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Devo and the B-52's Light Up the Hollywood Bowl
As bills go, the combination of new wave icons Devo and The B-52's is an inspired one. Sure, they're both from a similar era, but ... -
Dream Theater Brings A Change of Seasons to Syracuse
Dream Theater continued their 40th anniversary celebration by expanding the second leg of their North American tour to include performances of both Parasomnia, their latest ... -
Lady Blackbird at the Blue Note, Los Angeles
Long before the 2020 release of her hypnotic, visceral jazz-soul re-imagining of Nina Simone’s 1966 song “Blackbird” coincided with the Black Lives Matter movement and ... -
Rocky Horror Recap at the GRAMMY Museum, Los Angeles, CA
September 26th, 1975 the film world was forever changed with the release of Rocky Horror Picture Show. 50 years later, this global phenomenon can still ... -
Two shots of Whisky with Vader and Rough Cutt
The good people at the Whisky A Go-Go can always be relied on to provide from great, nostalgia-inducing hard rock and metal. They still host ... -
L7 and Lunachicks Party at the Belasco
Photo credit: C. Elliot Photography Over the years, L.A. band L7 has been tagged riot grrl, grunge, alt-rock, and a bunch of other sub-genres that ... -
The Waterboys Shimmer at The Bellwether
Mike Scott, main man with British/Irish folky rockers The Waterboys, may be one of the most underrated songwriters on the planet. Like a Scottish Marshall ... -
Thousands Make the Pilgrimage
Pictured top: Grace Potter The bright shining sun seemed a bit too good to be true. At Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee, ... -
Circle Jerks Beat Hollywood Senseless on Keith Morris' Birthday
If there's a golden rule when it comes to Los Angeles punk rock, it's this: When you have the opportunity to see Keith Morris on ... -
Moon Safari Blows Fresh Air on the Hollywood Bowl
When Air's Moon Safari was released in 1998, it really cemented the fact that some of the most exciting electronic music in the world was ... -
Fantastic Negrito at the Blue Note Los Angeles
Exactly a month after the global Blue Note Jazz Club brand finally opened its doors in Los Angeles, the three-time Grammy winning force of musical ... -
Lil Wayne at the Crypto.com Arena
Lil Wayne stepped onto the stage at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, September 12th, kicking off his tour named after his ... -
CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ALAN BERGMAN AT THE BROAD STAGE
Pictured: Lilias White It was fitting that legendary film composer, Dave Grusin performed an impromptu, improvised solo piano rendition of “Happy Birthday” in the middle ... -
Chicago Lights Up the Hollywood Bowl
Every year, this writer looks at the Hollywood Bowl's events calendar, spots the "fireworks finale," and somehow ends up not going. It always looks like ... -
SMOOTH SUMMER JAZZ AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, CA
As a music journalist who has made the melodic, urban driven sounds of the genre/format known as Smooth Jazz a centerpiece of his work for ... -
The Goo Goo Dolls at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA
The Goo Goo Dolls are just two years away from the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, and of the original lineup, John Rzeznik ... -
Wet Leg at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Contact: Annie Gott Annie@theoriel.co Website: wetlegband.com Players: Rhian Teasdale, lead vocals, guitar; Hester Chambers, vocals, guitar; Josh Mobaraki, guitar, keyboards; Ellis Durand, bass; Henry Holmes, drums. Armed with wry, ... -
Herbie Hancock at the Hollywood Bowl, CA
Legendary keyboardist, composer, and jazz innovator Herbie Hancock’s ever-evolving relationship with the Hollywood Bowl extends back 61 years to his first appearance as a member ... -
KAI Kicks Off First Solo US tour in LA
K-pop singer KAI kicked off his first solo U.S. tour, KAION, with a show-stopping night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Aug. 28th. ... -
Weird Al Yankovic at the KIA Forum, Inglewood, CA
Comedy music history was made on September 14th, 1980 when Weird Al Yankovic performed “Another Rides the Bus” on the Dr. Demento show just a ...
