All posts by Evan Solano
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Review: Against Me!, the Definition of Grace at the Glass House
Every generation has at least one musician who is the rabble rousing voice of dissent. In the 1930’s there was Woodie Guthrie and his Americana...
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Review: Starpower and Magic During John Williams: Maestro of the Movies at Hollywood Bowl
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter – these three notoriously popular film franchises have one central character that unites them: John Williams. He never fought...
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Review: David Newman and LA Philharmonic Punch up the Action for Raiders of the Lost Ark
There is nothing quite like watching a Nazi getting punched in the face. Especially when it’s on a massive screen in the Hollywood Hills, surrounded...
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Review: Metallica at the Rose Bowl – The Boys Are Back in Town
It’s a story that has been forever seared into metal lore – the year was 1981 and a small Danish-born drummer living in Southern California...
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Review: Harry Potter and the Hollywood Bowl Make Magic
The Hollywood Bowl became Hogwarts on Thursday night and wizards from across the Southland couldn’t wait to be enrolled. It has been 20 years since...
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Review: A Perfect Circle Delivers in Not-So-Perfect Times
Singer Maynard James Keenan is a man who thrives in tumultuous times. The last time A Perfect Circle released an album, 2004’s politically-charged cover album eMOTIVE, George...
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Mint Trip: Refreshing Their Sound One Color at a Time
For an up-and-coming band trying to make it in Los Angeles, taking a year-long hiatus from performing live can often be the kiss of death...
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Rock/Blues Icon Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Make Hollywood Debut
As John Lyon sits in the cold confines of his New Jersey home, he’s looking forward to one thing the most on his upcoming West...
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Vegas’ Absinthe brings a ‘Cirque du Debauchery’ to L.A.
Las Vegas sleazebag, the Gazillionaire, host of the hit Caesar’s Palace alternative circus Absinthe, has one thing on his mind as he prepares to bring...
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Buscabulla: Bringing Caribbean Music Back to the Future
The Brooklyn-based Puerto-Rican musical duo Buscabulla like to push the limits of Latin-infused dance music – just don’t call them electro-pop. “I feel like when...
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Review: The Menzingers Are Still the Life of the Party
Scranton, Pa. is known for two things: the location of the fictitious Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company from NBC’s “The Office” and the hometown of punk rock...
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SeaWorld San Diego Focuses on Education Not Entertainment
As SeaWorld San Diego prepares to debut its long-awaited new Orca Encounter this summer, the company is giving guests the opportunity to come face-to-face with...
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Red Fortera Keeps the Stamina Blues at Bay
Any quick search on Google shows you all the varieties of natural male enhancement pills, as well as some of the risks of side effects...
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Review: Circa Survives a Decade of Letting Go
“After 13 years , it feels surreal to me that we can still do this with you,” Circa Survive frontman Anthony Green bellows...
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Review: The Black Queen Fulfill a Fever Daydream for Crowd at Union
For a relatively new band– who just released their debut album early last year and have only played a handful of live shows to have...
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Review: Sigur Rós Bring the Feels to Hollywood Bowl
A band like Sigur Rós has always been an anomaly since they formed in the isolated and far off island of Iceland. Their unique blend...
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Review: Stars Align for John Williams in Holiday Weekend of Sold-Out Performances
A sea of lightsabers as far as the eye can see – not a bad way for Star Wars fans and film enthusiasts to spend...
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Review: Rodrigo y Gabriela Thrash Hollywood Bowl with Members of Metallica and Megadeth
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two Mexicans walk into one of the world’s most well-known venues and mesmerize a sold-out crowd with...
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Review: Carcass and Crowbar at the Roxy – British Steel Versus Southern Sludge
In the early ’80s, when hair metal ruled Hollywood’s Sunset Strip and glammed up the airwaves by shouting “at the Devil” and watering down the...
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Review – Taste of Chaos: Emo Summer Camp
This summer has been brutal. Between record-high temperatures burning up the southland, the overwhelming bad news in the media and the enslavement of a generation...
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Review: Eliot Sumner Drops Information at the Echo
The first time I had seen Eliot Sumner perform at the Echo in Los Angeles, there was more of a crowd at the “Taking Back...
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Review: Knotfest Day 1 – A Heavy Trip Down Memory Lane
What happens when you take a jaded, recovering metalhead to an all-day metal festival after more than 10 years of renouncing giant metal events? The...
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Morrissey Announces L.A. New Year’s Eve Show
Last month when Morrissey announced on his fan site True To You that his two recent UK shows would likely be his final ones after...
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Denim and Diamonds: Ruby Red Gala Helps Horses in Need
The Inland Empire-based Red Bucket Equine Rescue holds their yearly Ruby Red Gala Oct. 24 to raise money to help the upkeep of more than...
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Review: The Darkness Get the Last Laugh
As my friend Danny and I were heading to the Glass House to go check out the Darkness, we were laughing to ourselves thinking, “that...
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Review: It’s Not Dead Festival – Circle Pit Olympics
I always joked that if I had a time machine I would go back to the ‘80s and go see all the bands I never...
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Miss Kittin, Agoria to Headline Minimal Effort Halloween
A new spin on the term ‘Haunted House,’ Minimal Effort, the Los Angeles-based house and techno promotion company, have released the full lineup for their...
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