The Rolling Stones completely rocked southern California with their "A Bigger Bang" tour last night at the Forum in Inglewood. These music legends totally exceeded my expectations. I don't care how old the Stones are; they have infinitely more energy and better music than any new dime-a-dozen MTV wannabe band. Mick, Keith, ...
Turntables On the Hudson co-founder DJ Nickodemus tended to the west coast turntables at Zanzibar's weekly Bossa:Nova series this past Friday night. The location was a few thousand miles from the river boat confines of the TOTH Frying Pan, but the sounds were close to the hearts of the dancin' fools. At one ...
The El Rey Theatre on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles put on a show chock full 'o rock this past Thursday (Sept 8th). Ted Leo and the Pharmacists headlined, with the Tra La La's, Foreign Born, and Go Go Go Airheart warming things up. The Tra La La's started the night off with their quartet of ...
A Labor Day groove laid down by masters of electronic rhythms, The Juan Maclean, took place this past Saturday at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA. After a splendid Cobb salad at the Bright Spot Diner and a long wait outside the venue on Sunset Blvd (with police search helicopters flying around), the music ...
Last Friday night the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) served up a night of incredible music featuring Duchess and The Mathematicians. Duchess started off the night with dynamic rock that left the audience floating in their wake of powerful sounds. Marike Damhuis belted out the lyrics over Gibb Slife (Guitar), Rebecca Fleetwood (Bass), ...