Sam Smith Brings The Thrill Of It All To Los Angeles With Dramatic Flare
LOS ANGELES, CA- Sam Smith’s sophomore album, The Thrill Of It All, is an album that shines a light on the emotional depth of the singer’s soul. Saturated with dour themes of heartache and internal conflict, Sam left his heart in the studio on this effort,…
A Night Rocking The Casbah In San Diego
SAND DIEGO, CA- I quickly finished my energy drink as I stood in line for the sold out Rooney show at the Casbah in San Diego, California. As I entered the venue, I was greeted by the members of Sights and Sages, the local opening…
Aiming for Enrike’s Unique Sonics Blew Minds At SXSW
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SXSW 2018 COVERAGE! AUSTIN, TX- For most of our SXSW artist coverage, we’ll keep it relatively short and sweet. We have over 80 artists to cover, so cut us some slack! 😉 We’ll basically be formatting each post into two parts: (1) Why…
U2’s Experience + Innocence Tour Is About The Light In All Of Us During Dark Times
LOS ANGELES, CA- With over 14 studio albums and 8 EPs under their belt, U2 has the kind of repertoire that affords them the creative lee-way to do whatever it is they want when it comes to expressing their artistic and personal visions. In a…
Glaare’s Rachael Pierce Raised The Intensity At The Moroccan Lounge
LOS ANGELES, CA- The last time I saw Glaare perform live was when they were kicking off a west coast tour in January at Resident. The performance also came on the heels of the death of their lead singer’s (Rachael Pierce) father. Needless to say…
Sera Timms Dives Deep Into Dark Wave and Gothic Rock Sonics With Black Mare
LOS ANGELES, CA- Sera Timms discography is filled with heavy and hard hitting doom rock sonics. From Black Math Horseman to Ides of Gemini, Sera’s haunting vocals have always complimented some heavy guitar distortion amidst a metal haze. With Black Mare, Ms. Timms embarks on…
My Friends Were Right … Mating Ritual Is Pretty Damn Good
ECHO PARK, CA- Mating Ritual was the solo project of Pacific Air’s Ryan Lawhon. I had heard a lot of positive things about Mating Ritual from another Blurred Culture contributor, so when I heard that they were asked by Swimm to perform a set at…
Love Was In The Air For SWIMM To Love You Down
LOS ANGELES, CA- Following the success of last year’s Love You Down mini-fest, Swimm kicked off 2018 with its sophomore incarnation at The Echo with a fantastically curated line-up of local talent. But at the end of the day, the capacity crowd was there have Chris,…
Glaare Rises From Tragedy To Embark On New Journey
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I first heard music from Glaare’s debut album, I was instantly hooked. I basically grew up on dark wave, and their sonics hit a really sweet spot for me. Though there weren’t too many female fronted dark wave bands in my…
Born Ruffians’ “Miss You” Is A Catchy Raucous Rocker
LOS ANGELES, CA- We’ve got a few weeks before we fans of the Toronto band Born Ruffians can pick up a copy of their new studio album “Uncle, Duke & The Chief” (which gets released February 16th F.Y.I. via Yep Roc Records) …. BUT, we…
