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Tag Archives: KMGMT

My Life as a Roadie with Meg & Dia on the California ‘Happysad’ Tour

Featuredby rachelannc 5 Comments

“Woke up this morning with the weirdest case of the butterflies,” I wrote that Tuesday morning on my phone. Just the day before, I got a call from a band […]

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Meg & Dia is back and stronger than ever in surprise album ‘happysad’, 8 years later

July 26, 2019by rachelannc 8 Comments

Let me just contain my excitement for a moment… Meg & Dia just dropped a surprise album — their first in eight years — and yeah, of course I had […]

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Articles, Music, Response

Dia Frampton’s New Video “Crave” Celebrates Love, Attraction and LGBTQ in a Karaoke Bar (Music Video)

June 27, 2017by rachelannc Leave a comment

Korean American singer-songwriter Dia Frampton’s newly released music video for “Crave” is bright, colorful and completely refreshing — something that captures Frampton’s approach to music today. Frampton is the kind […]

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Dia Frampton celebrates her “Bruises” with three-night residency at the Hotel Cafe

April 5, 2017by rachelannc 1 Comment

A residency show at the Hotel Cafe showed singer-songwriter Dia Frampton at her pure, unfiltered, unadulterated musical best. “Turning 30 is uncomfortable,” Frampton said. “But it’s cool. I’m totally fine,” […]

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Dia Frampton shows us her “Bruises” in cinematic new album (Album Review)

March 3, 2017by rachelannc 2 Comments

A chilling orchestral score opens up singer-songwriter Dia Frampton’s newest album. “A lot can happen in a half a decade,” Frampton writes in her personal essay on Cuepoint. Aptly titled Bruises, the album signifies […]

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Dia Frampton’s comeback “Golden Years” will both make and break your heart

October 10, 2016by rachelannc 1 Comment

When Dia Frampton speaks of her “Golden Years,” she remembers those times bumming it out on the road with her four best friends playing music in an old van across the U.S. at the age of 17. […]

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A Response to Dia Frampton’s Fragile, Inspiring Piece on Being a Musician

August 30, 2016by rachelannc 1 Comment

The older you get, the more you know and the harder it is to keep your little dreams intact. As a 13-year-old girl, I was just a shy, closet musician […]

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Behind the Scenes with Dia Frampton on “Let Me Love” & “Bittersweet” by ARCHIS

August 24, 2015by rachelannc 2 Comments

It’s been six months since the release of singer-songwriter Dia Frampton and film composer Joseph Trapanese‘s pop-orchestral partnership ARCHIS, and the team has already released three music videos accompanying the […]

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Fireside with Jess Bowen and Meg Frampton in “Speak Up Tour”

May 11, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

“I’ve never felt more lonely than when I moved to LA,” Jess Bowen confessed. Around the dim campfire pit in the middle of a Silver Lake home (dubbed the “Casa de […]

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Celebrities, Interviews, Music, Reflection

No Shame. Music Connects People.

March 3, 2015by rachelannc 2 Comments

There is no shame in that I clearly have no life if my past ten Instagram posts have had something to do concerning Meg & Dia / Archis / Dia […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection

ARCHIS EP release show lets Orchestra and Pop come alive (Dia Frampton & Joseph Trapanese’s heartfelt musical venture)

March 2, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

If there could be a soundtrack to singer-songwriter Dia Frampton‘s life in the past ten years of her career in the music industry, that soundtrack would culminate into the project […]

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The MaD “Meg & Dia” Boardie Reunion I did not expect to be this much fun (ARCHIS EP Release Day, 2-23-2015)

March 1, 2015by rachelannc 6 Comments

It’s amazing how much music can bring people together. It’s been three years since the last “boardie” reunion. Three years ago, I didn’t know any of these people; rather, they were […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection

Ten years later, Dia Frampton is still pushing (ARCHIS, Meg & Dia, The Voice)

December 22, 2014by rachelannc 5 Comments

At this point in her life, Dia Frampton isn’t afraid. Having failed “a million times” in her life and dropped from three different labels (two of which were major) throughout […]

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A “Casa de Awesome” Holiday (Hollywood) Party (12-11-2014)

December 13, 2014by rachelannc 1 Comment

There I was, in the middle of a dimly-lit bar venue. Aged books were all around me. Cool fog from the air cast a smoky blur. It was well past midnight […]

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Dia Frampton has fun getting “Money Back” in H&R Block video

April 1, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

Dia Frampton – “Money Back” [Promotional Video for H&R Block] Well, this is a cute little shindig Dia did. As a promotional video for H&R Block entitled Billion Back Records, Dia plays […]

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