notes from vivace

On a recently Wednesday night, I stopped by WFNM to catch  Ships Have Sailed ,  Trapdoor Social , and  Luke De-Sciscio . It was three grea...

Oddnesse hit Buzzbands' Instagram page on Saturday. She provided a soothing performance during this time of coronavirus. She was also v...

I probably found a new favorite musician in  Kordelya  via WFNM. A great personality with solid vocals. Though the lyrics were all in Spanis...

I happened to come across  McKail Seely  via six degrees of separation. I'm a fan of Lauren Ruth Ward who runs in the same circle as Ari...

This was my first time catching WFNM in 2020 and it so happened to be an online version of the night. I'm happy that I tuned in.  Georgi...

In this time of quarantine, it is nice to catch some music online. On Tuesday, I caught  Rituals of Mine . I first saw them at The Echo wh...

Temme Scott  put on an excellent final residency night. Opening up was  Trousdale  who can most definitely challenge the band Joseph for pit...

It was off to The Satellite to catch  Cartalk . The month of February is their residency. The lead singer had an amusing story. At a prior s...

I've been in slow recovery from an illness. Yet, I found the energy to head out to catch  Neon Cowgirl  at Club Tee Gee. It is always a ...

I was able to make it out to the Bootleg Theater to catch  Kate Clover . She is one of my favorite musicians in Los Angeles. With the band C...

For my last outing for 2019, I took off to The Hi Hat where I caught  Gal Pal  and  Momma . I was actually under the weather (still under th...

It was off to The House of Machines to catch  Taleen Kali 's 100th set. I'm actually surprised by the fact that she kept count of al...

It was my second straight Monday night catching  Shannon Lay  and her short 3 night residency at Zebulon. There is beauty in those vocals. A...

It was off on a double venue outing on a recent Saturday. First it was off to South Lake Avenue in Pasadena to catch  Trapdoor Social . It w...

Shannon Lay  has a December residency on Mondays. It is unfortunately just three weeks long. I swear to those coming across this post that t...

It was off to catch  The Colour Coast  one last time in 2019. It happened to be their final residency night at The Hi Hat. Their Latin-flavo...

I went over to the Bootleg Theater to catch  Rosie Tucker 's closing residency night. Opening up the night was  Bella Porter  who drew a...

I've followed the members of  Prince of Lilies  for a decade or so via Barb Wired Dolls and Royal Distortion. When I noticed that they w...

Kristeen Young  concluded her residency at The Satellite. It went out with a bang with  Spare Parts for Broken Hearts  opening up the night....