notes from vivace

The brilliant thing about the Los Angeles Music Scene is that if you miss an artist/band one night, you're able to catch their next set ...

It was off to The Satellite to catch a favorite band,  Gypsum . I swear that they took their music composition course work seriously. Their ...

This was one country/psychedelic night at the Echoplex.  Trans Van Santos  opened the night with an Uber driver story. The Uber driver made ...

It was off to Harvard and Stone to catch Jesse Jo Stark. Yet, I found myself so happy I was also able to catch  Jimmy Sweet . He has some de...

I headed off to the Bootleg Theater on February's last Wednesday night to catch Young Jesus . It was their final residency night. I had ...

This is a night I had circles on my calendar. Harvard and Stone was celebrating its 7th anniversary and Lauren Ruth Ward was playing a set. ...

I'll be honest. Sometimes a band DMs me and I tell them I'll check out their band someday. Well, that's what got me aware of Hea...

It was off to the Bootleg Theater for the residency night of Siago. First up was  October's Child  with a world music charm. Octob...

There was an art walk in Highland Park. And there was the vegan taco truck Plant Food for People. And then there was  Cheekface  and  Sun Si...

It was off to the Echoplex for Lauren Ruth Ward's last night of her residency. It was a rush from one part of the Echoplex to the other....

It was experimental rock/shoe gaze night at The Satellite. The night started off with  Old Toy Trains  doing a cover of Joe Meek's ...

I will admit I was in a bit of a dilemma. On this particular night, Laura Jean Anderson was scheduled at The Hi Hat and Jennie Vee was at Th...

It felt like I was doing a hit and run at The Echo. There was a birthday party that was coming up, but I also wanted to catch Pinky Pinky ....