role model

The Wiltern is sold out. The sign on the marquee tells me so. And not just for one night. This is an insane achievement for any artist, as The Wiltern’s famed Art Deco walls hold up to 4,000 people. But that’s a difficult number to conceptualize — especially if you, like Role Model, have been […]

Imagine this: You’re looking up at a stage as a woman just over 5 feet tall shimmies into the spotlight, encased in a shell-like oversized suit jacket and silver boots. She has a disco-style blowout and the vibrato of Joni Mitchell. You’re confused by the papier mache-looking suit, but the minute she starts singing, you […]

Hot summer nights, mid July, baby! Yes, that’s right. It’s the middle of the summer and we’re smack dab in the epicenter of a heat wave. No one can seem to shake the heat, not even the rain is helping. And while I’m scurrying off to the beach somewhere, you may be gearing up for […]

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