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Live Review: The Occasional Moonlight at the Pig 'N Whistle in Hollywood, CA
Material: There’s such symmetry in the way Ryan Rawlings sings a sad song at a live show. The blue acoustic guitar that he strums is symbolic of the mood that ... -
Live Review: Manuel The Band at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: Manuel The Band has become more than just a collective from Long Beach. Their music is a collection of picturesque songs that illustrate their evolution from Manuel Grajeda the ... -
Live Review: Cliff Beach at Harvelle's in Santa Monica, CA
Material: Cliff Beach has been sliding and gliding on live stages for nearly two decades. Ultimately, he devoted his songwriting and musicality to the funk. The seven musicians who accompany ... -
Album Review: Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial by Roddy Ricch (8/10)
"His debut is a collection in the same vein as the summertime bangers that made the 21-year-old a household name." Fresh off of massive collaborations with Nipsey Hussle and Mustard, ... -
Live Reviews: The Midnight Mission at Factory West in Los Angeles, CA
Material: As a Balkan refugee growing up in Sweden, Zana Messia faced several trials and tribulations. But as a teenager living in a foreign country, she was also exposed to ... -
Album Review: Love u - to Death by DeathByRomy (9/10)
"... it is as if the lyrics are coming from the depths of her soul." Love u - to Death is a dark and beautiful EP with a wonderfully disruptive ... -
Coco: A Live-To-Film Concert Experience
Over the course of the past several decades, the city of Los Angeles has become a beautiful depiction of Mexican artistry and Chicano music. So when Disney Concerts teamed up ... -
Live Review: Jessica Meuse at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood
Material: Jessica Meuse is no stranger to fierce competition. Her Alabama roots were bred from a genre of music that is known for producing prolific female soloists who write, produce ... -
Live Review: Animal Sun at Genghis Cohen in West Hollywood
Material: Will Alton and Steven Blake are a pair of musically inclined brothers at the forefront of a rock band. That’s a tried and true formula that Animal Sun has ... -
Live Review: Janvi Anand at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood, CA
Material: When Janvi Anand plays live shows in America, he is truly free, a notion that was foreign to him as a child living in his native country of India. ... -
88 Rising's Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival
Exactly 50 years after Woodstock shook the very foundation of music and culture, the 88Rising: Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival has emerged as a new pillar for ... -
Live Review: Holander at the Echoplex in LA
Material: Music by Holander is truly a glimpse into her colorful imagination. It is a creative space where art-pop narrates the story of her love life, sexual conquests and deepest ... -
Live Review: The Millen Sisters at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, CA
Material: The Millen Sisters are a pair of identical twins who identify with classic soul music of yesteryear, an ironic sentiment that connects two young women in their twenties to an era of R&B ... -
Live Review: PJ Moon and The Swappers at the Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, CA
Material: When PJ Moon met The Swappers they were all thriving in different bands in their native Durango, CO, which has become a melting pot for rock mash-ups and collaborations ... -
Live Review: Kisspanic at Adults Only in Hollywood, CA
Material: Kisspanic represents more than a Latin American bond shared among a trio of co-founders. It’s a story of a three-piece band that began to form in Chile when Rudi ... -
Live Review: Disco Shrine at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA
Material: Disco Shrine released their debut EP Soft Fur as a synth-pop duo back in 2015. But when Tommy Nickerson departed from the group shortly thereafter, co-founder Jessica Delijani assumed ... -
Album Review: Berkeley's on Fire by SWMRS (9/10)
With a politically driven undertone and several nods to Oakland, CA, Berkeley's on Fire is a steadfast salute to the Bay Area punk rock scene. The title track is a societal ... -
Album Review: From Michigan With Love by Quinn XCII (8/10)
From Michigan With Love is a fitting followup album to the debut release by Quinn XCII. This time around, the Detroit native has added more components of indie rock to ... -
Live Review: Def.Sound at Que Sera in Long Beach, CA
Material: Def.sound emerged as an emcee in South Central Los Angeles in 2007. Instead of conforming to the highly influential culture of gangsta rap, he went against the grain with ... -
Live Review: Shawn Atkins at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, CA
Material: According to Shawn Atkins, his solo career officially began in 2011 when he dared himself to become more than just a “roadie” for touring musicians. After a few brief ...
