Oh Honey | The Belasco Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | May 19, 2014 | The Belasco Theatre in downtown Los Angeles is a gorgeous, recently renovated movie theater/art house from the 1920’s. The architectural and lighting details blend an old majesty and present-day technology to create a space that demands a special evening. Up for that task was Brooklyn-based band, […]

Jillian Michaels | Maximize Your Life | Saban Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | May 17, 2014 |  Jillian Michaels is best known for her work as a badass bitch, aka personal trainer, on TV show The Biggest Loser. From her fitness success, she has authored several books, released over 15 workout DVDs and has now added motivational speaker to her roster. […]

PAWS | The Troubadour (West Hollywood, CA) | May 9, 2014 | Josh Swinney of the Scottish trio PAWS is one breathless drummer. Literally. In between lively bursts of punk’d up and energetic thrash (we’ll call them songs) when Josh would hunker over the mic at his drum kit to speak, more often than not the words came out as […]

Miyavi | Troubadour (West Hollywood, CA) | April 25, 2014 | The show was part rock concert, part rave. 10 minutes before show time, the crowd had already started chanting, “Mi-ya-vi!” The screams increased when his only band member, Bobo took his place behind the drum kit. By the time Miyavi sauntered onstage, grinning, in sheer black pants and an open […]

AFI | Fox Theater (Pomona, CA) | October 25, 2013 | “Through our bleeding, we are one!” It has been four years since AFI’s last album. The crowd chanting started well before the show began. Die-hard fans in the front row hung over the rail like a lifeline. Some had been there since 7AM. Others had camped out. Emotions were […]

Before I begin, let’s break the stereotype. Hanson are not still 12 years old. They do not dance to tracks written by other people. They write and perform original music, like any other band you love. They just happen to have had a major hit (MMMBop) during the age of boy bands (like *NSync) that also attracted a highly female […]

Iron and Wine | The First Unitarian Church (Los Angeles, CA) | June 23rd, 2013 | Iron and Wine made a somewhat rare appearance in LA playing for a delighted crowd that filled the seats of the First Unitarian Church all the way up through the balcony. Iron and Wine is basically Sam Beam but for this occasion, the bard […]