Grimy Goods

Spring is beginning to dawn on our seasonless city. It’s not the weather that leads me to this conclusion but rather the calendar of concerts around the city–April is always packed to the brim. Last night, the Bootleg hosted local songwriter, Jess Williamson, and the thoughtful trio Loma. After the rest of her band filed […]

Touring is the hardest part of the job, logistically, for Montreal’s Young Galaxy. The band is comprised of partners Catherine McCandless and Stephen Ramsay, and unofficially their two children. The band can’t take the kids when they travel cross-continent, so they are currently staying in British Columbia with a relative, dropped off just before the […]

It has been really amazing seeing this band grow like the flowers they sport on their merch. Is that a horrible analogy? Probably. Clearly I am no writer. What I do know is that SadGirl has had their guitar pedals to the metal for the last year. Their show this past Sunday at Teragram Ballroom […]

The Regent Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles opened its doors early with lines eager to get in and see a star. Cuban artist Omara Portuondo from the Buena Vista Social Club has come a long historical way and the show was a reflection of all those years. Omara was born in 1930 and started her […]

Wednesday night was a true party over at the Hollywood Palladium. The incredibly energetic duo Matt and Kim made a stop on their current tour! Getting the room warmed up were TWINKIDS and Cruisr. First up were TWINKIDS – the electro-pop project of pianist-producer Matt Young and Tokyo-native singer-songwriter Gene Fukui.  The LA-based duo proved to the audience […]

Words can be many things. They’re endowed with a certain power and like the emotions they translate for us they can be rather unwieldy; which often results in usually more harm than good. For Kera Armendariz, unfiltered expression and the collateral that comes with it can be something of a double-edged sword. But as the bewitching […]

Yellow Days is all the craze! Multi-instrumentalist George van den Broek, aka Yellow Days, is in Los Angeles for two sold-out nights at the intimate Moroccan Lounge. The very young music virtuoso (18 or 19 years of age) is exceedingly talented and has proven himself as a force to be reckoned with ever since the […]

You know it’s going to be a good show when a bunch LA bands are out at the same venue. The Bootleg was packed with familiar faces for the first night of Stonefield’s FREE April residency. Stonefield is made up of four equally capable Australian sisters; Amy (lead vocals, drums), Hanna (guitar), Sarah (keys), and […]

The Garden sold-out The Regent on Friday night and if you were not there I am telling you now not to miss them the next time they are in town. I arrived right in time for Tijuana Panthers who were secretly incorporating magic into every guitar note they delivered. Hearing “NOBO” for the first time live […]

It’s Coachella month! With that said, concerts in Los Angeles are aplenty! So may Coachella performers will be taking the stage across intimate venues throughout L.A. Aside from Coachella, there also a ton of non-coachella acts playing shows in Los Angeles that you just can’t miss. Check out Grimy Goods’ selections for 55 Must-See Los […]