With Their Debut Album Slated For Release In Early 2019, It’s Time To Get To Know GOON
LOS ANGELES, CA- Back in October, I saw the U.K. band Shame rock The Teragram. As I’m organizing the photos I took this year, I noticed that I neglected to post my thoughts and photos of one of the bands that opened for them: Goon….
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…
Carlie Hanson Is Looking To Mix It Up In 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA- The first thing I noticed about Carlie when I met her was her sense of humor. Walking around the The Greek taking pictures, she always took a moment to crack a joke or make a face into the camera. I loved the…
Olly Alexander Is Electric At The Wiltern
LOS ANGELES, CA- For a band that had the fastest-selling debut album on the U.K. Albums Chart in 2015, I was surprised at my lack of knowledge of Years & Years. I’d like to think that I’m pretty up-to-date on music news, but I had…
Bahari Bids A Fond Farewell To A Member And Will Enter 2019 As A Duo
LOS ANGELES, CA- The first time I saw Bahari perform was at KAABOO in 2016. I was impressed with this young trio’s synthpop sonics, and have been keeping an eye on them since. As luck would have it, they performed an opening set for Kid…
5 Reasons Why You Should Get Yourself To The El Rey On Thursday For Lauren Ruth Ward
LOS ANGELES, CA- Ok … so if you’ve been keeping an eye on my personal contributions to Blurred Culture, you’ve probably noticed that I’m a big fan of the one … the only … Lauren Ruth Ward. On Thursday December 6th, Lauren will be headlining…
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…
Broken Baby Kicks Ass Live And Amber Bollinger’s Charisma Is Kinetic
LOS ANGELES, CA- Getting to gigs early has always been my modus operandi. If a band that I love is headlining, the odds are good that their openers won’t be anything to sneeze at. One of the bands opening for Dead Sara in October at…
We Took A “Joyride” With Russo At The Echo In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- Russo is a 4 piece band consisting of Cailin Russo (lead-vocals), Hayley Brownell (drums, backing vocals), Tyler McCarthy (guitar) and Sean Ritchie (bass). They are a new band having formed this year, but they’ve had a busy 2018, releasing their debut EP, House…
Check Out More Photos Of Leland At The Billy Ball!!!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM THE BILLY BALL! LOS ANGELES, CA- “…The singer/songwriter theme continued when Leland stepped up to the mic. Brett Leland McLaughlin’s songwriting repertoire is impressive. Over the past four years, he’s co-written songs with artist’s like Allie X, Daya, Troye…
