Molly Bergen

Cole Alexander of The Black Lips; Credit: Jessica Duston

Live Review: The Culture Collide Festival at the Echoplex

Molly Bergen
Last night marked the beginning of Filter Magazine's first ever Culture Collide Festival which will be running until Sunday evening. As festivals go, this is a pretty ambitious undertaking for its first time out. Not one, not two, but six different stages: The Echo, Echoplex, 826LA, Spaceland, Taix French Restaurant,......
Jonathan Pierce of The Drums; Credit: Andrew Hanson

Live Review: Surfer Blood and The Drums at The Music Box

Molly Bergen
Two of the most talked about bands of 2010 co- headlined Music Box last night. It was a one two punch of The Drums and Surfer Blood. Both bands have risen from obscurity to critical success with the release of their debut albums. It almost felt like a competition last......
The Black Keys play the blues; Credit: Timothy Norris

Live Review: The Black Keys at The Hollywood Palladium

Molly Bergen
Out of the sweltering night air poured hundreds of Black Keys fans, who openly gasped in relief as soon as they got through the Hollywood Palladium's doors and into the cool dark of its ballroom. It's not often that a sold out concert is actually, literally cooler than the air......
Rancid mosh-pit at the Music Box looking exactly like you thought it would; Credit: Timothy Norris

Over The Weekend: Rancid at The Music Box

Molly Bergen
Last Friday night the Music Box was stuffed to the brim with the unwashed masses of Los Angeles. Rainbow mohawks, black leather jackets, safety pins securely in body parts, and tattoos of every shape and color were festooned upon the naked arms of most of the attendees of Rancid's sold......
Parson Red Heads; Credit: Rachel Carr

Live Review: Parson Red Heads' Farewell Show at The Echo

Molly Bergen
All good things must come to an end. Last night local favorites Parson Red Heads played their second farewell show at the Echo. After five years of playing in Los Angeles, the Red Heads are moving back to their hometown of Portland, OR. Attendees of the show were encouraged to......
The Walkmen; Credit: Rachel Carr

Last Night: The Walkmen at The Music Box

Molly Bergen
Looking neat in a white collared shirt and black blazer, lead singer of The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser emerged from the cloud of crimson smoke that had engulfed the stage. There was so much of it that the rest of the band looked like mere impressions of men, like shapeless phantoms......
Futurebirds; Credit: Jessica Duston

Last Night: Futurebirds and Lord Huron at Silverlake Lounge

Molly Bergen
In the warm, dark fuggy gloom of the Silverlake Lounge Futurebirds made their Los Angeles debut last night. Hailing from Athens, Georgia, the six piece was probably expecting a wilder crowd from the city of Angels. Their guitarist, a young man with a giant beard, implored the small crowd to......