Good day, music friends. I’m currently doing two things that I really dig: having tea and talking about music. Here’s a mini-recap of this girl’s highlights. The Friday edition of Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide music festival bore some good musical fruit to the ears despite the venue and time changes, and partner-in-crime Chelsea and I are kicking ass on the […]

Culture Collide started off to a slow rhythm-less start on Thursday with a happy hour sponsored by Canada & Switzerland where two Swiss bands, Disco Doom & Kassette, performed without a bassist. Both acts were talented, but the music wasn’t producing enough excitement to help inspire us for the weekend of worldly music ahead. This pattern would continue until inspiration […]

Back for a second year, Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival kicks off this evening in Silverlake, CA. High Voltage is on the scene all weekend to bring you the latest in music from around the world. See you where the music is!

Ever heard of The Black Box Revelation? Well, you should. A bluesy, garage rock duo who…well, just call them Belgium’s answer to The Black Keys. Such a sound is a lot for only two to bear but Jan Paternoster and Deis Van Dijck make a hell of a noise that’s retro yet modern, and prone to making you dance. Thick […]

What do you mean Sunset Strip Music Festival 2011 is already over? Whoa, that went by quickly. I suppose time really does fly by when you’re having fun and what fun we did have! Starting Thursday night, August 18th, I arrived at the House of Blues on Sunset to kick things off with the tribute to Motley Crue where Nikki, […]

Las Vegas is known and notable for a lot of things from casinos to showgirls to “The Godfather II” to The Killers. You can add Imagine Dragons to that list of reasons to love the city of sin and to attend the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Appropriately, the very first time that I saw Imagine Dragons was on a random-ass and […]

This is a Musical Public Service Announcement:  A variation on power pop/rock, and it doesn’t get much better than Taylor Locke & the Roughs. As endeavors go, side projects can be hit or miss, if not downright embarrassing, but a ‘miss’ is something that Rooney guitarist Taylor Locke doesn’t have to worry about: he’s got a kick ass side project […]