Cincinnati Locals Vacation Opens For The Legendary The Damned At Bogart’s
CLICK HERE To Go Back To The Main Article! LOS ANGELES, CA- “…One thing I love is being introduced to new music from an exciting live band with great music and a stage presence. Such was the case with Cincinnati’s “grout rock outfit,” Vacation….
Genesis Owusu Sings In The Colors of High Energy Black and Red
MAIN PAGE | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- “…Genesis Owusu sings in the colors of high energy black and red. He walks onstage clad in a heavy black coat covered in red hands, surrounded by hype men in black masks and covered in chains, who…
Circle Jerks Celebrate Group Sex At This Ain’t No Picnic
MAIN PAGE | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- “…You can’t go wrong booking an iconic band (of any genre) at a music festival, and Circle Jerks are perhaps one of the most iconic Los Angeles-based hardcore punk bands ever. Formed in 1979, these punk stalwarts…
LCD Soundsystem’s Tightrope Walk Between High-Energy Dance Music and Relaxing Chill Hypnotized This Ain’t No Picnic
MAIN PAGE | SATURDAY | SUNDAY LOS ANGELES, CA- “…LCD Soundsystem capped off the first night with a glowing light show and music that turned the crowd into an ebbing and flowing ocean of humanity. The band’s tightrope walk between high-energy dance music and relaxing chill…
Ani DiFranco Brings Back Some of That “Living In Clip” Magic With Andy Stochansky At The Ford
LOS ANGELES, CA- For someone who live pretty frugally, I’m pretty proud of my music collection. I’ve got 1351 compacts discs, and 342 vinyl records that I’ve ordered chronologically, alphabetized by name/last name. The only time I make any exceptions to my OCD-like organizing…
Flogging Molly and The Interrupters Rock Through Columbus, Ohio
LOS ANGELES, CA- Saturday, June 25th was a day of firsts for me. I covered my first show on the east side of the country after relocating from California. My first time in Columbus, Ohio. My first time at Kemba LIVE!, a cool open-air venue. My…
Poppy’s “Never Find My Place Tour” Finds It’s Place In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s nothing I love in the world of music than watching an artist grow into their own, kick-ass, and take names. Poppy is one artist whose continuous creative metamorphosis makes me appreciate them more and more with each album cycle. In the…
The “Fail of Fianna Fáil” and the Triumph of Fontaines D.C.’s Post-Punk Imaginings
NEW YORK, NY- They hurl jokes about the IRA, tauntingly call him “Paddy,” and tell him to go home. Grian Chatten, the frontman of Fontaines D.C., is an Irishman living in London. Though the UK of 2022 is not the landscape of The Troubles,…
Catching Up With Speed of Light
LOS ANGELES, CA- SPEED OF LIGHT is a trio out of Santa Monica, California and they rock hard. Like, REAL hard. What’s makes them special, you ask? Aren’t there plenty of bands these days who “rock”? Well… for one, they’re siblings. Second, they’re all teens….
A Musical Baptism Courtesy of Alicia Bognanno’s Bully
LOS ANGELES, CA- During the fall of 2020, I was in a funk. The world was getting tired of its obnoxious new neighbor, Covid 19, and we were all negotiating lock-downs and fears in our relative solitude. There really wasn’t much to look forward to…
