notes from vivace

Highland Kites It was off to Harvard and Stone on a Wednesday night to catch a couple bands. Starting off the night was  Highland Kites ...

Barb Wire Dolls It was off to the Sunset Strip for the first time since the last time I saw  Barb Wire Dolls . Yep, this band can get me...

Feels Too much time had passed since the last time I saw  Feels . So when I noticed they had a show at The Hi Hat, off I went without a ...

Alberta Cross Sometimes a band happens across your Instagram account. That was the case of  Alberta Cross . So what did I do? I sent an ...

Madeline Spooner The night started out with singer-songwriter  Madeline Spooner . She wore a black dress, which would have fit perfectly...

Drinking Flowers I'm kind of sure that 2 bands cancelled on this Drinking Flowers residency night at The Echo. If so,  French Vanill...

Gavin Turek Gavin Turek . Wow. She can dance for an hour straight. In fact, that's about how long of a set she graced us with. Usual...

Alyeska I was getting that itch to check out The Smell. So on a Friday night, I walked in at 9:15 p.m. and  Keif Season  had just starte...

The Soft White Sixties Ellipses  opened up the night. Lead singer Tamara has that deep sexy voice while fellow singer Patrick has a swee...

Sing Street.  Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is growing up in Dublin. The year is 1985 and the economy is in the dumps. His father hasn't ...

Pu$$y Cow What a night at The Redwood Bar.  Undercover Monsters  opened it up with some relentless punk. They were dressed in Hawaiian p...

Transviolet I have to admit that I decided to see  Transviolet  for the second time during their April residency, because I wanted to ca...

Transviolet Transviolet  brought their alternative rock style to The Satellite for the month of April. April's Mondays at the Satell...