(Guest Review Scott Sheahen) “Did you see the way she looked at me?” Because The Kooks hoped they are the only ones. They fired out of the gates rocking the Wiltern’s socks off. The British rock band strutted on stage, back lit, as if they were the opening montage to Entourage. Then Read more…
Best Fest brought their star-studded tribute/charity show to Hollywood this week, playing two shows on 09/13 and 09/14 at the Fonda, and it didn’t disappoint (never does). The crew at Best Fest have spent almost a decade now throwing these benefit shows, paying homage to legendary artists such as Bob Read more…
(Review by Eli) Coming off a three month hiatus from an otherwise consistent tour schedule, Brooklyn indie electro pop artist Penguin Prison took the stage Wednesday night in San Francisco to a mostly full crowd. The solo artist – backed by drums, guitar, synths, and bass – riffed his way through his Read more…
Stepping off the bus and onto the festival grounds for the first night of SnowGlobe, a bristling energy that is absolutely quintessential to this three day festival hits you in the face just hard enough to make you forget about the bite from the winter chill. With kids dressed from Read more…
Tens of thousands descended upon Douglas Park last weekend for the 2015 edition of Riot Fest, braving rain and a whole lot of mud to see an absolutely stacked lineup of music ranging from punk to reggae to metal to funk. Despite mucked up shoes and odd logistical issues, Riot Fest was absolutely worth the Read more…
It’s been a week since Treasure Island Music Festival closed its doors, and the sensations and feels have still not gone away. The two-day festival went off without a hitch, and brought some of the world’s most exciting and cutting edge artists to as intimate a festival venue as possible, Read more…
Perhaps the best way to describe Wolf Alice’s live show is to describe its audience. In the crowd I saw shirts for bands as diverse as Cage the Elephant, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mastodon and Marvin Gaye. I saw a woman carrying an XL Records tote, and I Read more…
The intimate Lyric Theatre on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles was the perfect venue for a night of elite spoken word poetry. The reformed playhouse has low ceilings, lower lights, and the kind of acoustics intended for stage theater that magnify a normal voice to the point where it Read more…