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Category: Reviews
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Photo & Review by Chris Molina Despite the last couple of weeks of Southern California scorching heat, the Friday kickoff of Primavera was graced by a sunkissed picturesque day. The crisp breeze and festival atmosphere reminiscent of the carefree days of a pre-Covid era are warm but equally offset. For many long-time Los Angeles concert…
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ARTICLE + PHOTOS BY CHRIS MØLINA/AUBURN SKY IMAGING "It's been 10 years since Telefon Tel Aviv headlined a show in Los Angeles" as frontman Josh Eustis declares to a sold-out Masonic Lodge crowd at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Telefon Tel Aviv is 20 years old now and one of Josh's biggest obstacles is trying…
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CHRISPHER ALVAREZ The 14th annual Pitchfork Music Festival brought a dynamic wave to Union Park, whether it was in the artists performing or the weather that came with it. Searing temperatures and unforgiving humidity hindered attendees for the first half of the weekend, which then gave way to an out of…
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Photo of Thirty Seconds to Mars at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas by Avery Bowen DECEMBER 9 | INGLEWOOD—Seth Bowen covered KROQ‘s 28th annual Almost Acoustic Christmas for The Scenestar, noting the highs (Muse!) and lows (Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme kicking a photographer).
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Photo of Alvvays at Music Tastes Good 2017 via Losanjealous OCTOBER 23 | WEST HOLLYWOOD—On the day that Canadian band Alvvays was performing a last-minute show at the Roxy Theatre, following a set at Long Beach’s Music Tastes Good festival, Los Angeles hit record October temperatures, reaching 102 degrees. “Whew! I don’t know how you…
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS ALVAREZ The 2017 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago added a few wrinkles to what could be seen as a well-oiled machine. VIP tickets and amenities were offered to the public for the first time. Also, lockers and cellphone charging stations were implemented into the…
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Alex Lahey performed her first-ever L.A. show on March 11 at the Echo, admitting it was also her first-ever U.S. show, and despite this, the Melbourne singer-songwriter seemed to be at ease in the ever-growing spotlight. The up-and-coming artist, who released her debut EP B-Grade University last summer, has been quickly catching the attention of…
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY TONY MOLINA NOVEMBER 4 | WEST HOLLYWOOD—Upon a cool night stroll down historic Sunset Boulevard, where L.A. rock history stands ground against the newly gentrified horizons, the sight of the Sunset and Clark Street intersection still soothes with a mental and spiritual comfort. As of late, Hollywood has stretched in so…