Nick Hakim’s Soulful Expression Woos The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
Echo Park, CA- Three years in the making, Nick Hakim’s eagerly anticipated, debut full-length album (“Green Twins”) was released earlier this year. It’s an album that melds psychedelic soul and funk wrapped in an ethereal, downtempo cloak of mellow vibes. Imagine taking a 33 1/3…
Ella Vos Takes Breathes Away At The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
Echo Park, CA- Ella Vos likes to take her time. Ever since she dropped her first single “White Noise” in 2016 and Rolling Stone magazine noted her as one of 10 new artists that we needed to know in October 2016, she has been taking…
GROVES Opens For Ella Vos With A Solid Set At The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Echo Park, CA- The L.A. based band (via Texas) Groves has been hustling the past few months, playing tons of gigs opening for bands like La Bouquet and Katelyn Tarver and also playing a handful of festivals like…
EXES’ Electronic, Dream-Pop Sonics Fills The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Echo Park, CA- Opening for Ella Vos at The Echoplex on June 27, 2017 was the Los Angeles based electronic, dream-pop band EXES. Fronted by vocalist Allie McDonald, this band has recorded and released a handful of tracks…
Round Two With Lauren Ruth Ward Knocked Me Out
Echo Park, CA- There’s something magical about the musical creature named Lauren Ruth Ward. Ever since I saw her perform at The Roxy, I was instantly hooked. With a voice that some have called a “70s-Channelling mix of Janis Joplin and Courtney Barnett” and with a stage…
Moon Honey Concludes Residency At The Echoplex With Mystical Performance [PHOTOS]
ECHO PARK, CA- The Los Angeles based band (via New Orleans) Moon Honey concluded their month long residency at The Echoplex on 6/26/17, and my my my …. it was glorious to behold. I had gotten myself acclimated to their musical stylings by listening to the tracks…
Miya Folick Surprised Me With Her Ferocious Intensity
ECHO PARK, CA- Miya Folick. All I can say is, “Damn … that gal was fierce.” I really didn’t know too much about her or her music, but I think it’s safe to say that I was pretty blown away with her performance opening for…
Wall Of Ears Unleashes A Wall Of Sound At The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Los Angeles, CA- Last month, Moon Honey had a month long residency at The Echoplex (one free show a week throughout the month) and invited a plethora of bands to share the stage with them with opening…
Pom Poms Celebrate New Album By “Turn[ing] You Out” At The Echoplex [PHOTOS]
LOS ANGELES, CA- On June 13th, 2017, the Pom Poms, an L.A.-based psychedelic/garage rock band, celebrated the release of their album “Turn You Out” at The Echoplex. This is a band that I’ve had my eye on for a while. Over the course of the…
Ramonda Hammer Celebrates “Destroyers” With Crushing Gig At The Echoplex
ECHO PARK, CA- Ramonda Hammer has been busy in the studio this year, and the band dropped the lead single for their upcoming EP of the same name, “Destroyers”, earlier this month. “Destroyers” musically embodies everything that made me fall in love with the band to begin with….