Shame Concludes Their Successful U.S. Run With A Rowdy Performance In L.A.
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I was doing research for South by Southwest this year, I listened to a ridiculous amount of music. Ridiculous. Over time, the melodies of bands’ new music would eventually kind become background noise. Almost kinda like a white noise. Every so often,…
Vinyl Theatre Embraces a more Intimate Setting for a Night out in Durham, NC
DURHAM, NC- The indie rock trio Vinyl Theatre consists of Keegan Calmes (vocals/guitar), Chris Senner (keyboard), and Nick Cesarz (drums). Hailing from Milwaukee, WI, they first released their EP Goldin 2013, with their first full length album Electrogram following not far behind in 2014. When that…
The Brothers Melero Are Ready To Rock Your World As Saages
LOS ANGELES, CA- Saages is a new band that has performed for our weekly event at Madame Siam on multiple occasions. Why? Because they’re good. Period. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, SAAGES is a family affair with bothers Robert on vox &…
Bishop Gunn’s Southern Rock Had Los Angeles Going Wild
LOS ANGELES, CA- Back in September, Bishop Gunn opened for the wunderkind blues guitarist Marcus King, and they let a might impression on me. This band rocks and they rock hard. Equal parts country, blues, funk and good ole rock & roll, Bishop Gunn put…
BEL HAVEN Talks About New Projects Before Shining On the Madame Siam Stage
LOS ANGELES, CA- BEL HAVEN is the musical expressions of the extremely talented, and epically hard working, Dom Liberati. On September 15th, 2018, Blurred Culture and no season was able to host this multi-faceted musician at Madame Siam in Hollywood for a performance celebrating the…
Cherry Glazerr Tears It Up At KCRW’s Masquerade Ball
CLICK HERE to go back to Full Review of KCRW’s Masquerade Ball LOS ANGELES, CA- “… The L.A. based rock band Cherry Glazerr made some noise back in 2014 with their album Haxel Princess, a very solid garage punk effort. But since that album, the band underwent some…
White Denim Bring The Funk, Punk & Psych To KCRW’s Masquerade Ball
CLICK HERE to go back to Full Review of KCRW’s Masquerade Ball LOS ANGELES, CA- “… If you want to get a party started, book White Denim to play a set. This Austin, Texas based band with core members James Petralli (vocals, guitars) and Steve Terebecki (bass), bring a…
Shannon Shaw Bring Nashville To Downtown Los Angeles
CLICK HERE to go back to Full Review of KCRW’s Masquerade Ball LOS ANGELES, CA- “… Shannon Shaw has a busy 2018. As Shannon and the Clams, she released their latest album, Onion, in February and had been touring relentlessly with Dan Auerbach (who also produced…
Was Grizzly Bear’s Performance At The Hollywood Bowl Their Last In Los Angeles?
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s taken a while to get a post up about this concert event as I wasn’t quite sure what angle I should approach it at. After all, there had been suggestions- specifically by Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste- that this performance at the…
Courtney Barnett Tells Us How She Really Feels At The Greek Theatre
LOS ANGELES, CA- Courtney Barnett’s first studio work, the “double ep” A Sea Of Split Peas was a revelation. Its breakthrough track, “Avant Gardenner” was such a witty introduction to the musical stylings and clever lyricism of the Aussie rock and roller. After all, how many…
