notes from vivace

I first came across  Halo Kitsch  at a  WFNM  in November 2021. I was blown away by the set. Since that time, I've tried to catch a set ...

You never know what hidden gems you'll discover when you go to a  WFNM  night at  Hotel Ziggy  or  Bar Lubitsch . Some of my favorite ba...

I don't get to catch  Jesika Von Rabbit  all that often. I first came across her in the band Gram Rabbit in 2011. One has to jump to 201...

Jesika Von Rabbit  has a Saturday night residency for the month of October 2024 at  Harvard & Stone.  I was aiming to go to the October ...

I've followed  Boy Deluxe  since 2017. At the time, the band was called Ever So Android and they'd just relocated from Seattle. I wa...

March Adstrum  recently played the  Harvard & Stone  stage. I came across her in 2023 at The Smell. She started to play in other bands t...

In early September,  Ouch!  hit the stage first at  The Fable  on the same night that  Janelane  played. It was a more than appropriate line...

I've followed  The Doohickeys  for a bit over a year now. The band duo includes Haley Spence Brown and Jack Hackett. I first came across...

Jessy Fury and The Sound  is the project of Jesse Robitaille and they recently played  Hotel Ziggy . Robitaille's vocals bring his pop t...

Janelane  recently played  The Fable  during a  Ryan Pollie  night. I first came across Janelane in 2017 at Echo Park Rising. I was shooting...

I saw  Circle the Earth  play a spirited set at  Hotel Ziggy  (a  WFNM  night) on August 27th, 2024. Of note, the band name is so appropriat...

PAGOTO , a project of L.A. Witch drummer Ellie English, had their record release at Licorice Pizza Records . Knowing that connection, one ...

2020 / 2021 Favorite Bands / Artists - new to me, but maybe not to you. I wasn’t able to do this series in 2020, but there are a number of b...