Emerging from the purple, fluorescent lights, LAYA takes center stage. The crowd shouts as she greets her excited audience, informing everyone this is the last show on her tour. The rhinestone embellished seaming of her black shorts shimmers in the stage lights. Her zebra print gloves come up to her shoulders and accent her matching thigh-high boots and black bra. …
New Rules Makes New York City Debut
If you’ve ever gotten butterflies from seeing a band live, then you’ll understand exactly what it was like to see New Rules perform. Mercury Lounge in New York City became fans’ home for a day as they lined up and camped out starting as early as 9 AM. New Rules had curated the type of fanbase over the pandemic that …
Phoebe Bridgers: A Night At The Greek
It was a cold night at The Greek when Phoebe made her homecoming. The Aries moon loomed over the audience decked out with skeleton t-shirts and doc martens. Charlie Hickey opened the show and even brought out his “boss” Phoebe for a couple of songs, and the whole crowd instantly cheered. He said thank you to her adding, “That was …
Maggie Rogers Brings Us Back So We Can Move Forward
I’m not going to start this off by talking about the viral moment that launched Maggie Rogers music career. If you follow women in pop music, you have hopefully by this point experienced the alternate realm that Maggie creates with her captivating lyrics and stunning visuals. But what many people don’t realize is that artists are not just born during …
Chelsea Cutler Explains How To Be Human During Her Insightful And Visionary Tour
Words: Alex West Photos: Ali Fitzgerald The How to Be Human tour was just that: A display of life in and of its complexity and the flash of a common thread that connects each of us. Chelsea Cutler’s Terminal 5 show on February 29th, dominated the Saturday night vibes in New York City. Her show was the place to be …
Evan GIIA Live Review
In the midst of a musical hiatus, it seems appropriate to reflect on my last live show and the incredible experience I had watching EVAN GIIA perform. The Roxy is LA’s sort of dark horse of venues. Seated in West Hollywood between a few bars and away from a bulk of the nightlife, you’re only there if you want to …
A Sunday Night In LA With Mulherin
For the last leg of their tour, the harmonic R&B duo, Mulherin invited Los Angeles to listen to songs from their latest project, Blurry. Twin brothers, Parker and Marshall Mulherin show a sense of modest confidence with every audience interaction. They call out their dad in the back of the venue as the “OG Mulherin” and pay homage to their …
Hey Violet Continues To Impress
Imagine getting to interview one of your favorite artists at the iconic Los Angeles venue, The Troubadour. Getting the opportunity to do this with Hey Violet was so surreal for me. Three years ago, I was actually supposed to meet Rena to talk their emergence on the music scene but there was one problem – I wasn’t living in Los …
LÉON Breaks Our Hearts Every Time (But We Keep Coming Back)
I think when you agree to attend a LÉON show, you have to know what you’re getting yourself into – and that’s a puddle of emotions. Walking into her set at the House of Blues Parish Room, you’re transported into an intimate setting that kind of resembles a church, and for good reason. As the band began to set up …
Review: Yungblud At The Parish
Yungblud in on track to be the biggest rockstar of Gen Z. The British artist released his LP 21st Century Liability last July, and garnered the attention of pop star Halsey, which lead to their collaboration on “11 minutes,” featuring Travis Barker. He’s sold out shows across the UK and US, and has already amassed more than 140 million streams …