Indie-pop singer BØRNS has already wasted little time in the new year with the release of a single off his upcoming sophomore attempt Blue Madonna, peeling back his earlier synth fixations in favor of more organically sublime textures.  In, “God Save Our Young Blood,” the young singer’s normally stratospheric falsetto takes the backseat as he murmurs […]

BØRNS Announce FREE Los Angeles Show Date at School Night! BØRNS has added a third Los Angeles show date to his North American headline tour. The indie-pop singer, songwriter and musician, BØRNS (aka Garret Borns) will now play a special date at School Night at Bardot in Hollywood. To top it all off, as with […]

The Hollywood Bowl was in for a delicious treat Wednesday evening with Denver, Colorado’s The Lumineers on the bill. Fans of all ages poured in with their dancing shoes and close company in tact. Getting the crowd warmed up was Michigan singer/songwriter BØRNS. I actually saw this guy open up for The War on Drugs […]

There is basically a major music festival in the United States once a weekend once festival season “officially” kicks off with Coachella in mid-April. While most of these festivals do a great job of curating unique lineups tailored to their usual base of patrons, there’s a handful of acts that you’ll see on more than […]

Glam-pop prince Garrett Borns took the stage of the Observatory last Wednesday night, summoned by the inane screams and coos of his loyal subjects, and offered up to them a hypnotizing performance of his debut album Dopamine. Between the cascading bursts of blues and reds that caught the young singer’s long curly locks, Born’s slim […]

Ryn Weaver In just its first two years, Las Vegas’ downtown music festival, Life Is Beautiful has served as the proving grounds for a number of acts that have gone on to mainstream success in the time since. In its first year in 2013, acts like HAIM, ZZ Ward, Charli XCX, Twenty-one Pilots and Robert […]

At South By Southwest (SXSW), thousands of musicians from all over the world travel to take part in the most expansive festival around. It only makes sense that the best up-and-coming talents from Los Angeles would take part — and here we’ve got the creme de la creme of southern California headed to Austin. Words: […]