Los Angeles-based artist-producer collective MIKNNA, made up of rapper/vocalist Mike B. and producer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Nana, is creating something new in the electronic and hip-hop music scenes. Fusing retro synths and […]
“It feels like we never stopped,” guitarist, cofounder and cowriter Marc Walloch of the indie rock band Company of Thieves said to me in an interview on Saturday. The Chicago-born […]
Following the release of her debut album, which was inspired by her mother’s loss to cancer, Michelle Zauner — better known as Japanese Breakfast — wasn’t sure how to approach […]
“Far away, you’ve got me standing in the outfield,” Martin Johnson, dressed in tight black jeans, a bomber jacket that reads “Real Johnson Records” and a guitar strat slung around […]
Taimane is a musical force to be reckoned with. An international ukulele virtuoso who has been playing since the age of five, Taimane’s famed flamenco meets classic rock percussive style […]
Playing a hometown show can be nerve-wracking when it’s been years since you’ve had a proper hometown show, but the anxiety went away for Kina Grannis as soon as she […]
Maggie Rogers is an artist I’ve been dying to see ever since last year’s viral “Alaska” video. When I heard she was playing in Los Angeles, I knew I had to […]
Live music saves. After having a fairly rough week, WARPAINT’s incredible full set headlining Santa Monica’s Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier last night was just what I needed. […]
As an artist ingrained in all of our teen conscience, Michelle Branch is an individual whose songs are able to elicit immediate nostalgia. Known for hits like “Everywhere,” “All You […]
Nick Waterhouse is a true California soul. A retro rhythm-and-blues-playing vinyl-collecting thick-framed-glasses-wearing guy oft seen in his neatly ironed menswear, wielding a hollow-body guitar and singing moody blues tunes is […]
