Hamish Anderson (The Mint)

The Mint | Los Angeles, CA | July 23, 2015 | It’s always a delight when you discover new talent during Austin’s South By Southwest Music Festival, but it’s even better when that international talent finally makes his way to Los Angeles for a full length set. Australian Hamish Anderson doesn’t play a guitar, the guitar is just an extension […]

Bootstraps & Motopony (The Troubadour)

The Troubadour | Los Angeles, CA | June 18, 2015 | Photo Credit: Cortney Armitage | Los Angeles outfit, Bootstraps, is a band tailor made for the intimacy of a venue such as the Troubadour. Headlining the legendary room with a smokey voice that sounds soulfully lived-in well beyond its years, Jordan Beckett and his band (which included Matt Aveiro, David Quon and […]

MOTHXR (El Rey Theatre)

El Rey Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | June 12, 2015 | Photo Credit: Cortney Armitage | The first night of their tour supporting San Cisco brought Brooklyn, NY’s MOTHXR back to Los Angeles to a packed room at the El Rey Theatre. If you weren’t aware that actor Penn Badgely (Gossip Girl, Easy A, Greetings from Tim Buckley) had pipes worthy of fronting a band, […]

Courtney Barnett (The Grammy Museum)

The Grammy Museum | Los Angeles, CA | May 31, 2015 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | The title of Courtney Barnett’s debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, may be a bit cumbersome but the lady, herself: not so much. The Melbourne, Australia native has been hailed for her quirky, folkly, self-effacing, brilliantly hilarious and occasionally […]

Shapeshifter Circus & The Shakers (Way 2 Much Entertainment)

Way 2 Much Entertainment | Los Angeles, CA | May 8, 2015 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | It’s where rock n roll and Cirque du Soleil meet: Shapeshifter Circus and the Shakers. The brainchild of aerialist virtuoso, Jordann Baker, SHAPESHIFTER portrays the enthralling journey of four souls who advance from darkness to light in their pursuit of self-realization. Providing the riveting […]

The Mowgli’s & Hippo Campus (The Regent Theater)

The Troubadour | Los Angeles, CA | May 8, 2015 | Photo Credit: Cortney Armitage | The first leg of the Mowgli’s Kids In Love tour has come to a close and what better way to celebrate than by the 7-piece ensemble playing to a packed Regent Theater in their hometown of Los Angeles? It was all love and good […]

Walk The Moon & The Griswolds (The Palladium)

The Palladium | Los Angeles, CA | March 12, 2015 | Photo Credit: Megan Gotch | Shut up and dance, indeed. Walk The Moon opened up its U.S. tour, Talking Is Hard, at the Palladium in Hollywood to a sold out crowd and a line that wrapped around the building full of faces  covered with Walk The Moon-inspired facepaint. Old favorites like […]