Photos and words by Debi Del Grande The heat was still on at The Fonda as Bat for Lashes made a stop in LA after two sizzling sets at Coachella. The lovely Natasha Khan was all smiles as fans sang along to tunes from the latest The Haunted Man and many more. I was secretly [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande When OMD made its return two years ago after what seemed like a billion years, the shows at The Fonda and Club Nokia were, of course, sold out. This time around, the British synthpop masters are playing Coachella and made another stop to The Fonda. Not only was [...]

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Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi The sold out crowd packed in tightly against the barrier of the Fonda Theatre, so much so that security began handing out bottles of water to those dedicated fans ready to groove to the sounds of Toro y Moi. Performing under said moniker, producer Chazwick Bradley Bundick creates hook-filled [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande One might think because The Eels have had constant rotating band members over the years, the long-time members aren’t taken very seriously. Oh, not so. The Chet has been with Mr. E for 10 years! And to mark the special occasion, fans at The Fonda show witnessed the [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Yay for reunions! And with the reunion of certain bands, comes a burst of new fans. This would include myself. Not only was Quicksand not on my radar in the 90s (I know), I missed them at FYF. So when my friends who are diehards were going to [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Savvy music lovers flocked to The Fonda for the return of the winner of the prestigious Mercury Price for 2012, Alt-J. The Leeds’ band only has its debut album An Awesome Wave to perform right now, but it was enough to fulfill the packed house. Some had the [...]

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Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Thought about taking a vacation? Japandroids’ Brian King invited everyone at The Fonda to visit Vancouver and stay at drummer/vocalist David Prowse’s place – especially since it’s vacant while they are on tour. This is how nice these guys are. The rocking loud duo finally made it down [...]

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Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi A sense of relief fell over the Fonda Theatre on Election Day Tuesday as the results were announced, soothing and inspiring each of the performers that night. Foreign Born’s Matt Popieluch began the evening with his current musical endeavor, Big Search. He and his bandmates also returned as support [...]

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There are intimate venues in LA and then there is Pappy & Harriet’s out in Pioneertown. Inside the western-style restaurant/bar out in the middle of Nowhere U.S.A., Cold Cave (dressed in all black, of course) stood out amongst the locals and high school prom zombies. Wesley Eisold came out sans glasses in complete darkness on [...]

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Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi. Being an enthusiastic fan of Calexico’s beautifully sweeping, Southwest sound for almost a decade, I was beyond happy to have the band return to LA in support of the wonderful new record, Algiers. Wednesday evening at the Fonda Theatre started well enough, with openers The Dodos receiving a warm [...]

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