Category: indiemusic
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KAABOO, Last time around in Del Mar
KAABOO Del Mar Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! This last weekend, I attended the 5th (and my 5th) KAABOO music festival in Del Mar, just north of San Diego. Right from the beginning, something felt a little off…
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Buskerfest
Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Buskerfest This Saturday is Long Beach’s very own Buskerfest, an event inspired by the musicians we see busking on the streets. I first went in 2013, when I was first getting into my…
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Happy Sundays LBC
Happy Sundays LBC For the second year, I ventured over to Anaheim St, in my own neck of the woods, to catch some of the Happy Sundays LBC festival. Started three years ago, the festival is a great opportunity to watch some up-and-coming smaller acts, especially a few I missed a couple weeks back. A…
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Echo Park Rising
Echo Park Rising Exhausted from traveling up north the last couple weeks, I still managed to squeeze in one day of Echo Park Rising. I figured Saturday would be really packed, but after the giant that is Outside Lands, it didn’t feel like it. I’ve gone on and off since 2014, and have seen acts…
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Outside Lands (finale)
Outside Lands I promise this is the LAST segment on Outside Lands, as I’ve been flooding my social media with endless pics. Also, last week’s blog was about previous Outside Lands festivals. Today, I just want to focus on some of the highlights of my recent three days in Golden Gate. Two of the three…
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Baby, Get Outside
Outside Lands For the 7th year in a row, I’m heading to San Francisco today for the Outside Lands Music festival. Pound for pound, this is probably my favorite festival. There’s just something about being in Golden Gate Park in the middle of the summer, and having to put on a sweatshirt. Year after year,…
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Billie Eilish…duh.
Unless specified, all pics on this blog were taken by me, and are copyrighted. Billie Eilish Back in October of 2017, I remember catching a Thursday night show at The Echo in LA. I rarely do shows during the week, because I’m usually exhausted from teaching my 8-10 classes. However, my friend Doug had an…
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Mikkel Cloud covers Radiohead!
Photo by Frank Varni Happy 5th of July! This pic was from the Bottlerock festival, this last May in Napa, CA. I’ll be doing a late review next week, complete with recommendations. This is a shorter entry today, because of the holiday weekend. But in the meantime…. Albums Currently Spinning Mikkel Cloud – Transistor_1…
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Return of the Jarvi!
It’s been over two years since I last posted on here. Instead of writing about the live music I was experiencing, I decided to just enjoy and take lots of pics. Now I’m back, to write about new and upcoming music, and performances. Please send me any music you’ve heard, or written/performed yourself, or any…
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Stormchaser’s Debut
About three weeks ago, I sat down with a glass of red wine, to write a review of the debut album from ambient artist Stormchaser, and her debut album. The next day, I woke up sick, and have battling it on and off the last couple of weeks. Now, I finally get to post that…
The Jarvis Lounge 