Apparently the Airliner held a little battle of the bands last night, various musical acts competing for a prize and some much needed recognition. But I wasn’t there for all of that, I was there to witness Fire In The Asylum… Read the rest of this entry »
Smooooooooth! That’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of Mayer Hawthorne. I saw him play at the Echoplex Tuesday night. It was a Stones Throw record label night and oh, what a night it was. I had been having a bad day and thought I might not make it to the show, but I knew that would be a very bad choice, especially since Tuesday night marked the last time… Read the rest of this entry »
Oh man, do I miss the live-score series the Silent Movie Theatre did last February. There’s just nothing else like seeing live music performed to giant moving picture. It’s engaging and thrilling and a lot like seeing live theatre (but added bonus of being able to rock out). So you can imagine how badly I flipped out when I learned that Throbbing Gristle were coming to Hollywood to perform a live score to a Derek Jarman film. I was so excited I didn’t even mind coughing up Ticketmaster fees… Read the rest of this entry »
Music, is the ultimate form of visualization and the pretty picture it can paint in one’s mind. When you listen to The Grizzly Owls, their music creates a vastly rich landscape of musical sounds that combine the folk and country twang that has been like coffee for me lately. It is a new addiction that I cannot get enough of! Deeply lathered in the eerie vocals of Jenny Andreotti, this band creates a moment, like a steady procession through a scenic moment as it builds its sound… Read the rest of this entry »
The other day as I drove around LA, trying to look cool, I had a-wait-I-might-be-cool -after-all moment, when on my iPod, a band that emailed me came up and my friends, said wow, we like these guys. Can you turn it up?… Read the rest of this entry »
In the last season finale of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie wrote a musical to impress the love of his life — even though she hates his guts. Once his friends from the bar found out, they throw their inexperience as actors to the wind, and demand to star in it…Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve stood around at a lot of concerts and waited. Waited for the bands to get on stage, waited for the artists to sound check and sometimes (God forbid) even waited in line. Sometimes it can be fun watching your favorite artist’s set-up their show. Read the rest of this entry »
Judging from the inside of the Second Street Jazz Club you can’t really tell what’s going on. The venue plays host to tons of different musical genres which are listed in bright lights above the club’s entrance. Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock and Hip-Hop are all welcome – yet tonight’s hip hop crowd plays an odd juxtapose to the restaurant’s bar-grill aesthetic. Read the rest of this entry »
Los Angeles weather confounds me. How did it go from 50 degrees to 90 in just four days?! The climate may be bipolar here, but I’m not complaining too much. Yesterday was a gorgeous day to spend out. I was going to see some punk bands play an early show at the Echoplex, but the weather was so nice I didn’t feel like ripping stuff up. Instead, I was lured to the Echo’s upstairs Country Music and Sunday Barbeque. Inside, I found beer, hot dogs, and Wreck N Sow playing full force. It was like a mini state fair in there! Read the rest of this entry »
