
Position: Contributing Writer (Show Reviews) - Location: Torrance, CA - Bio: Somehow I made it here alive and am breathing. In between living and listening to music, I write and teach on the side, oh and I try to go to lots of concerts. I am here to support the love of music and to hear as much stuff as I possibly can so that when and IF I die, I can have some kind of super collective music storage database in my brain that will be carved out and shared with everyone. That is all. - Likes: I like most music, no matter what it sounds like. But, I'll have to put a little snippet here for satisfaction (this is always changing): Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Utah Free Media (utahfm.org), Arsenic Addiction, Betty Davis, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spinal Tap, Jefferson Airplane, Phish, The Who,Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Experience,Grateful Dead, Bad Company, AC/DC, Janis Joplin, Journey, Santana, Malo, Low Rider Oldies, Electric Light Orchestra, Discovery, Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, Flight of the Conchords, Radiohead, IAMX,The Faint, The Mars Volta, MUSE, Jamiroquai, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Placebo, Bright Eyes, Pollyn, Metric, Sneaker Pimps, Robots In Disguise, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Blink 182, Burning Spear, Pearl Jam, The Red Hot Chili Peppers...Funk,Blues, Jazz, Rock, ETC... Robots In Disguise, IAMX, Jill Avilez ... - Twitter - Last.FM - LA Nightimer
Photos By: Phil Reed
As I am writing this Moe. [Vinnie Amico, Rob Derhak, Chuck Garvey, Jim Loughlin, Al Schnier] will be taking over Flagstaff, Arizona at the Orpheum Theatre, and their show at Club Nokia Friday night will only be but a dream. And for a dream, I remember amoebas of sensory stimulus....
March 2nd, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More
Daniel Merriweather held a spontaneous acoustic show at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, Monday February 22nd. Merriweather, who is best known for his vocal collaboration on Mark Ronson’s adaptation of The Smith’s song “Stop Me”, has just released a new album, Love & War, released by JRecords/Allido...
February 24th, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More
Photos By: Susana Capra
01.29.10, Los Angeles, CA – Wil Ridge, Winchester Rebels, Stoic Ideal, Rust, The Hot Moon, and Circus Minor are each promising bands, but, while at the venue, The Dragonfly, I couldn’t hear most of the songs quite properly. Everything was distorted because of the volume of...
February 3rd, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More
Los Angeles, 01.12.10 — Luke Sundquist, co-guitarist and singer of the acoustic rock-Americana band Jalopy, put on a very solid solo concert for a Tuesday night at Room 5 Lounge. The audience sat with what seemed like a room of unblinking spectators holding domestic brew, sipping merlot, downing...
January 16th, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More
Hollywood, CA -For a Wednesday night in Hollywood off of Cahuenga Boulevard, the Beauty Bar was getting its mind blown by the funky beats of guest DJs kidPEACE and CutmarC. The interior was warm and playful with an aura of pink ambiance befitting of a retro beauty parlor inspired bar. Imagine a mid 1960s...
January 2nd, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More