Empires | The Satellite (Los Angeles, CA) | November 14, 2011 | Taking control of the room during the opening time slot of the venue known as the Satellite in the Silverlake section of Los Angeles is a feat not to be taken lightly, as its average crowd is often painfully indifferent towards bands whether they came to see them […]

Jane’s Addiction | John Anson Ford Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | October 3, 2011 | What can you say about a band whose 26 years old that hasn’t already been stated time and time again? A band that’s also responsible for the creation of one of the America’s best summer music festivals? Maybe that they are well-versed, seasoned professionals whose […]

An Evening With Daughtry | The GRAMMY Museum (Los Angeles, CA) | September 14, 2010 | The GRAMMY Museum has been presenting the “An Evening With…” series; a public program that give audiences unique access to their favorite musical artists. Previous artist on the series have included: Ringo Starr, Dionne Warwick, Herbie Hancock, Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, and more.Last night’s […]

LifehouseLA County FairgroundsPomona, CASeptember 6, 2010 By: Joy R. Upon entering the venue, the first thing that struck me was how incredibly unsuited the Fairgrounds were for a concert. The stage sat in the middle of a race track and was situated in such a way that those who were not seated in the two sections directly in front had […]

Cheap Trick House of Blues West Hollywood, CA February 25, 2010 I had the honor of seeing the legendary Cheap Trick for my first time at the House of Blues on the world famous Sunset Strip last night. A nice intimate venue to see a band that I’ve been adoring since I was a little girl. Going into the show […]

I woke up this morning – a day when most of America is attending Super Bowl parties and watching the game, the commercials, and the half-time – and I decided to do something different. Today was the last day of a four week run at Club Nokia for The Pee Wee Herman show. I hadn’t yet seen the show and […]

Ginger Wildheart, what a talented individual. Now here’s a guy who eats, sleeps and bleeds music. I recently got the pleasure of watching two intimate solo performances from The Wildhearts frontman Ginger here in LA (July 16th @ Viper Room and July 17th @ El Rey). He put together a stellar band (Michael Butler – Jetboy, Scott Lipps, and Billy […]