Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Made Me An Outlaw And Brought Me Closer To Americana’s Roots
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SXSW AND LUCK REUNION 2018 COVERAGE! SPICEWOOD, TX- After a couple of days walking miles, and fighting drunken crowds, in the streets of Austin for SXSW, I was excited to enjoy a little reprieve and head out to Spicewood, TX to…
Pushing At The Edges: NoMBe Releases Debut Album “They Might’ve Even Loved Me”
LOS ANGELES, CA-Noah McBeth p/k/a “NoMBe” falls to the feet of his guitarist, Heather Baker, rippling his body and swinging his head to the rhythm, paying respect as she tears through another sizzling riff. With patterned silk tied across his forehead and dark, all-jean ensemble,…
Gogol Bordello’s Gypsy Punk Brings Electricity- And Regina Spektor- To The Fonda
LOS ANGELES, CA- I think is has something to do with the floor to ceiling Hieronymus Bosch painting on the walls, or the purple lights that seem to be the lighting engineer’s go to before starting any show here. Or, perhaps it’s because back in…
Tory Lanez’s Performance Hyped Up Toronto For His Sophomore Album “Memories Don’t Die”
TORONTO, ON- This past weekend, Toronto rapper and grammy-nominated artist Daystar Peterson, better known by his stage name Tory Lanez, came through the Queen City to play a free show at the Mod Club. A couple weeks prior to his performance in Toronto, Lanez announced…
Loners, Together: Missio + Welshly Arms in NYC
NEW YORK, NY- The house lights are turned down low and the stage illuminated just enough for us to discern angular silhouettes moving into view. As the strip-lights flash white, the crowd screams its excitement. The three musicians — Matthew Brue and David Butler, the…
My Backwards Look: Frightened Rabbit Marks 10 Years of The Midnight Organ Fight
NEW YORK, NY- We hide self-doubt behind a facade of detachment, present a carefully-groomed social-media face to the world, and speak in a manner that erases the line between sincerity and irony. That’s part of the postmodern condition, where hyperconnectivity produces alienation, truth comes in…
Enter Shikari’s Spark Burns Bright In Los Angeles
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- Last year, Enter Shikari released their fifth studio album, “The Spark”. It was a little bit of a departure from the “electronicore, stadium-scream” that they’ve become known for, but it was also an album that gave their fans an opportunity to see them…
Lauren Ruth Ward Looks To The Future Following Successful January Residency
ECHO PARK, CA- In January, the inimitable Lauren Ruth Ward scheduled a month-long residency at The Echo where every Monday, she and some of her close friends entertained fans who were willing to head out on a school night to rock out with her. The…
Love Was In The Air For SWIMM To Love You Down
LOS ANGELES, CA- Following the success of last year’s Love You Down mini-fest, Swimm kicked off 2018 with its sophomore incarnation at The Echo with a fantastically curated line-up of local talent. But at the end of the day, the capacity crowd was there have Chris,…
K.Flay Returns To L.A. And Slays The Fonda Theatre
LOS ANGELES, CA- 2017 was a pretty good year for K.Flay. Once a critical darling of the NorCal, underground hip-hop scene, she released her first major-label album “Every Where Is Somewhere” in early 2017, which subsequently garnered mass appeal with her uniquely confessional rock/hip-hop musicality….
