Good Charlotte has established itself as a leading pop punk band with a definitive sound that utilizes elements of alternative, rock, metal, and pop integrated with lyrics aimed at opening a dialogue on modern social issues that continues to resonate with the...
Ask any kid shakingly gripping their Scantron before a history exam (it’s a plea for help). Ask any adult, even those whose years of immersing themselves with memorizing trivial dates, or names of dead white people in history, have since been lodged deep in the...
Radio station KROQ seemingly defined the alternative sound in Los Angeles throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and boosted the careers of bands now prevalent in the modern alternative scene. Alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls — formed in Buffalo, New York by John...
Josh Groban has established himself as a leading contemporary musical artist with tens of millions of record sold over a duration of eight studio albums and four live albums. Also an established actor, he recently performed leading roles on Broadway and in a Netflix...
"Orange County, since we are home... " said 20-year-old songwriter and recording artist Rex Orange County leading into 2017 single "Best Friend," indulging the county he shares his stage name with in a soulful fantasy of apricot princesses and corduroy dreams at venue...
Drifting along the halls of The Chicago Theatre before her fourth performance on “The Bloom Tour” in support of headliner Troye Sivan, 18-year-old musical artist Carlie Hanson answers the phone as if we are old friends. In our mere fifteen minute phone call it becomes...
Hailing from Los Angeles, rock band Badflower composed of Josh Katz (vocalist/guitarist), Joey Morrow (lead guitarist), Alex Espiritu (bass guitarist), and Anthony Sonetti (drummer) felt no connection to their hometown's oversaturation of hip hop and EDM, appearing...
There’s something about Sharon Wheatley that just sparkles. You can see her shine on stage as Diane in the seven-time Tony-nominated musical "Come From Away" in a role she originated three years ago. I grasped her exuberance the moment she walked into a coffee shop a...
Clad in his trademark blue Patagonia vest, DeRay Mckesson took the stage for the L.A. Times Ideas Exchange to discuss his new book “On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope” at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Monday. Mckesson penned his experience in rising to the...
Looking like the Dark Knight stepping onstage in a silky black ensemble with smoke flooding the stage, Bay Area rapper and Endless Summer Tour co-headliner G-Eazy created a provocative live show centralizing on sex, drugs and hip hop, spanning 33 U.S. cities from late...
