Alone Together: Sleater-Kinney in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA- Few bands in the rock pantheon are as cherished by their fans as Sleater-Kinney. I would go so far as to say there’s a certain preciousness that permeates S-K fandom and it’s this preciousness that can at times seem to be both…
Bauhaus: Opening Night at the Hollywood Palladium. The Third Resurrection
LOS ANGELES, CA- Bauhaus, the iconic Post-Punk, Godfathers of Goth, reunited for the first time in 13 years. All original members, vocalist Peter Murphy, drummer Kevin Haskins, guitarist Daniel Ash and bassist David J., reunited on the heels of Peter Murphy’s heart attack back in August of this…
A Bit of New Orleans Comes to Los Angeles: Aaron Neville at Royce Hall
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I was seventeen years old, my now deceased mother moved from icy, grey-hued Buffalo, NY to the warm purple, green and gold Mardi Gras saturated French Quarter of New Orleans. After my first Greyhound trip down to ‘The City that Care…
FINNEAS Brings “Blood Harmony” To Two Sold Out Nights At Hollywood Forever
LOS ANGELES, CA- Back in 2014, at the Santa Monica Pier, I saw a band open up for Omar Souleyman and De Lux. They were the winners of a local “battle of the bands” contest, and they were called The Slightlys. In reviewing my…
Ceaselessly Upbeat and Aggressively Positive: Halloween Hijinks in Hollywood with Kero Kero Bonito
LOS ANGELES, CA- “If you had a bad day, I just want you to remember this moment we shared together.” If I could sum up the experience of seeing Kero Kero Bonito this past Thursday night at the Fonda in one word, that word…
40 Years of Social Distortion-Sounds From Behind The Orange Curtain
ORANGE COUNTY, CA- Social Distortion fans from around the country came out to the FivePoint Amphitheatre on October 26th to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the band. After spending the latter half of the summer on tour with Flogging Molly, they brought the party home…
Standout Performances by Hoodrich Pablo, Schoolboy Q & Lil Tracy Highlight Final Day At Day N Vegas!
HOME PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- “… You have to start the day off right with Flatbush Zombies. I mean these guys are just the definition of rappers who have created a wave of grunge drug rap. The rap trio…
No Travis Scott? No Problem! Day 2 Of Day N Vegas Brings The Heat!
HOME PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- Saturday’s lineup was the day that everyone got more bang for their buck. From starters such as ThouxanBanFauni, to Lil Baby, then to infamous trap sensation Young Nudy, I was kind of at a…
Blurred Culture Caught J Cole, Xavier Wulf and Nav On Day 1 Of Day N Vegas!
HOME PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- S “…Day 1 kicked off with an exciting trap lineup and I couldn’t wait to see the artist perform. It’s mainly the more underrated and upcoming artists that were performing and honestly, the first…
Joseph Arthur’s achingly beautiful album explores beginning again
BROOKLYN, NY — Human experience is far more nuanced than the binary of happy and sad. We can be filled with wide expanses of unhealed geography and yet be whole. Augusten Burroughs explores this concept in “How to Live Unhappily Ever After,” and his…
