Nina Diaz Returns To Alex’s Bar With “The Beat Is Dead” [PHOTOS]
LONG BEACH, CA- I don’t know how many times I can say it, but I absolutely love Nina Diaz’s music. Whether it’s her solo material or the music she puts out with her band Girl In A Coma, there’s something in the timbre of her lush alto…
SEE’s Acoustic Set Showcases Her Raw Pop Emotions [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Long Beach, CA- Joining Nina Diaz on tour is the twenty year old singer/songwriter from Long Island, NY, SEE. Her debut EP, produced by Brad Wood (Smashing Pumkins, Liz Phair) and Walter Dicristina, was released in 2016 and…
Don’t Sleep On The Night Game, They’ve Got Hits For Days
Los Angeles, CA- It’s not often that I get hooked on a band with just one song … and if that happens, I always hold my breath until I get to see how good that band is live. The Night Game hooked me with their…
Conor Oberst Brings His “Salutations” To The Greek [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Earlier this year, Conor Oberst released the companion album to his 2016 album “Ruminations”, “Salutations”. It’s an album that reworks many of the “Ruminations” tracks with additional instrumentation and sharp studio production while also adding a handful of new compositions….
Julien Baker Pulls Heart Strings With Every Pure Note
Los Angeles, CA- Though it was released in 2015, I wasn’t introduced to Julien Baker and her cathartic songs of heart-break until I saw her at FYF Fest in 2016. I left that performance with watery eyes and a new go-to artist for musical solace. Discovering that she…
I See You: The xx Returns To NYC [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] The sinuous movements, like their hushed, intimate songs, suggest both seduction and confrontation. On Friday night at New York’s historic Forest Hills Stadium, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim — vocalists/guitarists of The xx — traced steps…
We’re Hoping SWIMM Will “Love You Down” Every Year
LOS ANGELES, CA- It happened last month, but we couldn’t just let our photos of SWIMM performing at their inaugural “Love You Down Fest” at The Hi Hat just waste away … so here they are. How about them apples? We had to spend most of the…
Diet Cig Is Non-Stop Energy, Shredding Through Tour [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] The New York based pop punk duo Diet Cig released their debut album “Swear I’m Good At This” on April 7 of this year and hit the road to tour in support of this album. On May…
Blossoms Are Planting Their Seeds In The United States [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Foreign bands with huge followings in their native land often find it difficult to break into the U.S. market. For every Arctic Monkeys or Radiohead, there are dozens of other bands who can sell out huge venues, even…
Float Like A Butterly, Sting Like Bloodboy
FOR OUR COMPLETE BROKE L.A. COVERAGE CLICK HERE! LOS ANGELES, CA- The last artist I was able to catch at Broke L.A. was Lexie Papillon’s Bloodboy. I read somewhere online that Lexie was a surfer turned rocker, and watching her live performance I was thoroughly impressed with…
