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The Kokoro | Culture Collide | Lot 1 Cafe | 10/17/14 [Review, Vids & Photos]

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THOUGHTS: [Excerpted from M. Sloves full-day review that you can read HERE.]

“[…] The band is fronted by Lee Triffon on lead vocals and guitar and Adi Feher on keytar. Yes, keytar. Bonus points already earned. Approaching the microphone in full-body spandex jumpsuits and Wonder Woman meets Battlestar Galactica jewelry, they both fit the stereotype I have in my mind of a crazy-attractive (and/or crazy, attractive) Tel Aviv woman. The music was pretty intense shit. Heavy electronic pageantry with heavy breaks underpinning Triffon’s strong vocals. At times the whole thing was really hot. At others, it felt like an EDM version of Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks doing the Sweeney Sisters on SNL. Kinda rad but also kinda comical when they break into these eletro beat brown notes, ditch the instruments, face each other, and start gyrating and jerking around as if they were at some post-IDF Koh Phangang full moon beach party. Remember, the venue was the size of a walk-in closet. But that’s part of what’s so captivating about The Kokoro. They seem totally oblivious to the limitations of their surroundings […].”

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November 2, 2014November 4, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Vid, concert video, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, EDM, Electronic Dance Music, keytar, Kokoro, music festival, Review, Tel-Aviv, The Kokoro Leave a comment

Nina Persson | Culture Collide | The Methodist Church of Echo Park | 10/17/14 [Review, Vids & Photos]

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THOUGHTS: [Excerpted from M. Sloves full-day review that you can read HERE.]

“[…] She sounds good. Not pop. Channeling some Chrissie Hynde type of energy […] [T]his woman can belt it out. Talk about presence! Compared to all the falsetto twink 20-something little duders in skinny jeans who’d been on stage all night, she was a veritable lioness, a fine wine blending hints of Florence and the Machine with aromatic accents of The Bangles. And like Susannah Hoff, she may be a tiny lady but she’s gorgeous and one hell of a pro jock on the microphone. Like her or not, she was in full command of that room and it was no coincidence that she was the first performer of the evening to fill the church hall.”

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November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: alternative rock, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Vid, concert video, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, music festival, Nina Persson, pop music, Review, Sweden, Swedish, The Cardigans Leave a comment

Cloud Nothings | Culture Collide | TAIX Main Stage | 10/17/14 [Photos]

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November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Cleveland, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, Dylan Baldi, indie rock, Jayson Gerycz, lo-fi, music festival, noise rock, Ohio, Post Hardcore, punk rock, TJ Duke Leave a comment

Gossling | Culture Collide | TAIX “Champagne Room” | 10/17/14 [Review, Vid & Photos]

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THOUGHTS: [Excerpted from M. Sloves full-day review that you can read HERE.]

“[…] Gossling is a tall brunette Australian who starts off taking the helm behind a keyboard at the front of the stage. The first thing you notice when she opens her mouth is what a […] cool voice she has […] [W]hen she sings, gawddamn! The oddity and eeriness are what make it beautiful. A really delicate sound that transitions from ambient notes to …I don’t even know what. It’s weird. A little shocking even to look up and see that such a full and complex sound is coming from just her, the guitarist, and the drummer. So rich. I dig this girl. Whole lotta density for a 3 piece. At one point she ditched the keys for acoustic guitar. The guitar ended up being more of a woobie blanket. Couldn’t hear it at all but she looked rad holding it and her voice was still awesome. Sometimes we need a prop to give us purpose on stage, I get that […].”

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November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alternative Pop, Australia, Australian Music, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, folk, Gossling, Helen Elizabeth Croome, music festival, pop, Review, singer songwriter Leave a comment

Beat Connection | Culture Collide | TAIX Main Stage | 10/17/14 [Review, Vid & Photos]

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THOUGHTS: [Excerpted from M. Sloves full-day review that you can read HERE.]

“[…] They had a Jamiroquai-esque sound but didn’t feel super-derivative. Melodic lyrics floated over a heavy drum beat. Good dance vibe for a crowd that was starting to hit critical mass for getting dancey. What can I reduce these guys to…Citizen Cope meets Tears for Fears…? The drums and keyboard resurrected memories of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” […] The lead singer was getting his sexy on and the ladies liked it. Actually, we all liked it. Dude looked like a Gap model but he could belt out some serious notes. Adam Levine would have turned his chair and had an immediate man-crush.”

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November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alternative Pop, Beat Connection, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, indie pop, Jordan Koplowit, Jordan Koplowitz, music festival, pop music, Reed Juenger, Review, Tom Eddy Leave a comment

Level & Tyson | Culture Collide | The Methodist Church of Echo Park | 10/17/14 [Review, Vids & Photos]

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THOUGHTS: [Excerpted from M. Sloves full-day review that you can read HERE.]

“[…] This time there were a couple girls on stage, which was pretty rad. I’m always stoked to see some gender plurality in a band. A short-haired pixie on the bass and a tall lanky drink of water on rhythm guitar and keyboards. Really good energy. A fast driving beat anchored a quasi-grunge surf garage sound. The guy on lead guitar in his prison blues and beanie shared vocals with the girl on bass but her voice was a little mousy and was largely lost behind all the instruments. The guy sounded good (he might have been mic’d better) and was hitting some impressive falsetto notes […] I can’t deny that their set was a little sloppy but you found yourself rooting for them because even if you weren’t feeling it, you could tell that THEY were feeling it. They were obviously stoked to be on stage – any stage – and that’s how a band should bring it. Reckless abandon, no matter where they are. They even smiled a few times.

The set was dominated by an upbeat spacy twang that reflects the sort of trans-Atlantic surf guitar riffs that I’ve heard creep back into a lot of stuff I’m listening to. And I dig it […] Some of it was what the band self-glossed as “funky”. Not sure what their definition of funk is. I definitely was not feeling a lot of James Brown or Bootsy Collins in what were fairly aimless walls of noise and distortion […] Potential trumps refinement.”

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November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: alternative rock, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Vid, concert video, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, garage rock, grunge rock, indie rock, Level & Tyson, music festival, Norway, Oslo, Review, Richard Noir Leave a comment

The Mercy Beat | Culture Collide | TAIX Main Stage | 10/17/14 [Review & Photos]

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“[…] Mercy Beats was already playing and the crowd was slowly starting to fill out a bit […] Dude on vocals was hitting a lot of clean high notes over a retro 80s pop rock / new wave kind of vibe. Pretty fun. Light. Very danceable […] and the lead guitarist was playing a double necked guitar. So that was happening. What was I feeling? Human League? A-ha? Duran Duran? Definitely A-ha. Dude’s voice was really up there and was channeling a “Take on Me” kind of vibe […] [T]hese guys had some swagger on the stage. Overall, the word that keeps leaping into my head is “fun”. They were good fun. Easy to imagine them turning on a shit ton of people dancing their collecting balls off […].”

PHOTOS: Spoke with the folks working the lights after The Mercy Beat finished their set to ask about whether “red” was going to be the lighting theme for the evening. Was informed that the band specifically asked for red lighting.

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November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alternative Pop, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, Indie Folk, Mercy Beat, music festival, New Wave, pop rock, Review, Sam Endicott, The Bravery, The Mercy Beat Leave a comment

Fractures | Culture Collide | The Methodist Church of Echo Park | 10/17/14 [Review, Vids & Photos]

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“[…] The singer managed to hold some notes in the upper register that were compelling and reinforced the emotional tone of the composition – a pensive, meditative, self-reflective vibe. […] The band is a group of pretty young looking dudes from Melbourne and they sound a helluva lot better than they look. When I talk about ‘looks’, I don’t mean their physical appearance. I’m talking more about their stage presence. They’re like high school AP music kids: super-preoccupied with hitting each note right, everyone staring at either their instruments, their fingers, or the floor. […] [T]hey really do start to draw you in as they layer slow building guitar riffs over a building keyboard over building drums until it’s a damn powerful wall of music filling the space inside that little church […].

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November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: alternative folk, Alternative Pop, alternative rock, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, folk music, Indie Folk, indie rock, music festival, Review, video, video clip Leave a comment

MØ | Culture Collide | Echoplex | 10/16/14 [Photos]

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THOUGHTS: I’d thought that I’d be over female fronted, beat-driven, electro pop, but wow … MØ was something else. Her live show was something fierce. She may have been criticized for her “off” performance with Iggy Azalea on Saturday Night Live, but I’ve witnessed MØ performing live, and she is a powerhouse performer. Stage diving, and stage walking, throughout her set, engaging the audience with her piercing eyes and impressing me with her unexpected stage presence and voice, I was blown away. I’m willing to make this prediction … she’ll be making the festival rounds next year, and she’ll be performing on the main stages. Guaranteed.

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October 28, 2014November 2, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: alternative dance, concert, Concert Photo, Concert Photography, concert photos, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, culture collide, Culture Collide 2014, Denmark, electronic, electronic music, indie pop, Karen Marie Ørsted, MØ, music festival, Odense, R&B, Review, soul music Leave a comment

De Lux | Culture Collide | Echoplex | 10/16/14 [Photos]

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THOUGHTS: I don’t know how many times can I say it. I love this band. When I first saw them play opening for Omar Souleyman, I knew that I’d have to see them play again. Catching them at Culture Collide was my third time this year (the second time was at Echo Park Rising). I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If you’re a fan of the post-punk sounds of the Talking Heads, I’m sure you’ll dig this band. They are heading out on tour for the month of November, and I suggest you buy a ticket and check them out. Seriously. Buy a ticket. Check these guys out.

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