Show Review: Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia played two back-to-back shows for almost 70,000 fans during in Los Angeles on their One Last Tour before splitting up indefinitely. Selling out its Saturday, March 9th show in a matter of hours when tickets went on sale back in 2012, the trio added a Friday show to their tour. With the announcement that SHM members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso will no longer produce and play music together as Swedish House Mafia, fans clamored to purchase tickets even after it sold out. Tickets sold for hundreds of dollars more than their original price. An average general admission ticket had originally cost about $117, including fees.

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Show Review: moe.

moe. and Orgone played at the Fonda last Friday and Saturday, and I was at the Friday night show. This was undoubtedly one of the greatest concerts I have ever been to!  Orgone kicked off the show with a groovin' hour-long set.  They immediately laid down some heavy, instrumental funk jams that got me and the audience dancing.  Their grooves were intricate, punctuated by horn stabs and carried forward by Latin percussion from a guy that looked like Dr. House. Then, Orgone brought up guest vocalist Fanny Franklin whose soulful and upbeat singing complemented the music beautifully, and got the crowd to get down even harder. As their set went on, Orgone revealed another side to their unique sound by turning up the fuzz and playing some more spacey stuff, hearkening back to Pink Floyd's funkier jams, setting the stage perfectly for the main act, moe. 

Orgone rocking out, joined by guest vocalist Fanny Franklin.

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Show Review: Fitz and The Tantrums

My previous experiences with Fitz and The Tantrums had been very brief. I first heard them in passing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last year, and decided that they sounded like “A little indie girl’s dream”. Little did I know that this band would prove to be much, much more than this. A couple moths later, I again heard them in passing at San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. This time I actually got to listen a bit, and really liked what I heard. I kind of forgot about this band until my friend Shana came up to me with a couple free tickets to see them at The House Of Blues in Hollywood. It was a Wednesday night and I had an 8 am class, but I had always wanted to go to a concert at this venue, and the tickets were free.

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Show Review: Toro Y Moi

Last Sunday at the Fonda, I spent a whirlwind night with Chazwick Bradley Bundick, or Toro Y Moi. I bought tickets for the sold out event ages ago, and I have been counting down the days to this show ever since. I forgot how much I liked Toro, I hadn’t really listened to his stuff since high school, but recently my roommate sent me “Leave Everywhere” on Spotify, and I rekindled my love for the bright sounds Toro Y Moi is known for; additionally Chaz has a bit of a novelty-appeal for me since he and I share similar half Filipino-half African American roots, and I like to pretend he is my long lost brother--too much?

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