El Rey Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | October 12, 2017 | Photo Credit: Emery Becker | An hour and a half prior to the El Rey’s doors opening and the line for this Nothing But Thieves/Missio combo was already winding around the Wilshire Blvd. corner. Of course, this didn’t surprise us because we knew what we were dealing with: two […]
The Knitting Factory | Brooklyn, NY | October 11, 2017 | Photos & Words: Cortney Armitage | KOLARS touched down at The Knitting Factory with all the glitter and the flare that we expect, and it was exceptionally needed on the rainy Wednesday night. Lauren Brown pulled all the faces and NEVER missed a step as she fiercely mixed her tap […]
Fox Theater | Pomona, CA | October 9, 2017 | Photo Credit: ZB Images | Life is always exponentially more extraordinary, more magical, more rainbow connected by virtue of The Flaming Lips entering it. Exhibit A. The Flaming Lips Mac DeMarco
The Troubadour | Los Angeles, CA | September 30, 2017 | Photo Credit: Emery Becker | The 10th anniversary of your seminal debut album is as good a reason as any for a band to decide to embark upon a reunion tour, don’t you think? Hell, yes, we do, especially when the album and band in question are Ordinary Riches […]
Bootleg Theater | Los Angeles, CA | September 29, 2017 | Photo Credit: Emery Becker | Depending upon what time you entered Bootleg Theater, the room’s temperature was either temperate and comfortable or “I hope I put on enough deodorant”-hot because by the time Lauren Ruth Ward and her band of excellent were setting up and plugging in their gear, this […]
Central Park Summer Stage | New York, NY | September 22, 2017 | Photos & Words: Cortney Armitage | The crack of Brian Elmquist’s guitar could sway the wind but when he took center stage to sing, his voice seemed to gently ask the sun to go to sleep. It was a new moon on that night, so when Zach Williams […]
The Grammy Museum | Los Angeles, CA | August 30, 2017 | Photo Credit: ZB Images | If there’s any one thing to appreciate about Josh Ostrander – and, in truth, there are many such things – it’s how gifted he is at the art of the story. Speaking in his native blue-collar truth-tongue, the Philadelphia native gave Grammy Museum […]
