Lafemmebear Is Letting Her Work Speak For Itself
HOLLYWOOD, CA – On her Facebook fan page, Lafemmebear proclaims in her bio: “I don’t want to be tokenized for being a Black transgender woman. I want my work to speak for itself.” It sure does. With her big, soulful voice, and her empowering music- both…
ModPods Don’t F*CK With Fake
HOLLYWOOD, CA – As soon as I saw the ModPods perform live at The Satellite back in January, I knew that I had to have them perform for Blurred Culture’s showcase at Madame Siam. The energy that they bring and “post-punk electro-dance” music that they…
Foolish Deep’s Caspar Madaus-Brück Gets Deep With Blurred Culture
HOLLYWOOD, CA- When I heard Foolish Deep’s single “One More Shot”, I was hooked. It was a jam that had some throwback vibes that made me wish I could teleport back to the late eighties to get my yacht rock on. Since science hasn’t deciphered…
Sage Charmaine Has Her Eyes On The Prize
HOLLYWOOD, CA- As Blurred Culture’s music editor, I get a lot of emails from aspiring artists asking me to listen to their new music. Believe it or not, press play on for everything I receive. If I hadn’t I would have missed out on discovering…
FriendlyBears Are Ready To Rock Your Face Off
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Earlier this year, I saw the grunge rock trio FriendlyBear rock an opening set at The Satellite. This trio of Megan Granger (Drums), Adam Bones (Bass/Backing Vocals) and Guy Jedidiah (Guitar/Lead Vocals) really left an impression on me… so much so that I asked them if they…
Jamestown Revival: A Turn in, to Step Out
LOS ANGELES, CA- Earlier this week, Jamestown Revival released their third album San Isabel. It is a devastatingly soulful and stripped down meditation on all the feels. If ever less was more, the profound simplicity of Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance’s delicate and beautiful vocal…
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 &…
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…
Pete Wilde is “Making Rock N’Roll Black Again”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Rock and Roll evolved from musical styles like gospel, blues, jazz and boogie woogie. All musical genres derived from black culture. Pete Wilde is “Making Rock N’Roll Black Again”. Growing up with music in his family (his step-dad, Eddie Minifield, is a…
Kishi Bashi And The Essence Of Omoiyari
LOS ANGELES, CA- Every summer, the Skirball Cultural Center holds a series of free summer concerts. The Sunset Concerts concluded it twenty-second season last month, and Blurred Culture was able to attend its August 23rd offering featuring the internationally renowned recording artist Kishi Bashi. It…
