Album Review: Matt Mann & the Shine Runners – Anytime but Now ALBUM REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Article by: Bylle Breaux Matt Mann and the Shine Runners are releasing a new album next month and it’s their finest yet. Lead singer/songwriter, Mann, moved from Los Angeles to Nashville just over two years ago and it’s proving to be the right choice. His budding friendship with new lead guitarist,
Tool // Live @ Staples Center // 10.21.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - October 24, 2019February 15, 2023 Article and Photos by: Matt Stasi Los Angeles, CA -- After a provocative rendition of the title track off their recently released “Fear Inoculum” album, enigmatic TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan greets the Southern California audience with an assuring, “L-fucking-A. That wasn’t an earthquake last night. That was just us.” And
The Ponderosa Aces // Live @ The Escondite // 2.2.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - February 13, 2017 Article by: Bylle Breaux // Photos by: Matt Stasi Just east of downtown Los Angeles, where multi-million dollar skyscapers glare down over those that outshine them with nothing but aspiration, sits a perplexing watering hole straight out of a Spaghetti Western. The Escondite, a.k.a. The Hideout, is strategically weathered and criminally
Album Review: Nick Nash – Fear of Perdition ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Article by: Bylle Breaux Twenty something singer/songwriter, Nick Nash, tip-toes surreptitiously onto the Americana scene like a “Wolf in the Wheat,” which is also the title of one of his songs on his new E.P., “Fear of Perdition.” Now living in Nashville and more than halfway through a law degree from
Album Review: Austin Hanks – Alabastard ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - January 10, 2017January 12, 2017 Article by: Bylle Breaux In the heart of Hollywood, hidden on a side street just below the boulevard, The Piano Bar has been a long time primary for exceptional live music. Legendary artists like Billy Gibbons, Chuck E. Weiss, and Harry Connick, Jr. drop in unannounced to jam with local musicians