Month: September 2018

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Chvrches @ the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA – 09.23.18

Chvrches perform at the Greek Theatre on 09.23.18.
I just really love Chvrches. Sure, the Scottish trio are very pop-oriented.  And their catchy, synth-heavy electronic sound is super-easy on the ears.  But they just hit all the right buttons … and notes.  Their music always sounds eternally optimistic, even when their latest album is titled "Love is Dead."For this year's tour, they've added …

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MC 900 Ft. Jesus’ “The City Sleeps”

MC 900 Ft. Jesus perform at the Cold Waves Festival at the Regent Theatre on 11.11.17.
MC 900 Ft. Jesus is Mark Griffin, a Dallas-based industrial lounge hip hop-styled artist with a flair for lingering noir as filtered through William S. Burroughs."The City Sleeps" came out in 1991, but I was reminded of it late last year, when MC 900 Ft. Jesus performed along with industrial rock acts Revolting Cocks and …

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Catherine Wheel’s “Black Metallic”

An old press pic of Catherine Wheel, circa 1992, for their debut album "Ferment."
Earlier today, as I was leaving work, I ended up in a conversation about bands from the late '80s-early 90s.  I contributed a few names, which I'll get into after this post. But one of the acts that came up was the British shoegaze band Catherine Wheel - shoegaze referring to wall-of-sound guitar bands with …

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The Midnight’s “The Comeback Kid” @ the Fonda, Los Angeles, CA – 09-21-2018

The Midnight perform at the Fonda Theatre on 09.27.18
Seems like everything old continues to be new again … and again … and again.  Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your point of view.  Take the '80s, for example.  A decade we have to thank for contemporary acts like M83, SURVIVE (Stranger Things), and the focus of this post, The Midnight.The Midnight formed …

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