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Category: Show Reviews
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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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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…
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BY CHERYL CHENG OCTOBER 23 | ECHO PARK—In the liner notes for the new Allo Darlin’ album, We Come From the Same Place, singer-songwriter Darren Hayman writes: “If you listen to this record and think ‘they could be my friends’ then you’re right, they really could be.” This perfectly describes the ready sincerity and open-heartedness…
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY PAULA HELU FERNANDEZ FEB. 15 | LOS ANGELES—Spiritualized, whose name is perhaps one of the most fitting a band has ever chosen, touched the souls of many Angelinos tonight, and I was fortunate enough to attend their second sold-out night. The show was held at the newly restored United Artists Theater…
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY PAULA HELU FERNANDEZ FEB. 7 | LOS ANGELES—After postponing their November show, Delorean returned to Los Angeles for a rescheduled concert at El Rey Theatre tonight. And despite the ordeal the Spanish band went through last year (Delorean was kidnapped and held hostage by the Los Zetas drug cartel), tonight was…
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ARTICLE BY JOY SHIPHOTO BY DEREK SHAEFER JAN. 24 | WEST HOLLYWOOD—Beyond a curtained-off tier at the House of Blues Los Angeles, Lorde, Rihanna, and Katy Perry gathered on Friday evening to mingle and mug for photos at Roc Nation's pre-GRAMMY party. But none of the former and currently GRAMMY-nominated pop stars performed; tonight they…