Boy George and Culture Club pack two nights of nostalgia At the Hollywood Bowl.
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Last weekend, British pop icon Boy George & Culture Club closed out ‘The Letting It Go Show’ tour with two nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Fans were also treated to an opening set from fellow ’80s chart-toppers, Berlin. The result was a night…
Harsh Symmetry Releases Sophomore LP “Imitation”: “It Was a Labor of Love”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Today, Friday, September 1st, 2023, Harsh Symmetry shares his sophomore LP Imitation via Fabrika Records. The solo synthesizer-based project of LA-based musician Julian Sharwarko, 21, Harsh Symmetry combines the dark sounds of 1980s post-punk, minimal, and coldwave to produce a gloomy yet…
Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s Co-Headlining Tour Fills the Greek with 90’s Nostalgia
LOS ANGELES, CA- Summer in LA is always a time to rejoice in good weather and outdoor concerts and the Greek Theatre is one of my favorite venues to catch a show at, so I was thrilled when the co-headlining tour featuring 90’s idols Garbage and…
Eye of the Storm: Love and Rockets Touch Down in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA- Freshly reunited trio Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and David J, collectively known as Love and Rockets, graced the stage at the Fillmore in Philadelphia. This reunion has been one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent history, especially after the unexpected dissolution of the…
Mareux Plays a Sold-Out Hometown Show at the Fonda in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- Spirits were high on Friday, June 2nd, as I prepared to catch a live performance from Mareux for the fourth time. On my way to the photo pit, I ran into a group of four girls, each dressed almost identically to me:…
Stumbling Upon Poison Ruïn’s Raw Punk Energy at SXSW
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE ACTS WE COVERED AT SXSW 2023 AUSTIN, TX- I hadn’t planned on checking Poison Ruïn out, but as fate would have it, I was walking by Hotel Vegas on my way to catch an act at a different venue,…
From SoundCloud to Coachella: The Rise of Darkwave Prince Mareux
LOS ANGELES, CA- In 2020, Mareux took the internet by storm with his track “The Perfect Girl”, a darkwave reimagination of The Cure’s 1987 track of the same title, driven by its dreamy, cinematic synths and hypnotic original melody. As Mareux, musician and producer Aryan Ashtiani…
SOFT VEIN Talks Inspiration, Aspirations, and Finding Freedom and Solitude in Music
If I wasn’t making music, I wouldn’t feel like a complete person. If I wasn’t performing it… I’d feel equally incomplete.” – SOFT VEIN, LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s finally Friday: the date is March 4th, 2023. I headed in through the back door at Don Quixote…
RVG’s Romy Vager Charms Audience with Emotive Lyrics and Raw Performance
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE ACTS WE COVERED AT SXSW 2023 AUSTIN, TX- RVG is an Australian post-punk band which formed in 2015 consisting of Romy, Marc Nolte, Reuben Bloxham and Isabele Wallace. RVG’s debut album, “A Quality of Mercy”, was released in 2017….
Algiers Pushes Boundaries and Stays True to Their Roots at SXSW
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE ACTS WE COVERED AT SXSW 2023 AUSTIN, TX- It had been some time since I had the privilege of experiencing Algiers’ dynamic live performances. If memory serves me right, it was back in 2016 when they opened for Savages…
