The scent of fried food. The whirr of machinery intermingling with screams of elation. The sight of eye-bulging over-saturation and over-stimulation. I’m at the fair. But it’s in the OC…so mixed in with the turkey legs and tilt-o-whirls are environmentally-friendly sand sculptures and butterfly sanctuaries. I grew up going to rodeos and county fairs in […]
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The venue is like a supporting cast member that makes or breaks a show for me, and when I walk into the sexily lit El Rey, my heart flutters. I love it here. The slowly filling space reverberated with anticipation as the sold out crowd of tastemakers awaited this buzz band. But first, one man […]
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July 21, 2013 | I spoke The Vim Dicta and sound engineers Niko Bolas and Shelly Yakus at Capitol Studios as they were recording on their new EP. This detailed interview gives you insight into the process behind the music as well as captures the excitement of a band on the upward swing of success.
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Since I’ve scaled back to going to about one show a week, I’ve recaptured some of the magic of entering a venue and feeling the thrill of what’s to come. And this was especially the case this night, since the venue was the classic Troubadour, and the band at hand would be a brand new […]
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I ripped off whatever band shirt I had slept in the night before and slunk into some black jeans. As I looked in the mirror to carefully line my eyes with black, I realized how much my life has changed in the past 2 months. It was 9pm, and I was barely waking up. This […]
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You can read my piece on Mayhem Fest on the GRAMMY site (with awesome photos), or see the unedited version below. This would be my sixth time attending Mayhem Fest over the past five years; the annual summer event has been the place to catch emerging, current, and classic acts from all corners of the […]
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