No Matter How Big the Stage, Kurt Vile Invites You into a Living-Room Jam
LOS ANGELES, CA- Kurt Vile brought his brand of ambling, psychedelic folk rock to the Wiltern in Los Angeles before the year wrapped, showcasing his his seventh and latest solo release, Bottle It In, an album he called his “bestest, deepest (and weirdest) record yet.”…
Bullet Height Unleashed Its “No Atonement” At The Whisky A Go-Go
LOS ANGELES, CA- Bullet Height is an electronic rock duo that was formed in Berlin, Germany by Jon Courtney (Pure Reason Revolution) and Sammi Doll (IAMX). While Jon had to remain in Berlin to raise a family, Sammi Doll is based out of Los Angeles,…
Texas Death Star Shreds The Whisky
LOS ANGELES, CA- Texas Death Star. The name alone captures the imagination. Though they don’t have any Star Wars memorabilia accompany them on stage, nor are they from Texas (they are an L.A. based band), their music is loud and shredding enough to cause some…
Rob Zombie Brought The Party- And Special Guests- To OZZFEST
CLICK HERE To Check Out Our Full Coverage Of OZZFEST 2018 LOS ANGELES, CA- “…Rob Zombie followed with a party of his own. He joked with the audience that he had a rough time the night before at a hotel party in Reno, so he…
Thom Yorke Gifts Los Angeles Two “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” Before The Holidays
LOS ANGELES, CA- Thom Yorke played two nights of nearly identical solo sets at the Orpheum Theatre but it’s clearly a testament to his remarkable energy and showmanship that fans who attended both evenings would walk away from night two feeling they’d had a completely different…
WITH BOTH POWER AND EASE, MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA SHINES IN ROCHESTER
ROCHESTER, NY- On Monday night, western New York saw the return of the alternative rock quintet, Manchester Orchestra, who had slayed the Buffalo over the summer. Hitting the Main Street Armory this time around on their co-headlining tour with the Front Bottoms- with whom they’ve…
The Aquadolls Get Festive With New Track “Mrs. Clause”
LOS ANGELES, CA- The Aquadolls released their latest album, “The Dream And The Deception” last month. It’s a solid 18 song collection of the lo-fi goodness that we’ve come to love about the band (“I’m A Star”, “Cigboi”, “The Mess”), but it’s an album that…
Ben Howard Brings His “Noonday Dream” To NYC
NEW YORK, NY- When Ben Howard stepped off the stage after closing his main set (with “Sister“), a lilting melody emerged from the packed floor of Hammerstein Ballroom. The crowd, temporarily shrouded in darkness, was humming in unison the falsetto intro to “Wolves” from the…
I Worked Up A Sweat To Sextile’s Rhythmic, Post-Punk Sonics
LOS ANGELES, CA- I get pitched by publicists all the time about artists they represent, but even though I may love the music that I hear, time … and the fact that I often overextend myself to no end … prevents me from giving the…
Dead Sara’s Temporary Things Taking Up Space Tour Slays The Teragram Ballroom
LOS ANGELES, CA- Dead Sara. Dead. Fucking. Sara. I love this band. Ever since I caught them touring in support of their self-titled debut album at the El Rey back in 2013, I was hooked. At the time, their vicious live performance raised the bar…
