Dexter and the Moonrocks and Girl Tones Light Up The Troubadour in Sold-Out Los Angeles Show
LOS ANGELES, CA- The Troubadour holds a special place in my heart for the same reason it holds a special place in Los Angeles; it acts as a time capsule as much as it acts as a concert venue. Those walls have been listening for…
City of the Sun Bring Swagger and Transcendence to the Lodge Room
LOS ANGELES, CA- City of the Sun brings insane levels of swagger to instrumental guitar. Typically, instrumental music isn’t really a genre with much traction outside of elitist performance venues. I’m thinking about quasi-recitals at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where half the people…
Faye Webster at Walt Disney Concert Hall: Underdressed at the Symphony and a New Generation’s Orchestral Awakening
Writer’s Note: This piece was originally intended for publication in November, shortly after Faye Webster’s performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, its release was delayed, and with time came an unexpected challenge. Writing about a moment that felt so immediate…
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2025 Unites LA’s Rock Community at the Kia Forum
LOS ANGELES, CA- A lineup of early aughts rock shook the Kia Forum on Dec. 13 during Audacy’s KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, the 34th holiday charity gig from the seminal LA rock and alternative radio station. Rise Against, Papa Roach, Evanescence and Social Distortion brought…
The Maine Celebrate 20 Years with Intimate No Vacancy Pop Up in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Life is better when people are kind” was the message espoused by The Maine frontman John O’Callaghan at the band’s pop-up show December 1 in Los Angeles. The event occurred at the historic No Vacancy where the AZ-based band and an exclusive…
FLETCHER Returns to the Stage with an Intimate Brooklyn Paramount Performance
BROOKLYN, NY- After a year long hiatus from the stage, FLETCHER returned with the kind of presence that reminds you why she is such a compelling performer. FLETCHER, whose real name is Cari Fletcher, created a space that felt less like a traditional concert and…
Wolf Alice at The Wiltern: A Decade of Anticipation and the Artistry of The Clearing
LOS ANGELES, CA- I have followed Wolf Alice for close to a decade, always missing the touring cycles or hearing about the shows a little too late to make it. They were one of those bands I kept promising myself I would finally see the…
Garbage’s Last U.S. Headlining Tour at the Hollywood Palladium Was a Night Fans Will Never Forget
LOS ANGELES, CA- I’m still buzzing from Garbage’s show at the Hollywood Palladium earlier this month. The band had announced that this would be their last U.S. headlining tour, and knowing this made the entire night feel sacred, like the whole crowd understood we were…
Big Thief’s Moody Amphitheater Performance Captures a Band Still Evolving
AUSTIN, TX- Big Thief closed in on the end of their twenty date North American tour with a stop in Austin, TX on November 5th, the penultimate show before wrapping up a run supporting their sixth studio album ‘Double Infinity’ released in early September via…
How Kat Cunning Reminded Me of Their Power at The Echo
LOS ANGELES, CA- I caught Kat Cunning at The Echo on October 6 and the show felt like a reunion with an artist whose work has stayed lodged somewhere in the back of my mind since 2022. My introduction to them came at the Troubadour…
