notes from vivace

I got an invite to catch  googly eyes  at  The Peppermint Club . I was unsure if I could attend due to my real life work and how certain day...

It was a special night for  Alison Albrecht  at her  WFNM  showcase. The day before, she had celebrated her 26th birthday and  Bar Lubitsch ...

A Handful (Bucket Full) of Show Alerts Monday, Mar 30th: Dama Blake , Nikki Hahn , and Yagki at Bar Lubitsch . These are all short sets wi...

Joe Bourdet  and his band The El Caps was the opening band for Leroy from the North's  album release party at  Zebulon . I've crosse...

I went over to  The Goldfish  for the  Rocknite  showcase to catch  Zelma Stone  (the moniker Chloe Zelma Studebaker). I ran across them twi...

Americana rocker  Leroy from the North  (the moniker for Eli Wulfmeier) recently celebrated his sophomore album release My Favorite Gun at ...

I was hanging out at the Regent Theater on a Friday night to cover  Hotel Fiction . The headliner band was  The Strumbellas . I had no clue ...

Former Los Angeles-based singer  Alaska Reid  (if I'm not mistaken, at some point she moved back to her home state of Montana), returned...

A Handful (Bucket Full) of Show Alerts Sunday, Mar 22nd:   Hex Code  at  Alex's Bar . Doors at 2 p.m. You can read my Song Spotlight for...

I got an invite to catch  Figure Eight  at  El Cid . I had not heard of this Oakland based band until my industry connection pinged me about...

Closing out a recent  Rocknite  showcase at  The Goldfish  was  memoryloop . Interestingly, this was the night of bands who have changed the...

Back in early February, the editor of US Rocker Music sent over a request for coverage of  Hotel Fiction  that was playing the  Regent Theat...

The  Rocknite LA  showcase at  The Goldfish  recently had  Essencer  on their schedule. I've been following the Lee Jenkins (vocalist an...