Dead Sara’s 2nd of 3 Residency Gigs At El Cid Has Fans Anxious For More [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
ECHO PARK, CA- Back in March, Dead Sara- one of my favorite Los Angeles based rock bands- played a month long residency at El Cid, a tiny Silver Lake venue (capacity 125) which is known more for its tapas and flamenco shows than hard hitting,…
Social Distortion Perform Sold Out Show In Pomona [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] It’s Saturday night in the quaint and artsy city of Pomona, California and as I make my way toward the Fox Theater, I walk through night markets that smell of sizzling Mexican food, past cafes, and hole-in-the-wall…
Who Is Knower, And Why Should You Know Them? [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
Los Angeles- Knower is a Los Angeles-based band whose core members are Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi. Knower’s music can be classified as indie electronica, but when they have the players jam with them on stage, there’s nothing electronic about it. Knower kicks ass. Any…
Vaud and The Villains Bring Their Raucous Good Time To The Broad Stage [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] It’s rare to see a band larger than five members in Los Angeles. So, it’s an extravagance to see a 19 member jazz troupe…BUT to call Vaud and The Villains simply a jazz group is to diminish…
Jade Jackson’s Music Haunts Fox Theater Pomona
POMONA, CA- The first thing I notice as I look through my camera lens as Jade Jackson takes the stage of the Fox Theater Pomona, strapping on her Gibson Acoustic J-45, is just how stunning she is. In her shimmering tank top, the color of…
The Head And The Heart Warms Hearts In Cold Ithaca [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] It gets pretty cold in Ithaca. On this day, March 4th, 2017, the actual low temperature was just about freezing (literally). But there’s nothing like some good music to warm the heart and soul. Inside the State…
Springtime Carnivore’s Technicolor Daydream Pop & Greta Morgan Delight Ithaca [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] When Springtime Carnivore took to The State Theater stage, their front woman Greta Morgan introduced the band explaining, “We booked an Airbnb and once we arrived we realized it was in a cemetery.” Welcome to Ithaca, Springtime…
Thao Nguyen Goes Solo In The Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Landmark Venue [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] On St. Patricks Day, Los Angeles fans were treated to a stripped down, bare bones performance by one of indie rocks’s most heartfelt and earnest voices in music – Thao of The Get Down Stay Down –…
John Adams’ “Nixon In China” Is A Monumental Work Of American Minimalist Composition [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] I’ve always found opera to be the most difficult form of music to review, if only because there’s not supposed to be anything you can compare it to. If you go see the Strokes (or Tool or…
222 Celebrates The Release Of Sophomore Album At Lucky Strike Live
HOLLYWOOD, CA- I don’t often embark on a 50 minute commute to catch a relatively new band, but there was something infectious about 222’s new single, “I”m Not Trying To Be You”, that compelled me to make the trek … on a weekday no less. 222’s…
