A Night of Emotional Storytelling and Timeless Music With Victoria Canal & Friends
LOS ANGELES, CA- Hans Christian Andersen once eloquently stated, “Where words fail, music speaks.” For me, it is the music that masterfully combines the power of both melody and the written word that truly resonates. Timeless music that captivates the mind and soul is not…
Social Drag’s New EP Offers Moments Of Ferocious Growls to Delicate Cries
LOS ANGELES, CA- Social Drag is the gritty guitar-driven project of Los Angeles based singer-songwriter, Emily Hulslander. In 2020, the artist turned toward songwriting after a devastating breakup and emerged with a six-song homage to her ‘90s alt-rock roots. While Hulslander had been crafting skillful,…
Maggie Lindemann’s The Sucker Punch World Tour Hits Columbus, OH With A Vengance
LOS ANGELES, CA-Saturday, April 1. A day affectionately (for the most part) known for pulling harmless pranks and sorted frivolity. I traveled to the A&R Music Bar in Columbus, OH, to bear witness to a “new to me” musical discovery in Maggie Lindemann. I had found…
Pearl Z Slapped SXSW Upside The Face With Some Serious Hard Rock Energy
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE ACTS WE COVERED AT SXSW 2023 LOS ANGELES, CA- One of the first showcases I hit up at SXSW was the Music Tech Mashup! “powered by Dentity” and the Empire Garage. This lineup seemed to consist of local favorites;;…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Comes to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “He blew through this world with a perspective, a talent, and gifts that were unique. He’d be speaking the truth about racial injustice, about social injustice, about people and humans and how we all relate to each other.” – Lisane Basquiat (sister)…
Boy Deluxe Is Expanding Their Music Stylings
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OTHER ACTS PERFORMING AT CROOK’S 2023 RESIDENCY AT THE ECHO LOS ANGELES, CA- I love watching artists evolve over time. One artist who is metamorphosing before my eyes is Boy Deluxe. I first caught wind of this band years…
French protesters with flares storm BlackRock offices in Paris
Dozens of trade unionists invaded the offices of US-based investment firm BlackRock in protest against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms on Thursday. Members of the railway workers’ union set off firecrackers in the atrium of the Centorial building, near the capital’s Grands Boulevards, filling it with…
Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about the hi-tech treat. The…
Why California Has So Many Problems
The once great state is loosing on all metrics. What happened? Watch the video bellow to understand what’s going on in the golden state.
