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Guitar Center Celebrates Eddie Van Halen with Mural
Guitar Center has unveiled a new mural of Eddie Van Halen on the outside wall of its flagship Hollywood, CA store located on the famous ... -
Singers Soundoff: Jack Jones
Contact: Jim Della Croce jim@thepressoffice.com Website: jackjones.lolipop.jp Born in Hollywood, CA, Jack Jones’ list of hits spans several decades and generations. From ‘60s gems like ... -
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 ... -
Bishop Briggs on Being a Creative Music-Maker
Towering stages and immense audiences… having opened shows for Coldplay and Imagine Dragons, and having played the Panorama Festival in New York, Lollapalooza in Chicago ... -
Live Reviews: Katrina Stuart at Liaison Restaurant and Lounge in Hollywood, CA
Material: Katrina Stuart’s “Blue Roses,” which she showcased at this event, is an exceptionally polished pop song recycled from other pop acts before her. The ... -
Live Reviews: Natalie Clark at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: Kicking off the launch of her first EP, Head North, Natalie Clark was an absolute dynamo from beginning to end and brought a refreshing burst ... -
Live Review: Andras Jones at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood
Material: Andras Jones has a somewhat baffling song style; equal parts comedic and introspective, it is difficult to decipher which songs are meant to be ... -
Godsmack and Halestorm take over the Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA
Playing Ontario, CA for the first time ever, Godsmack hit the Toyota Arena stage Sunday night along with powerhouse rockers Halestorm. The fall tour, which ... -
Live Review: Indiana Bradley at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood
Material: Indiana Bradley’s set at the Hotel Cafe gave the audience lots to think about—an experimental bandleader to say the least, Bradley’s stage presence and ... -
Live Review: Rachael Sage at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: With probing, diary-like lyrics, Tori Amos-esque vocal delivery and a self-assuredness on stage that only comes from years of being on the road and ... -
Lionel Richie at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA
Lionel Richie’s career renaissance as enthusiastic, encouraging judge on ABC’s reboot of American Idol may be earning him a fresh legion of younger fans, but ... -
The Hotel Café Keeps Artists Coming Back with Bose Sound Systems
Hollywood venue The Hotel Café has become a go-to place for intimate sets by great singer-songwriters, both in its main room, opened in 2000, and ... -
Live Review: Ramekega at The State Social House in Hollywood, CA
Material: The State Social House in Hollywood is a smallish, low-ceilinged, open-raftered room with a slightly bigger-than-a-postage-stamp stage and a very happy bar. A tough venue ... -
Live Review: Katie Ferrara at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: Though only 30, Katie Ferrara looks and sounds like she stepped right out of 1960’s Haight-Ashbury. Sporting a wide-brimmed fedora and scarf, she looked ... -
Live Review: Wolves at The Hotel Café in Hollywood
Material: Wolves combines pop, rock and urban/rap with high energy and youthful lyrics. The Hollywood-handsome trio uses an electric guitar and a standard drum kit ... -
The Beach Boys Q&A at Capitol Studios
One of America’s most iconic bands, the Beach Boys, did a very special Q&A led by Rob Reiner at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on ... -
Eric Tessmer at The Hotel Café in Hollywood, CA
Material: The Eric Tessmer Band is a rock group with their feet firmly planted in the blues and driven by the sounds of Stevie Ray ... -
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 ... -
Live Review: Glam Skanks at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA
Material: The Glam Skanks are very punkish in their delivery and are reminiscent of the Runaways when that band first came up–– but with a ... -
Sylvan Esso at the Palladium in Los Angeles, CA
Sylvan Esso performed energetically and vibrantly at their sold out show at the Hollywood Palladium on Aug. 25. Photos by Noah Kentis
























