My Third Time’s A Charm With SlowKiss At The Viper Room
Hollywood, CA- When I get into a band … I really get into a band. Back in March, while I was in Austin for SXSW I caught them perform in local bar. I was hooked. Their grungy alternative rock had me feigning for more, but when…
Spare Parts For Broken Hearts Rocks The Lost Knight At E.P.R. [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] For More Echo Park Rising 2017 Coverage Click Here! Echo Park, CA- “Echo Park Rising is a neighborhood event in it’s 7th year that focuses on the music, creativity, diversity and small businesses of Echo Park. There are…
Ramonda Hammer Crushes House Party With “Destroyer”
LOS ANGELES, CA- This past weekend, Ramonda Hammer celebrated the release of their critically acclaimed, Rolling Stone Magazine approved, EP “Destroyers” at Echo Park Rising. But earlier in the month, Blurred Culture had the privilege of attending a special house party hosted by the band to…
Miya Folick Surprised Me With Her Ferocious Intensity
ECHO PARK, CA- Miya Folick. All I can say is, “Damn … that gal was fierce.” I really didn’t know too much about her or her music, but I think it’s safe to say that I was pretty blown away with her performance opening for…
Ramonda Hammer Celebrates “Destroyers” With Crushing Gig At The Echoplex
ECHO PARK, CA- Ramonda Hammer has been busy in the studio this year, and the band dropped the lead single for their upcoming EP of the same name, “Destroyers”, earlier this month. “Destroyers” musically embodies everything that made me fall in love with the band to begin with….
Spare Parts for Broken Hearts Rock Hometown Venue [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Long Beach, CA- Ever since I caught Spare Parts for Broken Hearts at The Hi Hat back in January, I was keen on seeing them perform live again. Their music- loud, crunchy and filled with fiercely emotional angst- really taps a…
ICYMI: Spare Parts For Broken Heart’s “EVER” Is Raw & Visceral [VIDEO]
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s long overdue (since this video came out on March 25th, 2016), but I’d be remiss not to share the official video of Spare Parts for Broken Hearts song “Ever”. After all, if my iTunes play counter is any indication, I like…
Slowkiss Is So Good You’ll Ask For Seconds
Hollywood, CA- Of all bands that I saw at SXSW this year, a band that made my top 10 list was Slowkiss, an alt rock band based out of Santiago, Chile. When I found out that they had a gig at the Viper Room April, 1st, I…
Big Things Are Coming From The Big Moon
For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play, 4) Where are…
Ramonda Hammer Is Ushering In A New Generation Of Grunge
ECHO PARK, CA- Is it just me, or does it feel like 2017 is gonna be a year when music is defined by the resurgence of female fronted bands? It’s only April, and I have seen tons of killer new bands with women front and…
