Song Spotlight: Tele's Salvation Mountain (a night at Zebulon)

Tele (moniker for Sophie Telegadis) brought her vibrant personality to Zebulon. Before starting her set, she jumped excitedly on stage, she was almost giggly. Yet, when the music started she went for a cool nonchalant attitude that worked perfectly for her desert-psychedelic rock. One could see influences of Jesse Jo Stark in both her music and performance style. 

Tele at Zebulon

Band Interview: Someday (a night at Zebulon)

Someday's passion came through during their set at Zebulon. The vocals screamed emotion and their music rocked the night. One could tell that the crowd was getting into their sound -- and not just their cover songs. For their soon to be released tune "Falling," the crowd could be heard yelling their approval as the band stretched those guitar strings to the limit. I conducted an interview with the band, which you can read pass the jump.

Someday at Zebulon

Notes from Vivace Show Alerts (Los Angeles): Oct 11th - Oct 17th

A Handful (Massive) of Show Alerts

Sunday, Oct 11th: Murder Ballads & Dark Songs at Zebulon. Doors at 6 p.m.
In 2025, I covered the set, which you can read here.

Sunday, Oct 11th: Susy Sun with Valley Queen at Scribble. Doors at 7:30 p.m.

In 2021, I wrote a review of Susy Sun's set, which you can read here.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for Valley Queen's song "Ride" back in 2025, which you can read here.

Tuesday, Oct 13th: ALYSSAD at the Moroccan Lounge. Doors at 6 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for her song "butterf(lies)" early this month, which you can read here.

Wednesday, Oct 14th: Adam Wilson at Hotel Ziggy. Doors at 7 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for his song "Together" back in 2025, which you can read here.

Wednesday, Oct 14th: Essencer at The Airliner Bar. Doors at 8 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for their song "So Long" back in March, which you can read here.

Wednesday, Oct 14th: Ultraviolet Communication at Oblivion. Doors at 8 p.m.

You can read my Song Spotlight for their song "No Return" here.

Thursday Oct 15th: Jesse Detor at Alex's Bar. Doors at 8 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for her song "Hands" back in January, which you can read here.

Thursday, Oct 15th: Stella Prince at Zebulon. Doors at 8 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for her song "The Replay" back in June, which you can read here.

Thursday, Oct 15th: Tyler Ballgame at the Lodge Room. Doors at 7 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for his song "Matter of Taste" back in June, which you can read here.

Thursday, Oct 15th: UGHH at Non Plus Ultra. Doors at 8 p.m.

In 2025, I wrote a review of the band's set, which you can read here.

Friday, Oct 16th: Chalk Teeth at Licorice Pizza Records. Doors at 7 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for their song "Floor It" back in May, which you can read here.

Friday, Oct 16th: Matt Axton at Gold-Diggers. Doors at 7 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for his song "Golden Times" back in 2024, which you can read here.

Friday, Oct 16th: Jesse Detor at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Doors at 6 p.m.

This is the second of back-to-back performances.

Friday, Oct 16th: Syd Taylor at The Echo. Doors at 7 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for her song "Heaven" back in 2025, which you can read here. 

Saturday, Oct 17th: Marni at Non Plus Ultra. Doors at 8 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for their song "99¢" back in July, which you can read here.

Saturday, Oct 17th: ZIG ZAGS at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Doors at 9 p.m.

I wrote a Song Spotlight for their song "Why I Carry A Knife" back in July, which you can read here.

Song Spotlight: Eva Rose's Isn't It Scary (a night at El Cid)

I try to head out into the DIY Los Angeles music scene a specific number of times a week. On this particular week, I had a couple larger venue events (Bellwether / The Belasco) so there were only so many nights left on the calendar to head out to my various favorite venues (I just can't go to these larger venues, I have to also spend a night writing up articles). For my first DIY night of the week, I took off to Zebulon. Then I was like, I'm going to squeeze in one more night. Yep, that would equate to going out four times in a week. 

Eva Rose at El Cid

Photo Review: Pond at The Bellwether

A couple weeks back, I got to shoot Pond at The Bellwether for US Rocker Music. It was my third time shooting the band. You can read my article here. 

I figure I'll discuss one of the photos that I took during their set. I don't get to shoot at The Bellwether that often. In fact, this was my first time shooting the venue in 2026. The last time I shot the venue was when I shot the The Dandy Warhols back in Oct 2025. That night was actually a reason why I got this photo of lead singer Nicholas Allbrook. As I was roaming around the venue (after getting to spend the first three songs in the photo pit), it suddenly dawned on me that I had gotten some good photos of The Dandy Warhols from the right side of the stage. There is an ADA area where people can sit and enjoy the concert. It was just outside that area that I had gotten those photos. So off I went to that side of the stage. 

Band Interview: SEÑOR JAGUAR (a night at Harvard & Stone)

SEÑOR JAGUAR opened up the night for a Swyndle showcase at Harvard & Stone. They're a Pomona based band that was coming to Hollywood. They spent time trying to get a sense of the crowd's reaction to their music. "Thumbs up or thumbs down?" "Anyone tired of us?" "We can just go back to work." Their onstage spunk won over the crowd, which demanded an encore. While the band packed it up, lead singer Javier Chairez-Vega entertained the crowd with a solo tune.

SEÑOR JAGUAR at Harvard & Stone

Song Spotlight: Linus Hablot's Say Yes (a night at Hotel Ziggy)

It was an east side meets west side situation when Linus Hablot (aka Linus Hablot Lester-Hodges) took to the WFNM showcase night at the Sunset Strip's Hotel Ziggy. Just a couple weeks earlier, he played Echo Park Rising at Stories Books and Cafe. I do believe I overheard a conversation where he said he lives on the east side. At the end of the set, he mentioned that he is playing at The Fable on Oct 20th, which may very well be a Ryan Pollie showcase night. 

Linus Hablot at Hotel Ziggy