Young and Talented, The Aces Are Primed To Have A Good Year [PHOTOS+REVIEW]
AUSTIN, TX- 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)…
Ann Wilson Shines Solo At The Historic Wiltern [REVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Given my great love of 70s and 80s rock, I was excited to see Ann Wilson of Heart play at the Wiltern. I hadn’t previously seen her play with Heart, and I somehow had never been to…
Against The Current Returns To The Roxy To Leave Their Music “In Our Bones” [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] There was a lot of music that came out in 2016. In fact, there may have been too much … so much that you may have overlooked a gem here and there. Well, let me know throw…
Beach Weather Was Effortlessly Cool At The Roxy [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] The first band to open for Against The Current at The Roxy was Beach Weather. Having released an EP earlier this year (“What A Drag”), the band, fronted by Nick Santino (formerly of Rocket To The Moon),…
HAIM Plays New Songs At Homecoming Gig For “30 Days In LA”
CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! HOLLYWOOD, CA- Earlier this year, HAIM announced the cancellation of their European tour dates in a handwritten letter explaining that they needed to spend more time working on their sophomore album. After wrapping up their North American, Summer…
Simple Plan’s Sold-Out Gig At The Troubadour Was “Perfect”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Earlier this year, Simple Plan released their fifth studio album, “Taking One For The Team”. Like their four prior albums, “Taking One For The Team” is imbued with their trademark “feel-good”, pop-punk sonics and melodies that have garnered them legions of loyal fans…
Squeeze And Their Fans Bask In Nostalgia At Music Tastes Good
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of Music Tastes Good 2016 RECAP: Squeeze is one of those iconic bands that have been around for decades. Perhaps you were around in the 70’s for their…
Aquile’s Early Set At KAABOO Made Everyone Smile
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: En route to the Trestles Stage, I saw some dudes going head to head with dueling alto saxophones. I hadn’t planned on checking them out…
Gavin DeGraw Honors The Troops At KAABOO
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: San Diego is a military town. It’s California’s second largest city, and with approximately 95,000 uniformed military personnel stationed in its borders. Gavin DeGraw made sure…
Hall & Oates Timeless Music At KAABOO Was Timed Perfectly
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: The timing of Hall & Oates set at KAABOO was almost too perfect. As the duo started their set of hit songs from the 70s…