This past weekend, in the heart of the Pomona arts district, Viva! Pomona brought together a variety of people all interested in one thing: MUSIC. I had the privilege of shooting three part harmony indie rock band, The Wild Reeds; killer pop trio from Costa Rica, Las Robertas; “Complex‍ ’​s 25 New Rappers to Watch Out […]

It’s all about punk rock and rock ‘n’ roll this week in Los Angeles. A lot of the best concerts in LA and Orange County are representing those genres. From Social Distortion, Dead Sara, The Adolescents and Juliette & The Licks—all the way to more underground acts like Meatbodies, Spindrift and Magic Wands—there’s a high […]

Educate yourself. Empower yourself. Change your world. While those words of wisdom may sound a little cliché, when Alice Bag says it, it strikes a chord within you and you believe it. The famed punk rock singer (The Bags, Alice Bag Band, Cholita, etc), feminist, educator and author recently released her self-published, diary-style memoir “Pipe […]

Viva! Pomona is back for its fourth year and is taking over the arts district in Pomona this weekend, July 18-19, 2015. The two-day festival will feature a fresh roster of well-known and up-and-coming independent artists shredding their tunes across three stages at The Glass House and the areas around it. There will be two […]

Los Angeles indietronica duo Little Wolves, composed of Sam Jacob (of Tapioca and the Flea) and Ronnie Watson, have come out of left field with some seriously addictive jams on their new EP Savage. With personal lyrics, 80s synth leads and pulsating rhythms that are thoroughly ingrained into your brain and body, Little Wolves will have you pressing […]

Death Hymn Number 9 Summer is in full swing and with that comes a smorgasbord of live concerts to see. From moshing to the old-school and new-school punk sounds of The Vandals and Death Hymn Number 9 to getting your interpretive dance on to the alt-electronic jams of Son Lux and Nortec Collective: Hiperboreal to throwing back to […]

Ready for a true summer adventure? Want cool things to do in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and more fantastic West Coast cities? There’s a road trip for people that not only love all things music, but all things aural. From San Diego to Washington, we’ve come up with a list of 20 top-notch West Coast […]

After reading author and journalist Evie Nagy’s “Devo’s Freedom of Choice” (part of the 33 1/3 Book Series) it’s crystal clear that there is more to ’80s New Wave/nerd rock pioneers Devo than meets the eye. Beyond their notorious fame for commercial hit “Whip It” there is a band with a complex history of struggles […]

This week in Los Angeles we have some great punks acts coming through with Head Wound City at the Echoplex and Los Crudos at the Ukranian Cultural Center. If you rather go for the smooth tip, Miguel will be at Club Nokia this week as will old school R&B boy band Bel Biv Devo. Coming […]

This is where my finance’s truck was parked before being towed.  There’s nothing like waking up on a beautiful Friday morning, to walk out and see that your car has been towed from your own home. Apparently our president, Barack Obama is in town today. And when I say “in town” I literally mean, he’s […]