(Live Review by Chriskol) It’s 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning and what should have been my initial wake-up time, became the moment of snooze button abuse and regret for having stayed out late the night before. I will reverberate back to this later on, but for now I’ve managed Read more…
Despite relocating twice since the last year’s event, Tenacious D’s comedy bacchanal that is Festival Supreme went down smoothly at the Shrine Auditorium and grounds on Saturday. The venue – essentially the cavernous Shrine Auditorium, with stages in the adjacent gymnasium and its small parking lot – was weirdly tiny enough Read more…
Welcome back to reality Groove Cruise Captains- only 5 days after we all got back to Los Angeles from the 72 hours of nonstop partying aboard the 2014 Groove Cruise LA! Ya, it took that long. For those of you who just experienced the Groove Cruise, what can we say? You Read more…
It’s hard to figure out what exactly sets Buzzcocks apart from other 70s punk bands, but it was even harder to spot it at their concert at the Fonda on Wednesday. Started in 1976, Buzzcocks are one of the most important founding Punk bands. But their music has a much lighter Read more…
(Guest Review by Tracy Smith) “We will always be your little secret,” Rixton lead singer Jake Roche repeated throughout the show to their beloved fans. A secret not well kept due to the overwhelming support the four man group from Manchester received on their recent The Broken Heart Tour. Their Read more…
(Guest review by Dani Chavez) Arctic Monkeys invaded SoCal for a sold-out show at Staples Center Thursday night. Led by front man Alex Turner, these British indie-rockers went through a lot of their catalog, playing classics like “I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor” and “505” and mixing Read more…
California’s own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (or simply “BRMC” for the initiated and/or impatient) gave their SoCal fans a special treat last night, playing a sold-out set at The Observatory in Santa Ana in advance of their Staples Center show tomorrow night with the Arctic Monkeys. If there’s one thing Read more…
“Music is the celebration of all the things in life that make us most human — the joy, the pain, the love.” That statement is the vein that seems to run through all of ERLAND’s music. Orange County solo artist turned band frontman Erland Wanberg released his debut album “On Read more…