With a crowd full of early college girls and their boyfriends, Travie McCoy rolled into The El Rey Theatre with confidence and poise. McCoy, frontman of the east coast band Gym Class Heroes, has had a wave a success with his latest single Billionaire feat. Bruno Mars, which has been playing everywhere, even in random Thai cities I visited this past January. With this wave of popularity Travie McCoy played to the crowd reaching out into the crowds holding girls’ hands and kissing them as if Morrissey knighted him his successor as THE next Post-Punk Emo Crooner. …Read More

Taking the stage and immediately rocking into The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie, The Joy Formidable set the tone for their performance. Thrashing around and making sometimes pretty scary faces, Ritzy Bryan of the North Wales based indie trio took you on an interesting journey. One moment singing delicately then screaming at the top of her lungs over the rhythmic beats of her band mate Matt Thomas and bass melodies by Rhydian Dafydd. …Read More

Tennessee rockers Mona played a solid set of songs from their upcoming, self titled album as they opened for the Joy Formidable at the Brighton Music Hall. …Read More