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The Joy Formidable @ the Teragram Ballroom on 12.21.19

The Joy Formidable perform at the Teragram Ballroom on 12.21.19.
In keeping with keeping on, I was digging through all my old blog prep, and found this show from The Joy Formidable. Unfortunately, this one never made it online, before I decided to hit the pause button earlier this year. As it turns out, I've got a few of these live shows in various states …

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Setlist: The Joy Formidable @ Pasadena Daydream at Brookside on 08.31.19

The Joy Formidable @ Pasadena Daydream at Brookside Park on 08.31.19.
There's a lot of great acts that performed greatly at yesterday's Pasadena Daydream fest, curated and headlined by The Cure. But rather than focus on the Pixies or the Deftones, which were two of the bigger draws, I'm more interested in turning my attention to a couple of the smaller showstoppers.Like my previous post for …

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The Holy’s “Ramses The Evil Brother”

The Holy. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
This one comes recommended from a friend. Admittedly, it's been sitting in my inbox for a few days. It just sorta slipped my mind, thanks to some unscheduled busy-ness, as well as a few degrees of procrastination. But that same friend reminded me of it last night, seeking my opinion, which of course, I didn't …

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Transvision Vamp’s “Baby, I Don’t Care”

Vintage press pic of Transvision Vamp.
I'm going a little retro pop today with Transvision Vamp's hit single "Baby, I Don't Care."  This one comes all the way from 1989, courtesy of the British alternative act that specialized in bubblegum bursts of power-pop with a punk-spirited rebellion of sexually-charged superficiality.  The title of the song says it all.  Check it out …

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