CHANMINA in a Corner: Inside the Japanese Superstar’s Defiant Rise at Zipangu Festival
LOS ANGELES, CA- The entertainment industry loves a neat label. One to slap onto an artist for an easy marketing campaign. Pop star. Hip-hop artist. Rocker. But what happens when an artist refuses the packaging? “CHANMINA! CHANMINA!” Before she even stepped onto the stage…
Sung Kang Talks Forza Horizon 6, Drifter, Tokyo Car Culture, and His Ultimate LoFi Driving Soundtrack
Sung Kang on the jacket that lit up Tokyo, a game he didn’t expect to love, and wearing LEDs to a car meet. LOS ANGELES, CA- I’ve stood under the neon glow of Tokyo at midnight, feeling the vibration of a modified engine hit straight…
Sunday (1994) Discuss Film, Faith, Songwriting, and Their Debut Album at Hollywood Forever
LOS ANGELES, CA- Before Sunday (1994) played a single note inside the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, they spent nearly an hour talking about the ideas that have shaped one of the most compelling young bands to emerge from the dream-pop landscape in recent…
Bright Eyes Celebrate 21 Years of “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” and “Digital Ash” at the Hollywood Bowl
LOS ANGELES, CA- Los Angeles’s famous June gloom has started to fog the city in the mornings. Though we can’t look forward to the sun’s rays waking us up, we can look forward to LA’s amphitheater season. There’s no venue with a longer or…
MAN WITH A MISSION Bring Humor, Heart, and Arena-Level Energy to Zipangu Festival 2026
LOS ANGELES, CA- For years, Japanese artists have cultivated enormous international fanbases online while the Western live industry lagged behind. Zipangu felt like one of the first large-scale American festivals willing to fully meet that audience where it already exists. And if any band…
FIFA Scores Big With LISA, Anitta & Rema’s “Goals” For The 2026 World Cup Soundtrack
LOS ANGELES, CA- For the FIFA World Cup 2026, the game itself may still be the centerpiece, but FIFA’s latest musical rollout suggests that the organization fully understands where global culture now lives. It lives online, across streaming platforms, fandom communities, social media ecosystems,…
Ella Clayton’s “Could It Be You?” Blends Folk, Soul, and Rock Into a Stirring Modern Folk Statement
LOS ANGELES, CA- Ella Clayton’s Could It Be You? is her second studio album. She moves comfortably between folk, soul, and rock, never forcing the genre shifts across the tracklist. Her voice is the anchor, warm and assured, capable of handling intimacy and grit…
Snail Mail Brings Reflection and Reinvention to The Wiltern in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- Seeing Snail Mail in 2026 feels a little different now compared to when Lindsey Jordan first emerged in the late 2010s as one of indie rock’s most promising young songwriters. Back then, her music carried a restless, emotionally direct energy that…
The 2026 LA Mayor’s Race: When the Only Sane Option Is the Guy Who Used to Be on The Hills
Listen, I never thought I’d type these words: We’re supporting Spencer Pratt for Mayor of Los Angeles. The same Spencer Pratt who once plotted against Lauren Conrad on reality TV, rocked a spray tan that could blind pilots, and spent his twenties yelling “HEIDI MONTAG!”…