Sukekiyo | Immortalis | Rating: 6.9/11 | It’s a bizarre concept to think of vocalist Kyo without Dir en grey but that’s what Sukekiyo has forced fans to do. While he had dabbled in poetry and photography in the past, these projects never clearly threatened his ability to front Dir en grey. Until now. The first album, Immortalis, consists of […]

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, […]

The Fifth Beatle | Author: Vivek J. Tiwary, Illustrator: Andrew C. Robinson with Kyle Baker | Rating: 11/11 | This is the beautifully sad tale of Brian Epstein, the man behind the success of The Beatles – their manager. Brian was a visionary; he was willing to break the mold and thus was able to execute outside the box ideas […]

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. […]

Blood. Everywhere. Within the first few moments of Fall Out Boy’s The Young Blood Chronicles, it seemed a minor miracle that the stuff wasn’t dripping from the very walls of the theater. The concept was simple: mini features for every song off the album Save Rock And Roll. Before the lights went down in the theater, Fall Out Boy gathered in […]

The Black Keys | Turn Blue | Rating: 10 / 11 | By: Rodney Schmidt | The Black Keys have partly ditched the blues riffs and straight rock and roll sound for some classic pedal-pushing grooves in their new album, Turn Blue. The classic drum beats and prolonged strums on lower frets still bleed in the songs, but now there […]

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 […]