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Live Review: Ward at Trip in Santa Monica, CA
Material: There’s a respectable crowd gathered at Trip, a much-loved venue with a neighborhood-bar vibe in Santa Monica, by the time L.A. post-punkers Ward get settled into their set. That’s ... -
Live Review: Robbery, Inc. at the Hotel Café in Hollywood, CA
Material: For five years up to 2013, Robb Torres played lead guitar for still-active nu-metal band Trapt, the group best known for the 2002 single “Headstrong.” It’s a blessing that ... -
Live Review: Charming Liars at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, CA
Material: The fact that the Charming Liars is made up of English musicians and a Californian singer might seem like a small detail at first, but a short while into their ... -
Live Review: ellee ven at Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood, CA
Material: Lexington, KY’s self-proclaimed groovalutionary ellee ven is clearly a talented woman with a vague idea about where she wants to go musically. That she’s still on-route and hasn’t quite ... -
Signing Story: The Regrettes
It’s weird to think that Lydia Night is still in her mid-teens, and yet Los Angeles-based the Regrettes is already her second band and her second stab at big-league success. ... -
Live Review: Cranky George at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles, CA
Material: Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning so that we can forget about it—Cranky George’s mandolinist, guitarist and vocalist is actor Dermot Mulroney of My Best ... -
Kings Of Leon on Ever-Evolving Sound, RCA Records and SESAC
October saw the release of the Kings of Leon's seventh studio album WALLS, or “We Are Like Love Songs.” The critical response has been largely warm, but the response from ... -
Live Review: Rococo Jet at HM157 in Los Angeles, CA
Material: This was an unusual show. Rather than a traditional band performance, this evening at HM157 (a wonderful art space inside a house that is a protected historical monument) saw ... -
Live Review: Kasey Lansdale at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles, CA
Material: There’s a glorious dichotomy to Kasey Lansdale. On one hand, she’s every inch the squeaky clean, blonde bombshell country star that one could easily see signed to a major ... -
Live Review: Gutter Bravado at Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles, CA
Material: Born out of a desire to figure out how to play Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” punk-style, Gutter Bravado's dark vibe pulls heavily from the demons of singer Whitaker, a ...
