Category: Reviews
Last week Danielle Dorky went to the first concert in Downtown Los Angeles’ Grand Park‘s Lunchtime Concert series and saw Afro-Latin fusion band Adaawe perform live.
FKA Twigs is the UK-based chanteuse who is currently turning ears stateside with her minimalist take on 90’s trip-hop and reimagined R&B.
After attending a pre-listening performance of Schoolboy Q’s “Oxymoron” album hosted by Sonos Studios, DanielleDorky.com’s resident hip-hopologist Tony Breckenridge offers a dissection of the Los Angeles rapper’s debut concept album, one that he claims could be the revival of the gangsta rap genre.
Homegrown Tennessean Valerie June’s long-awaited studio album Pushin’ Against A Stone promises to captivate and transport listeners with what she calls “Organic Moonshine Roots Music.”
I saw one-man soul-folk orchestra Moses Sumney perform at School Night! LA this past Monday. The unsigned musician blew me away with his talent and I even managed to get video of his last song!
Charming, hilarious, and chock-full of snark, Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation is one part memoir, one part advice book, and one part stand-up comedy show.
I first had the idea to do a Dorky Discoveries column when I was making a playlist for all of the artists I was introduced to in 2013. I called it “2013 Dorky Discoveries” and my original plan was to write a single post covering my favorite found artists from 2013. Then I noticed the mass amounts of Best of 2013 lists floating around the blogosphere between December 1st and the New Year and decided to make it an ongoing column instead.
I’ve always been skeptical of cover bands. Maybe I’ve seen one too many billboards advertising Led ZepAgain concerts at my local automobile dealer’s lot, I don’t know. I am however, an enormous fan of Prince, so when I heard about a free concert with World Famous cover band Purple Reign, there was no way I was missing an opportunity to dance my heart out in tribute to His Majestic Purple Wonder.
Tony Breckenridge reviews Childish Gambino’s recently dropped because the internet album and pontificates on how Gambino is making hip-hop for the modern day barista, office assistant and any other jobs millennials are scrambling at these days.
Wench is the debut historical novel from Dolen Perkins-Valdez that gives us a glance at how American slavery impacted women and the intricacies of the relationships between master and slave.