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Concert Review - 'Weird Al' Yankovic at the Hollywood Bowl, July 23 2016
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

The prim woman folding her arms and scoffing in the box seat apparently didn’t get the memo that the theme of the performance was Mandatory Fun. Outraged by a barf joke – tame by comparison...

Jul 25, 2016

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Concert Review - Madeon
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Can one survive an EDM concert sober?   With its flickering strobes, oculus rifts, subwoofer earthquakes, underdressed under-aged throngs and haze of PLUR penetrating the soul, you might think not. The atmosphere is noisy and sweaty, with...

Jan 24, 2016

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Introducing: Len Sander
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

  Switzerland is exporting some beautifully sensual sounds these days. Zurich's Len Sander has wooed us with the melancholy "Ungrowing" off their upcoming debut LP, Phantom Garden. The six-piece band evokes Portishead and latter-day chillwave, with...

Jan 26, 2015

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Concert Review: Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly and More Giants of Industrial
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

  Sara Taylor of Los Angeles industrial duo Youth Code prowled around the Fox Theater stage in Pomona and observed voraciously that rumors of the scene’s death were greatly exaggerated. Here was a near-capacity concert full...

Dec 22, 2014

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Robert Schwartzman Is on a Roll
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Photo by Zoey Grossman Pioneers used to traverse the United States in covered wagons in the name of exploration and in search of a better way of living. The Wild West lured dreamers from the East...

Oct 6, 2014

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The iLatin Jazz Mini Fest: Smooth Caribbean Sounds and Sax
  Kyle Jarmon      0

Catalina Bar & Grill is known for providing "nothing but the best in jazz." This was made abundantly clear during the iLatin Jazz Mini Fest. From the superb cuisine to the impeccable musical talents of...

Aug 30, 2014

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Concert Review - Band of Skulls
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Sometimes the bravest, brashest thing a rock band can do is scale it back. England’s Band of Skulls did just that to great success at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on May 21, trading their rambunctious style...

May 26, 2014

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Concert Review - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Photo by Shervin Lainez   It’s awkward when you lose half your band to BuzzFeed. But if you’re the Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s Kip Berman, you soldier on. You call on old pals, like once...

May 12, 2014