Just Like Heaven 2025 matches temperature with on stage heat
It was in the mid-90s Saturday in Pasadena and the millennials were on fire. Just Like Heaven 2025 — the festival for those of us […]
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Parcels prove word-of-mouth still exists at sold-out Fox Pomona; announce October date at Forum
Last week, I had the opportunity to both hear some of the upcoming new record from Aussie electropop five-piece PARCELS at an intimate gathering up […]
Caravan Palace keeps swinging at The Novo
Caravan Palace sounds like steampunk if it came through a nightclub speaker — all brass, bass, and futuristic swing. The French band — known for […]
Ela Minus Exalts Herself at Zebulon
Zebulon, the Brooklyn-born venue now settled in LA, felt like it had been airlifted straight out of its original home last week. Not the tech-money […]
Rolling Loud California 2025 recap
Rolling Loud California 2025 rolled into Hollywood Park adjacent to SoFi Stadium this past weekend and it was quite a rollercoaster. Less than a month […]
Kate Nash makes LA return an iconic one at Teragram Ballroom
After six years away from the scene, long time indie-rock and “sad girl pop” icon Kate Nash finally stepped back onto her tour bus and […]
BANKS revisits ‘Goddess’ at sold-out El Rey
Los Angeles-based singer BANKS was at the El Rey Theatre back-to-back sold-out nights on Tuesday and Wednesday as she celebrated the 10th anniversary of her […]
Jade Bird gets up close and personal at Constellation Room
Sunday night, I took the road less traveled— the 405 South to Santa Ana. Welsh singer-songwriter Jade Bird is rounding out her Open Up The […]
Jet ‘Get Born’ again at sold-out Troubadour
The first concert I ever attended was when I was a teenager in 2005. Oasis was the headliner act at the Shoreline Amphitheatre but opening […]
HINDS reintroduce themselves at The Paramount
First the pandemic struck and, like all other bands, all momentum for HINDS came to a screeching halt. Then in 2022 their rhythm section, half […]