When I walked into Jesca Hoop’s dressing room at The Music Box, I felt at ease immediately. Perhaps it was the familiar, intoxicating scent of my favorite hairspray, or perhaps it was Jesca’s faded Andrew Bird tee. Or maybe it was the larger-than-life singer herself, whose unusually magnetic persona seemed to barely fit inside her
Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an interview with Lauren Novik), and rapper/hip hop artist Steve Liriks. In addition to a young,