notes from vivace

Last in Class is the residency band at The Satellite.  Two come from the band Wet and Reckless, a band I followed off and on for a couple o...

Mia Doi Todd's name is familiar to me, but I'd never seen her in concert or heard her music.  Well, I caught up with her this past ...

The Shakers played the Viper Room this past Saturday to celebrate their single release "Set My Sights."  I'm sure I've sa...

Mergence played the Viper Room with The Shakers.  This bands came to us from Arizona.  They say on their Facebook page that their sound is ...

It was off to Casey's for a birthday party. I went to the back to catch a band and as soon as I heard the voice, I was thinking: this ...

Looper . An interesting movie about time travel. In the future, all humanity apparently are tagged so it is difficult to just kill someone...

Frankenweenie is another demented movie from the mind of Tim Burton. And I found it enjoyable. I will say that the ending of the movie br...

Sad Robot is the residency band at Silverlake Lounge for October.  They made sure everyone was pumped up as they started their set off with...

After skipping two Mondays, I was back out catching Los Angeles bands around Silverlake/Echo Park. Reason for skipping out the past two Mon...

My last band of the day at the Eagle Rock Music Festival was Leftover Cuties .   They reminded me of She & Him. Comment of the set:  I...

It was off to catch The Lions at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.  Honest truth, they started to follow me on twitter, which convinced me to ...

Unfortunately, I can't find a band link to Dream Homes.  This band has some melodic vocals. Update: I gave it another go and found a ...

Captions played an engaging set at the Eagle Rock Music Festival. Noticed:  A relative posing for a photo in front of the guitarist -- f...