Los Angeles, live music, lively commentary
Last night marked self-described “dark pop” singer, Dua Lipa’s first Los Angeles performance. Lipa possesses a lofty voice which dances above the beat, finding its footing against booming percussion. Though not a fault of her own, the mighty sound she and her band produced felt more suited for a larger venue, where one could dance …
The Internet came out in full-force for Grimes Presents: March of the Pugs, An Evening With Christine & The Queens and Tei-Shi, by that I mean much of the crowd jumped straight from a Tumblr post. The lovely thing about the Internet in this case is its ability to unite three very different, international artists …
(An interview I did for LA-based non-profit, Give a Beat) Dancefloor Thunderstorm: Land of the Free, Home of the Rave captures the soul and self-sufficiency at the dawn of the rave. Through colorful, candid photography, music and celebrity photojournalist Michael Tullberg illustrates the story of the SoCal rave scene, the story history never recorded. A …
While the playwright Aristophanes of ancient Greece concerned himself with comedy, the rapper Aristophanes 貍貓 of modern-day Taiwan cares more for carnage.
KT Tunstall played one hell of a night, and a Monday night no less.
Santigold’s latest tour, in support of her new record 99¢, is entitled the “We Buy Gold” tour; clearly, the audience at the Hollywood Palladium was buying it too.