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Live Reviews of concerts and festivals by Craig Hammons Dan MacIntosh Alyson Camus Heather Harris Sylvia Borgo Luis Moreno. Dead Boys Prettiest Eyes Buttertones Kaleo The Two Tens Sheryl Crow Bonnie Raitt MC5 Iggy Pop James Williamson Dave Grohl Queens of the Stone Age QOTSA The Kills Alice Bag Le Butcherettes At The Drive In Dandy Warhols Nick Waterhouse Allah Las OCS Cherry Glazerr Chicano Batman California Rocker covers shows Echo Echoplex Fonda Wiltern Regent El Rey The Mint Troubadour Whisky Viper Room Cafe Nela Redwood DTLA Globe Theatre Henry Fonda Theatre Ricardo Montalban Theatre Alex Theatre Satellite Churchill’s Pub Echo Park Rising FYF Coachella Arroyo Seco Music Tastes Good Desert Daze The Federal Bar Noho Alex’s Bar Long Beach Eagles of Death Metal Jesse Hughes Boots Electric Tom Petty Mike Campbell Dead Cross Mike Patton Owl Foo Fighters CalJam Cal Jam 18 CalJam18 LCD Future Islands Wayne Coyne Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O Deap Vally Death Valley Girls Peach Kelli Pop Prettiest Eyes

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By DONNA BALANCIA

Fans of Kaleo, Buttertones, Show Women Are The New Rising Power in Music Purchase Decisions

August 27, 2017 News Comments Off on Fans of Kaleo, Buttertones, Show Women Are The New Rising Power in Music Purchase Decisions

Barricades Be Damned Girls Like Kaleo By DONNA BALANCIA Women power is the name of the game and if you’re a good-looking rocker your worries may be over as far as ticket sales go. Look […]

Live Reviews

Echo Park Rising Keeps the Beat; Bassists from Cheap Tissue, Plague Vendor, Cat Scan, Rock and Rule

August 19, 2017 News Comments Off on Echo Park Rising Keeps the Beat; Bassists from Cheap Tissue, Plague Vendor, Cat Scan, Rock and Rule

Schizophonics and C.G. Roxanne Blow Doors By DONNA BALANCIA Echo Park Rising is a unique kind of music fest, one that people look forward to all year long. Bands of every type are scattered throughout […]

Live Reviews

Review: Hans Zimmer Mesmerizes Audience at The Shrine With an Awe-Inspiring Performance

August 18, 2017 News Comments Off on Review: Hans Zimmer Mesmerizes Audience at The Shrine With an Awe-Inspiring Performance

Review By CRAIG HAMMONS After seeing some of Hans Zimmer’s performance footage from Coachella it was going to be mandatory for me to see this modern day genius of a composer when he came back […]

Live Reviews

HARD Fest Brings Out Variety of Music Genres and Performers Including Snoop Dogg and Destructo

August 16, 2017 News Comments Off on HARD Fest Brings Out Variety of Music Genres and Performers Including Snoop Dogg and Destructo

By DAN MACINTOSH The 10th  annual HARD Summer music gathering celebrated its first decade of giving Southern California dance and hip-hop fans a lineup with more variety than the similar (and formally Southern California-based) Electric Daisy […]

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Live Reviews

Mike Patton Debuts as Frontman with Dave Lombardo’s Dead Cross at Observatory for First Show

August 11, 2017 News Comments Off on Mike Patton Debuts as Frontman with Dave Lombardo’s Dead Cross at Observatory for First Show

Dead Cross Rips in the OC Photos By DONNA BALANCIA Dead Cross featuring Mike Patton performed the first show at the Observatory in Orange County last night to a receptive and enthusiastic, albeit small crowd. […]

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By DONNA BALANCIA

Fishbone Enters a New Phase as Members Look Back, And to a Future Without Curtis Story

August 8, 2017 News Comments Off on Fishbone Enters a New Phase as Members Look Back, And to a Future Without Curtis Story

One of Punks Founding Bands Continues On By DONNA BALANCIA Beyond Baroque has its hands full for 2017. The historic arts hangout in Venice is one of the West Coast’s destinations if you want to […]

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Live Reviews

Valerie June: A Darling of a Performer Who Took Fans at the Santa Monica Pier by the Soul and Heartstrings

August 5, 2017 News Comments Off on Valerie June: A Darling of a Performer Who Took Fans at the Santa Monica Pier by the Soul and Heartstrings

Irma Thomas Glitters at Twilight Concert Series By DONNA BALANCIA One thing about Valerie June, for a little gal from Tennessee, she’s got a boatload of soul. Love her voice or not, she is a […]

Live Reviews

Craig Hammons: The B-52s With Pacific Symphony Create The ‘Cosmic Party’ in Orange County

July 25, 2017 News Comments Off on Craig Hammons: The B-52s With Pacific Symphony Create The ‘Cosmic Party’ in Orange County

Pacific Symphony Joins B52s By CRAIG HAMMONS After almost four decades of shaking and shimmying their way around the world The B-52s landed at the Pacific Amphitheatre on this cool summer night to get the […]

Live Reviews

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Captivates Hearts and Minds – At The Greek Theatre and The Egyptian Movie House

July 9, 2017 News Comments Off on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Captivates Hearts and Minds – At The Greek Theatre and The Egyptian Movie House

By CRAIG HAMMONS, Photos by ALYSON CAMUS To witness a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds show is like having a spiritual rock and roll cleansing. He captures hearts and souls whether on the stage […]

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Live Reviews

A Redwood Weekend: The Glam Skanks, Will Crewdson, Sloths and Schizophonics Rip It Up Back in DTLA

July 6, 2017 News Comments Off on A Redwood Weekend: The Glam Skanks, Will Crewdson, Sloths and Schizophonics Rip It Up Back in DTLA

Glam Skanks Headline a Wild July 4 Weekend Featured Photos by SUZANNE ALLISON WITKIN The Glam Skanks, the all-girl rockers who have glitterized their way all the way up the rock and roll ladder, made […]

FILM AND TV

Noveller Gives Us a Glimpse into the Future of Music With Elegant and Haunting Show at The Echoplex

July 6, 2017 News Comments Off on Noveller Gives Us a Glimpse into the Future of Music With Elegant and Haunting Show at The Echoplex

By DONNA BALANCIA Sarah Lipstate, known as Noveller, is one of the finest guitarists out there, taking the instrument from rock and into the ethereal. A Pink Sunset for No One The talented, film-scoring composer-performer […]

Live Reviews

Deap Vally, Jurassic Shark, Girl Pusher Display Their Special Brand of Music at Dirty Penni Fest at Echo

July 6, 2017 News Comments Off on Deap Vally, Jurassic Shark, Girl Pusher Display Their Special Brand of Music at Dirty Penni Fest at Echo

Echo and Echoplex Host Alt Music Fest Photos by ALYSON CAMUS and DONNA BALANCIA Excellent concerts were aplenty as the July 4 weekend kicked into high gear. Explosive Weekend Dirty Penni Fest featured Deap Vally, […]

Live Reviews

Alyson Camus Photographs Nick Cave at The Greek – Trusty Photojournalist Always Gets the Shot

July 1, 2017 News Comments Off on Alyson Camus Photographs Nick Cave at The Greek – Trusty Photojournalist Always Gets the Shot

Photographs © 2017 by ALYSON CAMUS Alyson Camus never fails to get the shot and in this case the fabulous French photographer captured spectacular images of Nick Cave. “It was one of the best shows […]

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Deap Vally, Mike Watt, The Shrine Among Bands to Take Echo Stage at Sunday’s Dirty Penni Festival

June 29, 2017 News Comments Off on Deap Vally, Mike Watt, The Shrine Among Bands to Take Echo Stage at Sunday’s Dirty Penni Festival

The Echo Comes Alive in All-Ages Show By DONNA BALANCIA This Sunday, a plethora of powerful bands will take the stage at the Echo for the Dirty Penni Festival. Performers are: Deap Vally; The Shrine; […]

Live Reviews

The Black Lips and Timmy’s Organism Throw and Get Thrown at The Regent Theater

June 27, 2017 News Comments Off on The Black Lips and Timmy’s Organism Throw and Get Thrown at The Regent Theater

Stage Diving and Masks Rule By DONNA BALANCIA The Black Lips brought the toilet paper and opener Timmy’s Organism cleaned up the accolades at The Regent Theater. Timmy’s Organism was in keeping with the punk-themed […]

Live Reviews

Arroyo Seco Festival Weekend Brings the Best of Music, Food to Pasadena Saturday and Sunday

June 20, 2017 News Comments Off on Arroyo Seco Festival Weekend Brings the Best of Music, Food to Pasadena Saturday and Sunday

By DONNA BALANCIA This weekend, the Arroyo Seco Festival Weekend will bring together the likes of top musicians like Tom Petty, Dawes and Alabama Shakes while famous chefs will be showing off LA’s top cuisine. […]

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Live Reviews

REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas

June 17, 2017 News Comments Off on REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas

By ALENA LIM When it comes to Dead Kennedys, I know everybody in the punk rock industry is familiar with them. Their single, “Holiday In Cambodia,” which was released during the early 1980s from the […]

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By CRAIG HAMMONS

HAMMONS REVIEW: Woolly Bandits and The Weirdos Bring Old Style Punk Back to ‘Destroy All Music’

June 7, 2017 News Comments Off on HAMMONS REVIEW: Woolly Bandits and The Weirdos Bring Old Style Punk Back to ‘Destroy All Music’

Sweet But Wild Reunion at Echo By CRAIG HAMMONS After being held captive by my Uber driver I finally made it to The Echo for the long awaited homecoming of Hollyweird’s own premiere punks, the […]

Live Reviews

Ageless Guitar Great Robin Trower Continues His Story, Makes ‘Time And Emotion’ Count With New Album

June 1, 2017 News Comments Off on Ageless Guitar Great Robin Trower Continues His Story, Makes ‘Time And Emotion’ Count With New Album

A True Original, Trower Wows the Wiltern By DONNA BALANCIA Robin Trower may have been one of the founding fathers of rock, but he puts on a heck of a blues show.  This is an […]

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Living Colour Rocks the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills

May 31, 2017 News Comments Off on Living Colour Rocks the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills

Band’s ‘Personality’ Attracts Friends and Fans By DONNA BALANCIA Living Colour brought their style of bluesy punk to Canyon Club playing new songs and favorites to a packed house. The band will release a new […]

Live Reviews

Photos: Check out Iggy Pop Performing ‘Lust For Life’ at Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival in Las Vegas

May 28, 2017 News Comments Off on Photos: Check out Iggy Pop Performing ‘Lust For Life’ at Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival in Las Vegas

‘Godfather of Punk’ Scores Perfect Game As Festival Grows Photos by ALYSON CAMUS Punk Rock Bowling fest in Las Vegas really scores. And here’s the proof: One of the original punkers from the 1970s himself, […]

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Live Reviews

Alena Lim Review: Hideouts Blend Some Well-Liked Alternative Ingredients to Create Tasty Punk Treats

May 24, 2017 News Comments Off on Alena Lim Review: Hideouts Blend Some Well-Liked Alternative Ingredients to Create Tasty Punk Treats

Sink In Opens Can of Cool at Slidebar RNR Kitchen By ALENA LIM Hideouts is a 5-piece alternative rock/pop punk band from Huntington Beach, formed in 2012 Hideouts released their debut EP titled Stuck Between Stories on […]

Live Reviews

‘Positive Mental Attitude’ Required When Seeing Ho99o9 at The Echoplex

May 22, 2017 News Comments Off on ‘Positive Mental Attitude’ Required When Seeing Ho99o9 at The Echoplex

Ho99o9 at Echoplex is Incredible Punk Pandemonium By DONNA BALANCIA There’s something new with Horror (Ho99o9) and it’s about time an interesting, semi-new genre came to town. And OK maybe the genre is not so […]

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Live Reviews

Suicycos, Fatal Riot, Sin Drogas Among Top Punkers Who Impress at Pico Rivera Hardcore in Vernon

May 20, 2017 News Comments Off on Suicycos, Fatal Riot, Sin Drogas Among Top Punkers Who Impress at Pico Rivera Hardcore in Vernon

Extensive Review of Pico Rivera Punk By ALENA LIM Pico Rivera Hardcore Presented a punk show that ripped the rafters at San Antonio Rose in Vernon.  Suicycos, Fatal Riot, Sin Drogas, Kid Unoriginal, Sirenhex, Destructive […]

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Live Reviews

After 17 Years, Fans Still Catch a Wild Show by At The Drive In and Pals Le Butcherettes at The Shrine

May 16, 2017 News Comments Off on After 17 Years, Fans Still Catch a Wild Show by At The Drive In and Pals Le Butcherettes at The Shrine

ATDI Touring for Album, in•ter a•li•a By DONNA BALANCIA At The Drive In should rename themselves “At The Dive In,” because 17 years later, the band is still slamming a phenomenal physical and inspiring performance. Wild, […]

Live Reviews

Sara Ontaneda Brings Her Remarkable Voice and Magical Music to The Mint, Musician is ‘Grateful’ for Gift

May 15, 2017 News Comments Off on Sara Ontaneda Brings Her Remarkable Voice and Magical Music to The Mint, Musician is ‘Grateful’ for Gift

Ecuadorian-Born Musician Comes to Los Angeles By DONNA BALANCIA Sara Ontaneda performed her magic music at The Mint and the crowd was enraptured by the angelic presence and remarkable voice of this New York City-based […]

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