by Moheak Radio
Show Review: Cold Cave @ the Fonda
10:49 am in Mo Herms, Show Review, Zowie by Moheak Radio
Cold Cave, aka Wesley Eisold, has been bouncing around Los Angeles doing all sorts of performances for the last couple months, but he logged in a big one with a opening slot touring with the super hot Divine Fits. Spending some time away from his New York home to work on new music, the synth pop musician creates on his own with occasional contributions from other artists and always has a band with him for his live shows. Read the rest of this entry →
A devoted, sold-out crowd welcomed the temporarily reunited Afghan Whigs to their first show in San Francisco since 1998, when they amicably disbanded, feeling like they had just done as much as they could do. Unlike many breakups, these guys stayed friends, and in interviews over the years, it was evident that the three constants – Greg Dulli, John Curley, and Rick McCollum – shared a lot of love for each other and supported one another in their post Whigs lives. Read the rest of this entry →
Australia’s Gold Fields recently snuck into town to play a set at the Viper Room, testing out the Hollywood scene as their buzz has grown exponentially in the last few months in anticipation of their debut next year.
Johnny Lydon formed Public Image Limited, aka PiL after the Sex Pistols disbanded as he wanted to rant along to a different kind of music. The band had so many lineup changes over the years that it is safe to say that the band is Lydon, plus whoever he chooses to have play with him at the time. Nevertheless, it has been a winning combo, with PiL’s early album Metal Box regularly listed by critics as one of the best albums of all time. But the band went on a very extended hiatus, from 1993 – 2009, while Lydon pursued other projects. (And an appearance on Judge Judy. Seriously. Google it.)
When the Darkness roared into our collective rock and roll consciousness back in 2003 with the gloriously glam anthem, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” they activated the guilty pleasure chips in enough people to have their debut album hit the top of the alternative charts. Complete with navel baring spandex jumpsuits, a ridiculously high falsetto and an intense tongue in cheek attitude, they brought back a seventies rock sensibility that evidently fans had been missing. Read the rest of this entry →
For any kids in their post goth phases in the late ‘80s, Crime & the City Solution were practically hand delivered from the art movie houses to their college cafes. This group of Australians moved to London and then seedy Berlin to further their particular brand of post rock; dramatic poems that came across like the Doors as filtered through a reverb soaked Ennio Morricone score.
A crisp fall evening brought us to Anaheim to see The Black Keys, show number three in So Cal during their massive worldwide stadium tour. Two nights earlier the duo from Akron, Ohio — also home to basketball superstar LeBron James, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first breakfast cereal (Quaker Oats) — arrived in LA where they played back-to-back shows at the Staples Center. To give you an example of how far the duo has come since their days back in rural Ohio, the LA dates were sandwiched between engagements from Justin Beiber and Madonna.
Filter Magazine hosted a sweet little music festival over the course of a few nights in Los Angeles, carried out in small clubs and culminating with a block party headlined by Of Montreal. Oh my, how Culture Collide has grown! Moheak Radio was there to take some notes and some snapshots for us.
Doing a promotional swing through LA in support of their latest album, Battle Born, The Killers brought their anthemic, arena rock to the Henry Fonda Theatre (aka The Music Box) for an “intimate” gig with their most loyal fans. Any Killers fan would’ve give an arm or a leg to score a ticket to see these Las Vegas superstars play at this space (I was offered 500 bucks for my ticket). These days, The Killers are playing sold out venues like Staples Center here in LA and Madison Square Garden in New York when they tour, so to see them in a 1,350 capacity venue was kind of A BIG DEAL. Not since they catapulted into the limelight during their early days would you be able to get this close and personal to these guys.
