Peter Murphy Celebrates 40 Years of Bauhaus – A Night I’ll Cherish Forever
LOS ANGELES, CA- Torrential rains and flash flood warnings did not deter adoring fans from attending the Peter Murphy concert on January 16th at City National Grove in Anaheim. Post-punk/Goth pioneers Peter Murphy and David J Haskins, two original members of Bauhaus, flawlessly performed their 1980…
I’m Feeling ModPods, and I Think You Will Too
LOS ANGELES, CA- Have you ever been standing around at a club waiting for an artist you’re not familiar with to start playing, then all of a sudden the band starts to play and you’re like, “Holy shit!”? That happened to me when I saw…
Broken Baby Kicks Off 2019 With Headlining Gig At The Satellite
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I’m excited about a band, I’m excited about a band … and I’m excited about Broken Baby. Even though I have already seen them perform twice before in a matter of three months, I couldn’t help myself but catch them again…
Broken Baby Will Fix Your Post Punk Cravings
LOS ANGELES, CA- Late last year, I saw a band open for Dead Sara at the Teragram Ballroom that knocked my sock off: Broken Baby. The Los Angeles based band if formed around singer Amber and rock veteran/producer Alex Dezen (The Damnwells). With a fantastic…
An “Invitation To Her’s…” At The Echoplex Was An Invitation to Smile Along With Her’s
LOS ANGELES, CA- I don’t know how I stumbled up on it, but I fondly recall clicking on a song called “Speed Racer”, and was immediately bouncing to its lo-fi, cheery rhythms … on repeat … at least four or five times in a row….
I Worked Up A Sweat To Sextile’s Rhythmic, Post-Punk Sonics
LOS ANGELES, CA- I get pitched by publicists all the time about artists they represent, but even though I may love the music that I hear, time … and the fact that I often overextend myself to no end … prevents me from giving the…
Broken Baby Kicks Ass Live And Amber Bollinger’s Charisma Is Kinetic
LOS ANGELES, CA- Getting to gigs early has always been my modus operandi. If a band that I love is headlining, the odds are good that their openers won’t be anything to sneeze at. One of the bands opening for Dead Sara in October at…
Dead Sara’s Temporary Things Taking Up Space Tour Slays The Teragram Ballroom
LOS ANGELES, CA- Dead Sara. Dead. Fucking. Sara. I love this band. Ever since I caught them touring in support of their self-titled debut album at the El Rey back in 2013, I was hooked. At the time, their vicious live performance raised the bar…
Public Image Ltd Rock The OC For Fellow Gen Xers
SANTA ANA, CA- I glanced around the Observatory in Santa Ana, and the audience was filled with fellow Gen Xers, many dressed in cool band t-shirts and jeans. Southern California punk and goth Gen Xers are known for maintaining our cool edge well into our…
The English Beat Turns Sea.Hear.Now Into A Veritable Skank Fest
HOME PAGE | SATURDAY | SUNDAY ASBURY PARK, NJ- “… The English Beat turned the sandy, Jersey beach into a skank-fest / dance party, with the ska beats so infectious few could resist letting go. The English Beat date back to 1978 and are considered pioneers of the ska…
