Steel Panther is a notorious Sunset Strip act- and the All-American pseudo-eighties icons may be rude and crude dudes- but they definitely know a thing or two about putting on a show! I saw them back in the day- in the era where Steel Panther (Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxxx, Stix Zadinia) was still Metal
This week, our own Michael Rincon was able to sit down with Painted Face to talk about history, music, and more… 1.) How long have you been making music and playing in bands? It’s been a while. I grew up singing and playing instruments, but I was pretty shy. I didn’t start playing in bands
Growing up halfway between Seattle and the middle of nowhere can have a profound effect on one’s life. In the case of Star Ann, it drove her to write and perform music. With melodic, aching vocals that’s as raw as the grunge that emanated from the city during the ‘90s combined with a sound that
Unbeknownst to me before this interview, Montreal is apparently a pretty awesome place. The rent is cheap, the coffee is good, the girls are beautiful, and the music is great. Although that’s all fun and good, Winter Gloves are preparing to leave their Canadian paradise for a massive North American tour that will take them
Seattle based band, Handful of Luvin’, have seen some notable local success since their 2005 inception. In 2008 they were voted third best local band of Western Washington by King 5 Evening Magazine and have been selling out venues across the Northwest with their avid touring schedule. During the course of the next 30 days
So the Troubadour and I are getting to know each other quite well. I’ve been twice this week already- and I’ll be heading back tonight. Third time’s always a charm, and there’s talk of getting me my own VIP parking space. But mostly, I head there for the consistently great music. Last night’s poison of
Typical Situation had a fairly untypical formation. The Los Angeles-based quintet started due to a fateful encounter between guitarist Cy Passley and singer Ronja Petersen. During their time at the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, Ronja went across the hall to ask Cy, “do you have a black marker?” and Cy asked, “can you sing blues
Sometimes you need to just be dancing in the streets- down in Chicago, New Orleans, New York City- Sunset Junction- and to give you your fix of cardio craziness via dance-off, Sunset Junction brought in Deejay Echo to fuel your fire- and he did not disappoint! At this point every L.A. kid looking to
“Press! If you DO NOT want to get HURT- get the hell out- because I’m telling you this gate will come down, and you will!” The head security guy pleaded with all of us yesterday before Edward Sharpe stormed the stage. Now I’ve been apprehensive before- I’ve been in moshpits, I’ve seen a friend get
So Sunset Junction was a bit rampant with chaos, and the hype was spreading faster than a Justin Bieber twitter update. Between the heat, parking chaos, and the band performing pre-Saint Motel, I was lucky enough to get the ever angelic and fiendishly charming boys of Saint Motel (A/J, ASharp, Dak, Gregory) backstage for a