REVIEW+PHOTOS: Mod Sun | The Roxy | 3/28/15

Late last year, I got to see a rapper named Mod Sun “light up” a stage at the Sunset Music Festival. A few weeks later, I read in a trade magazine that Rostrum Records (home to artists like Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller) had signed the artist to their label. It made total sense.

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A Year of Concerts: 2014

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Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens | “Peace Train … Late Again” Tour | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live | 12/14/14 [Concert Review & Photos]

Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens | “Peace Train … Late Again” Tour | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live | 12/14/14 [Setlist & Video Clips]

Jamestown Revival, Nikki Lane & Pete Molinari | The Troubadour | 11/30/14 [Concert Review]

Jamestown Revival | The Troubadour | 11/30/14 [Photos and Video]

Nikki Lane | The Troubadour | 11/30/14 [Photos and Video]

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Mod Sun | Sunset Strip Music Festival | 9/20/14 [Photos]

To Check Out Other Acts that I Caught At The Sunset Strip Music Festival, CLICK HERE!

THE ACT: Mod Sun | Facebook | Twitter Instagram

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THOUGHTS: Performing on the Murs curated hip-hop stage, was a rapper from Bloomington, MN named Mod Sun. When I did a little research to find out about him I read that his name was an acronym for “Movement On Dreams + Stand Under None” , and saw that he listed “Jack Herer” as one of his influences. I kinda got the gist of what he was about after reading that. lol. Under the bright California sun, his performance, backed by a band, was hella fun. Even while smoking a blunt on stage, he still danced and jumped the full length of true stage delivering his lyrics with vigor. He suggested to the audience that his music was “hippy hop” … call it whatever you want, but it was fun, raucous party music.

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To Check Out Other Acts that I Caught At The Sunset Strip Music Festival, CLICK HERE!

Sunset Strip Music Festival 2014 | 9/20/14 | Homepage

Though I’m a Los Angeles native, I had never attended the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Now in it’s seventh year, and featuring several artist’s that I had been longing to see live for a while now, I decided to apply for a press pass.

 

Though I didn’t get approved to shoot the music festival, I called one of my clients, who happened to manage one of the artists performing, and got added to the photo pass list for the acts performing Saturday, September 24th.

 

Below is a list of artists that I had the chance to check out. Links to pages with my brief thoughts, photos, Instagram videos and set lists. Hope you enjoy them!

 

  1. The Killing Lights [Photos]
  2. Fartbarf [Photos]
  3. Mod Sun [Photos]
  4. Crosses ††† [Photos]
  5. Cold War Kids [Photos]
  6. Riff Raff [Photos]