The Black Ryder (The Echo)

The Echo | Los Angeles, CA |February 25, 2015 | Photo Credit: Cortney Armitage | It’s been five years between debut album and follow-up but the Black Ryder (Aimee Nash and Scott Von Ryper) brought a fresh round of their special brand of shoe gazey and dream-laden psych rock to The Echo with the release of their sophomore album, The […]

Bush (Main Street Armory)

Main Street Armory | Rochester, NY | February 27, 2015 | Photo Credit: Alyssa Scheinson | It’s been two decades since Bush released their debut album, Sixteen Stone. On a mission to prove that rock is not dead, Gavin Rossdale (vox/guitar), Chris Traynor (guitar), Robin Goodridge (drums) and Corey Britz (bass) are touring on the heels of their sixth studio release, Man […]

8MM (The Viper Room)

Viper Room | West Hollywood, CA | January 9, 2015 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | Husband and wife music teams don’t come more confident, captivating or charismatic than Sean and Juliette Beavan aka 8MM. The Viper Room is a second home for 8MM and on this Friday night music friends (more like family) Jonny Radkte (Filter, Kill Hannah), Tim Kelleher […]

Jimmy Gnecco (The Viper Room)

The Viper Room | West Hollywood, CA | January 9, 2015 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | Jimmy Gnecco, New Jersey native and frontman for the alternative rock band Ours, has made his annual January pilgrimage West to California for a monthlong residency at the Viper Room. Night #2 was flush with songs old and new spanning Gnecco’s 20+ music […]

Dead Sara (Rock City Studios)

Rock City Studios | Camarillo, CA | December 5, 2014 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | Road trip, anyone? Playing their final show of 2014, Dead Sara brought their no-holds-barred brand of ballsy rock (or rawk) not for the faint of heart 50 miles north of their Los Angeles base to Rock City Studios in Camarillo, CA. It was an intimate music space […]

Irontom (The Roxy)

The Roxy | Los Angeles, CA | December 3, 2014 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | It can be challenging to get people out to a show on a Wednesday night but Irontom aren’t just any band. They’re one of the most dynamic live forces of music on the rise today and one that High Voltage has had its collective eyes and ears […]

Alvvays (The Echo)

The Echo | Los Angeles, CA | November, 28 2014 | Photo Credit: Chad Elder | Nothing like a post-Thanksgiving rock show to help Los Angeles digest all of that turkey and pie as the Toronto quintet, Alvvays (pronounced “Always”), brought their surf rock to town.