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Live Review: The Kepler Mission at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA
Material: Music by The Kepler Mission has slowly transcended a boyhood dream that was once shared by the band’s co-founders, while they were attending high school together in Napa, CA. ... -
Live Review: The Guidance at The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, CA
Material: Stefan Pruett is a music voyager exploring the unknown, venturing from genre to genre in a quest to create a brand new category of contemporary music for himself. It ... -
Live Review: Faulkner at The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, CA
Material: Every song that Faulkner creates is a pawn on the chessboard of their lead singer and only songwriter Lucas Asher. He wears confidence just as well as he dons ... -
Album Review: Leon Bridges - Good Thing (9/10)
Bridges teams with contemporary pop producer Ricky Reed for this sophomore release, a collection that combines the modern elements of funk and alternative R&B with the raw emotions of classic ... -
Album Review: Sting & Shaggy - 44/876 (8/10)
44/876 is the first collaborative album Sting has made since departing The Police nearly 35 years ago. It is also the first joint project of Shaggy’s career. The Grammy winners ... -
Live Review: ROCKET at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
Material: For better and for worse, every live show that ROCKET plays is a pivotal image that reflects off of the career-defining decision made by its two founding members, Eric ... -
Bad Snacks Live At The Top in Long Beach, CA
Material: Formerly known as a traditional singer-songwriter, Bad Snacks has recently reemerged as a DJ. The ripple effects of this career changing revelation has reversed the course of her music, ... -
Charity Ekeke at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA
Material: The timeline that connects Charity Ekeke’s musical journey, from a childhood in the church choir to the release of her first studio album, was discontinued for nearly 30 years. That is because the ... -
Sure Sure at Bardot Hollywood in Los Angeles
Material: Sure Sure are a rock band that writes their songs, collectively, without a primary songwriter. And, they are four roommates who say they will not be driven apart by self-serving quests for fame ... -
Live Review: Alex Cole at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, CA
Material: Figuratively speaking, A Bad Boy Rocker is an album where Alex Cole’s original songwriting meets a mirage of classic rock & roll at the crossroads. That artistic conjunction is ... -
TAXI Screens BANG! The Bert Berns Story
TAXI, the independent A&R service, concluded the first night of its annual three-day “Road Rally” conference in Los Angeles with a film screening of BANG!, the rockumentary about the life ... -
Live Review: Lewy at The Marke in Los Angeles, CA
Material: Perhaps a stereotype was meant to be shattered by a non-conforming rapper/ singer from Los Angeles. And perhaps the name of that rapper is Lewy. After all, he is ... -
Live Review: Groove Martini at Sherman Oaks Street Fair in Sherman Oaks, CA
Material: Cover bands are often relegated to a sub-division, among the heavy hitters in the music industry, because their lack of originality in appearance and material. Nonetheless, Groove Martini has ... -
Live Review: City of Union at The Other Door in North Hollywood, CA
Material: On one end of the spectrum, Matthew Campbell from City of Union plays music in such an aesthetically pleasing manner that it is deserving of a larger stage, like ... -
Live Review: Jocelyn & Chris Arndt at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: Sibling rivalries be damned. Jocelyn Arndt and Chris Arndt go together like “peas and carrots.” Or better yet, small sweaty blues clubs and rock & roll. Musically, they sound ...
