Feature written by Mark E. Ortega According to an April 2013 Buzzfeed article, Coachella hadn’t seen a ratio of male-fronted acts to female-fronted ones below 80% since 2008. Last year, female-fronted acts represented less than 16% of the lineup with names like Florence + The Machine, Alabama Shakes, Jenny Lewis and St. Vincent being some […]

Sometimes, pop music doesn’t make sense to me. Tuesday night, emerging alt-pop artist Zella Day headlined at the Fonda Theatre, supporting her debut album Kicker. It’s an impressive debut record with catchy tracks featured all throughout. I’d put it up against some of the better-performing stuff in the genre. Despite these opinions, the show wasn’t […]

We last caught small town Arizona transplant Zella Day tearing it up at Hangout Fest, a definite festival highlight. We are stoked to have her back in Los Angeles, headlining the Fonda Theatre on Tuesday, December 8th. The talented songstress harmoniously blends her Southwestern roots with West Coast pop sounds to create an enchanting musical […]

Cage The Elephant Of all the festivals I’ve covered in May (Shaky Knees in Atlanta, HangoutFest in Gulf Shores, Sasquatch at The Gorge), BottleRock Napa Valley’s was the one I was most intrigued to discover what the demographic would be. Napa is bougie wine country, and BottleRock was being pitched as a family festival, so […]

Foo Fighters close out day one of Hangout Fest 2015 The Foo Fighters took their role as Friday headliners at Hangout Fest seriously, pulling out all the stops in a two-plus hour set on the main stage. “We’re going to play as many songs as we can until they kick us off the f*cking stage,” […]

After reviewing their sophomore album Control last month, Grimy Goods will now be giving away a pair of tickets to the Los Angeles band, Milo Greene! The band’s first album in 2012 had more of a folk feel to it, but with their second album release it seems they have successfully taken the path of producing […]

Los Angeles based indie pop-rocker LP is known for killer tunes, a mop top of curly hair and busting out the ukulele at all the right times.  LP is on tour now in support of her 2014 album release, Forever For Now, featuring the addictive track “Tokyo Sunrise.”  Be sure to catch this must-see artist […]