Since Have a Nice Life’s bone-chilling Deathconsciousness debuted just over a decade ago, the album attracted a small but growing cult following. To describe the album, or any attempt to convey its devastating potency, is futile – it’s best to let it speak for itself. When performed live, its bleakness, hopelessness, and sheer ennui bleeds out of every moment like lacerations.
May 22nd, Wednesday night, Los Angeles was shaken with an immeasurable, staggering force. The epicenter: The Fonda Theatre. But, unlike most storms, there was no calm to precede it. Instead, it began with the calculated chaos of Fontaines D.C., a couple of young Dublin punks that somehow have found a comfortable balance between Britpop-sensibilities and […]
The Magic of Mitski Last April, Mitski took the stage at the intimate and cozy Glass House in Pomona, CA. This show was long awaited by many in the audience since Mitski released her most recent album, Puberty 2, her fourth full-length album, in June of 2016. Mitski has come a long ways since her […]
The concept of jazz drummer as a band leader often conjures images of a conspicuous, flashy stick wielder, largely placed in the forefront of the song, as a sometimes ostentatious reminder of whose name appears in the biggest font on the album’s cover. Peter Erskine was none of that performing as leader of Dr. Um […]
Grace recently checked out Sigur Rós at the Fox Theater in Pomona. She may or may not have cried throughout the performance (that’s for you to guess.) You can catch Grace (DJ Shining) on KSPC every Monday from 8-10pm! Post-rock giants Sigur Rós graced the Fox Theatre with two back-to-back sets earlier this month. The […]
