There are four conclusions to be made about Hollywood: One, all roads lead to Cahuenga, two, dressed up street performers are a mixture of funny and tragic, three, parking is the worse, and four, if it is the weekend, there’s bound to be a great show in the area somewhere. This past Saturday, the fourth
1977 is widely considered the year punk exploded, with classic releases from the likes of Sex Pistols, The Clash and Ramones. Towards the end of the year, Wire appeared with their debut record Pink Flag, approaching the punk attitude in fresh and unique way which went on to influence a multitude of modern genres including
Tom Jenkinson, better known as Squarepusher, is constantly blowing our minds, and consequently probably blowing our ear drums out as well. With each new release, he tweaks his sound, and like any good musician, he tries to push himself forward and does something new each time. “Damogen Furies” is his first solo LP in three
It is said brevity is the soul of wit, Northampton, Mass. based four piece Speedy Ortiz definitely bring that thought to mind with their second studio album “Foil Deer.” The group’s raw meets Pop sound coalesced with vocalist Sadie Dupuis’ audaciously clever lyrics have made Speedy Ortiz a much buzzed new band out of the
A wonderful Monday night in Downtown Los Angeles would be incomplete without a dive into the genius of a true legend, or maybe that’s just me. Either way, I dove into the genius of a true legend Monday night, deal with it. Downtown has some of my favorite venues in town, and tonight I got
Oh the 90s. In the past few years, the world has celebrated some of the decade’s classic trends with such a nostalgic fervor that it’s almost hard to believe that it was over 20 years ago. While pop music shook off the glossy synthetic excess of the 80s by way of Nirvana’s angst and Oasis’s
Toro y Moi, also known as Chaz Bundick, is perhaps one of the bigger names in the Indie Pop and Electronic circuit. His debut was in 2010 with “Causers of This” and he has just come out with his new album, “What For?” In the last five years, Bundick has not only released four great
Drug Cabin is part of the wave that has softly landed on the shores of the Los Angeles indie scene that echoes the 1970s singer-songwriter artists and soft rock bands like Steely Dan, Chicago, Todd Rundgren, and Neil Sedaka. Drug Cabin’s third release, “Wiggle Room”, is teeming with mellow grooves and clean guitar chords on
Some of us can’t afford a tumultuous trip to Miami for the week dedicated to EDM club parties, or it’s massive Ultra Music Festival. Luckily, we Angelenos have our awesome clubs to suffice. While almost every established Electronic artist stayed in Miami this past week, Italian DJ and legend in the making Crookers came back
It’s a Tuesday night, March 25th 2015 to be exact. All the shops and museums along Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile District of the great city of Los Angeles are closed. Cal-Trans is hard at work accomplishing some task that entails tearing up and repaving the asphalt between La Brea and La Cienega, people