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MisterDDDD
Rolling Stones (4 times)
Lucinda Williams (8+ times)
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bob Segar
Heartless Bastards
Buick 6
Bob Dylan
Lyle Lovett
Los Lobos
Melissa Etheridge
T Bone Burnett
Saintseneca
Conor Oberst/M Ward
Steve Earl
Robyn Hitchcock
Tony Joe White
Jim Lauderdale
Hot Tuna
Joe Jackson
Boz Skaggs
Justin Townes Earl
Blind Boys of Alabama
Time Jumpers
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
The Dustbowl Revival
Indigo Girls
Milk Carton Kids
Gary Clark Jr
+ many more openers and festival acts.. Great year!

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2015 in review.

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Dan
1/2/15 Tex Pawnshop & The Tremolos @ Viva Cantina (Gary Myrick, Tony Sales, Chrissy Shefts, Mike Hanson)


1/4/15 Melvins @ Permanent Records (inside for the first set, right outside front door for second set)


1/4/15 Neverland Ranch Davidians @ Blue Bag Records


1/9/15 Common Trouble @ Park Bar & Grill


1/10/15 Flesh Eaters/Skating Polly/Small Wiggs @ Echoplex


1/16/15 The Humpers/Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders/Crazy Squeeze @ Cafe Nela


1/17/15 The Humpers/The Pagans/Bloodline/The Ringleaders @ Alex's Bar


1/23/15 The Ringleaders/Hellbat (partial)/Driven Out/Resolution @ Cafe Nela



1/24/15 Heathen Apostles/Groovy Rednecks/Red Roses/Rick Lawndale Band @ Cafe Nela



1/30/15 Old Toy Trains/Cat Museum/Peri Thrush/Arrington de Dionyso @ Cafe Nela



1/31/15 The Skylarks/partial set by some cover band @ Palace Theatre



2/5/15 John Oates @ Amoeba Music (solo acoustic)



2/5/15 Tex Pawnshop & The Tremolos @ Viva Cantina



2/7/15 Peg Leg Love/No Small Children @ Jimmy's Place



2/9/15 Banta/Haunted Summer/Kuzin @ The Satellite

2/10/15 Prima Donna @ Amoeba Music

2/12/15 Babes In Toyland/Qui @ The Roxy Theatre
Probably for the first time this century, got there 3 hours early, was the third one in the building and against the stage right in front of Kat. One of my greatest concert experiences ever. Her voice has lost none of it's power and her facial expressions are only more intense. The whole reason to be up front really.

need something with dead on facial expressions but :44 to :46 at any angle

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first song Jungle Train
:53 to :59 full body chills, I was afraid she wouldn't sound like that anymore

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The mic stand is drooping yet she is able to perfectly contort and keep singing, and the way she spits out HOOK at 1:22 and the mic jerks forward an inch [www.youtube.com]


2/13/15 Miss Mercy's Birthday @ Cafe Nela (I was still recovering from last night but went anyway because Willie Chambers was listed. Turns out he was guesting with a backing band. Who didn't even go on til hours after I got there. The drummer had a fan blowing his hair around. Willie did hum along briefly with an acoustic duo. About 20 minutes into the band I decided to just bail. At least I got a piece of cake. Dave, please book the Willie Chambers Band!)

2/14/15 Sparks @ Ace Hotel Theatre (with 38 piece orchestra)

2/15/15 The Messaround 5th Anniversary @ Viva Cantina with Go Betty Go, Nolan Porter & Patrice Zappa Porter, Davie Allan & The Arrows, 3 Balls Of Fire

2/18/15 The Adolescents @ Amoeba Music

2/18/15 The Beta Machine/DRÆMINGS/Dekades @ The Viper Room

2/19/15 Dirty Eyes/Elvis Drugs/Them Howlin' Bones (partial) @ Cafe Nela

2/21/15 The Dickies/The Muffs/Tartar Control/Bad Samartans @ The Roxy Theatre

2/23/15 Haunted Summer (with woodwind section)/Light FM/Avid Dancer (first 2 songs) @ The Echo

2/24/15 Colleen Green @ Amoeba Music

2/25/15 The Airborne Toxic Event @ Amoeba Music

2/27/15 No Parents/Slutever/Batwings Catwings/Slow Hollows (partial) @ The Smell

2/28/15 Prima Donna/The Two Tens/The Katellas (partial) @ Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

3/1/15 Until The Ribbon Breaks/Postiljonen @ Federal Bar

3/1/15 Dengue Fever @ Amoeba Music

3/2/15 A Pretty Mess/Well Hung Heart/Barb Wire Dolls/NonCon @ Whisky A Go Go

3/6/15 Tex Pawnshop & The Tremolos @ Viva Cantina

3/6/15 Million Kids/The Neptunas/EZ Tiger (last song) @ Cafe Nela

3/7/15 Symbol Six/Barrio Tiger/Brainspoon/The Blackerbys @ Cafe Nela

3/8/15 The Hi-Z's @ Cafe Nela

3/10/15 San Cisco @ Amoeba Music

3/12/15 The Figgs/Lightnin' Woodcock/Honeychain @ Redwood

3/14/15 Habits/Gnarvana/Gustave Tiger/Miles Tackett & The 3 Times @ Cobraside Distributing

3/14/15 MRK/Batwings Catwings/Deadpanzies/Ramonda Hammer/Violent Vickie @ Que Sera

3/17/15 Veneer/Cutty Flam (partial)/JQ & The Revue (partial) @ Redwood

3/19/15 Steal Music Buy Art @ Angel City Brewery (with Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Derwood Andrews, Jonny Two Bags, Chris Shiflett, King Buzzo)

3/21/15 Telephone Lovers/The Conditionz/Flagg @ Redwood Bar

3/26/15 Don't Be Afraid To Pogo/The Gears (Q&A only) @ Vista Theatre

3/28/15 White Murder/Auxes/Girl Tears @ Ham & Eggs Tavern

3/30/15 Van Halen @ Jimmy Kimmel Live

4/3/15 Tex Pawnshop & The Tremolos @ Viva Cantina

4/4/15 Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ The Escondite

4/6/15 Arlo Guthrie @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

4/6/15 Ian (last few songs) & Winter (first few songs) @ The Echo (killing time at a bus transfer point)

4/7/15 Matt & Kim @ Amoeba Music

4/10/15 The Magnificent/Neverland Ranch Davidians @ Cafe Nela

4/11/15 Electric Children/The Detro/Lady Zephyr @ Redwood Bar

4/11/15 Habits @ MOCA

4/11/15 Andre doing reggae in front of Metro @ Hollywood & Vine, watched about 10 mins, best street performer I have seen in awhile

4/11/15 Prima Donna/Stiletto Black @ Club Loaded

4/12/15 Rainbow Bar & Grill 43rd Anniversary with Stephen Pearcy (of Ratt), Fear, Gilby Clarke, Barb Wire Dolls, Motorcycle Boy, Slunt, Nightmare (Alice Cooper Tribute)

4/15/15 The Replacements/John Doe @ Hollywood Palladium

4/17/15 A Pretty Mess/Clepto/Chica Diabla/Blank Expressions @ Jimmy's Place

4/22/15 Faith No More/H09909 @ The Wiltern

4/23/15 Faith No More/The Urinals @ The Wiltern (Front Center)

4/24/15 Faith No More/Flattbush @ The Wiltern

4/26/15 Mimosa Music Sunday with Powersolo & Big Harp @ Federal Bar

4/26/15 Daria van den Bercken @ Amoeba Music

4/26/15 Nashville Nights with Venus & The Moon, Robbie Davis Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, some singer songwriter, didn't catch name, partial set @ House Of Blues Voodoo Lounge

5/1/15 Urinals/Cold Beat/Shark Toys @ Cafe Nela

5/2/15 John Zorn Marathon @ LACMA

5/2/15 John Zorn Triple Threat @ Royce Hall (Abraxas, Secret Chiefs 3, Bladerunner)

5/2/15 John Zorn - The Hermetic Organ @ Royce Hall

5/4/15 DRÆMINGS/Cillie Barnes/Sun Drug @ The Satellite

5/5/15 The Moody Blues/Niru (partial set on outer concourse) @ Greek Theatre

5/7/15 Electric Children/Turbulent Hearts/The Detro @ Down And Out (Inger Lorre billed, her band showed up, she didn't)

5/8/15 Tex Pawnshop & The Tremolos @ Viva Cantina

5/9/15 Sister Mystery/Edith Crash/Wolvez (partial) @ Cobraside Distributing

5/9/15 Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows @ Permanent Records

5/9/15 Prima Donna/Black Mambas/Dirty Denim/Flaggs @ Redwood

5/10/15 Grand Ole Echo with Phoebe Bridgers, Olin & The Moon, Matt LaRocca @ The Bar Brawl III (3 sets on back patio)

5/11/15 Dead Sara @ Amoeba Music

5/12/15 R.Ring (Kelley Deal), The 1939 Ensemble, Spurs (partial) @ The Satellite

5/16/15 Prayers/Night Nail/Carisa Bianca Mellado @ Complex

5/17/15 Messaround with The Gears, Turbulent Hearts, Pearl Harbour (Farewell show?) @ Viva Cantina

5/18/15 Lana Del Rey/Courtney Love @ Hollywood Bowl

5/19/15 Veneer & partial set by some band @ Redwood

5/21/15 G.B.H//D.I. @ The Roxy

5/22/15 Gnarbaby/Free Babies @ Make It Happen Music

5/23/15 The Humpers/Pinata Protest/Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders/Dave Stucken & The Curse @ Alex's Bar

5/26/15 U2 @ The Forum

5/27/15 Honeychain @ Dragonfly

5/28/15 L7/Gravys Drop @ The Echo

5/29/15 The Zeros/Dirty Eyes/Barrio Tiger/Telephone Lovers @ Cochran Club

5/30/15 Birdstriking/Chui Wan/Pleasure Routine/Deadly Cradle Death @ Cafe Nela

5/31/15 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga @ Hollywood Bowl

6/1/15 JD McPherson @ Amoeba

6/1/15 Laibach @ Roxy Theatre

6/2/15 Girlpool @ Amoeba

6/2/15 Robert Plant & Sensational Space Shifters/JD McPherson (partial) @ Greek Theatre

6/3/15 Alla Spina/CXA/Theadora Kelly Project/Loss For Concern @ The Lexington

6/4/15 Barrio Tiger/Los Creepers/Stalins Of Sound (1 song) @ Down And Out

6/5/15 Gary Myrick Blues Trash @ Viva Cantina

6/6/15 Make Music Pasadena:

Playhouse District Stage: Kera & The Lesbians

Old Towne Pub: MRK

Old Pasadena Colorado Main Stage: Hidden Charms, Caroline Smith

The 35er: Burn Cycle (for 1 song, didn't like the layout)

Armory Center For The Arts: The Anti-Job (partial set), Night Jacket (partial set), Children, Los Dharma Bums, Draag (up to last song)

Levitt Pavilion @ Memorial Park: Nick Waterhouse

back to Armory Center For The Arts: Hobart W. Fink (partial set), Tashaki Miyaki

6/8/15 Dee Skusting @ Bar One

6/13/15 Violent Vickie @ Three Clubs

6/13/15 A Pretty Mess/Oddball (partial) @ Redwood

6/14/15 Tommy Ash/Andrew Sheppard (partial) @ Grand Ole Echo

6/14/15 Pete Escovedo & Sheila E @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena

6/15/15 PINS/Queen Kwong/Pretty Little Demons @ The Echo

6/19/15 The Gaslamp Killer Experience @ Grand Performances

6/20/15 Carisa Bianca Mellado/Rico Jet/MRK @ Three Clubs

6/21/15 Gary Myrick's Blues Trash/3 Balls Of Fire/Mike Vernon @ Redwood

6/26/15 Hex Horizontal @ Vacation Vinyl

6/26/15 Club Violane Present Lush Tribute Night with Mercury's Antennae, Sheer, Carisa Bianca Mellado
(as far as I could tell none of the bands played any Lush, the DJ played maybe 5 songs, I left 45 mins into Mercury's Antennae as it was a long trek home via public transportation)

6/27/15 BET Experience @ Los Angeles Convention Center with Cypress Hill, Too Short, Vince Staples, Casey Veggies, Iamsu, Nef The Pharoah, DJs Amen & Carisma

6/27/15 Chinatown Summer Nights with Toraku, Alexa Melo, Sneakout, The Fontaines

6/27/15 Generacion Suicida, The Ravagers, Dirty Eyes @ Redwood Bar

6/30/15 Failure @ Amoeba Music

6/30/15 The Legendary Housecats @ The Satellite

7/2/15 Honeychain @ Down And Out

7/2/15 Lightnin' Woodcock @ Little Easy (partial)

7/3/15 Spindrift @ Mrs Fish

7/3/15 Alley Cats @ Redwood ( partial)

7/4/15 Smokey Robinson & LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl


7/9/15 Morris Day & The Time @ Santa Monica Pier


7/10/15 Carnival Of Futility / Rob & The Bullitt Band (last song only) @ Viva Cantina

7/11/15 Lotus Festival with Elson (??) 2 songs only then off to

7/11/15 Frankie Avalon / Tim Tedrow & The Mystic (small stage at far end, couldn't hear this time) @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena

7/11/15 Thunderroads/Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders @ Cafe Nela

7/12/15 Only Won & Larisa Lam/Mantra/Jamuma Jam (partial) @ Lotus Festival

7/12/15 Austin McCutcheoun, Leslie Stevens, Amy Blashke, Mount Blaine (partial) @ Grand Ole Echo

7/13/15 Veruca Salt (Nine & Louise acoustic) @ Amoeba

7/15/15 John Fogerty/Hearty Har @ Hollywood Bowl

7/16/15 Prima Donna @ Farmers Market

7/16/15 L7/Lou Man Group (last song) @ Fonda Theatre

7/17/15 Judy Collins @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

7/17/15 Mink Daggers, Crazy Squeeze, Telephone Lovers, Zero Class (last 2 songs) @ Redwood

7/18/15 Icona Pop @ Santa Monica Place

7/19/15 Veruca Salt (Nine & Louise acoustic) / Holly Miranda @ Mimosa Music Sunday (Federal Bar)

7/22/15 Spin Doctors/Lisa Loeb @ The Grove

7/23/15 EZ Tiger/The Neptunas/Honeychain @ Cafe Nela

7/24/15 Spindrift/Magic Wands @ Mrs Fish

7/25/15 Bruce Cockburn @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

7/25/15 Eden Train @ Wilshire Bl near MacArthur Park (partial set)

7/30/15 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba @ Skirball Cultural Arts Center

7/30/15 Haunted Summer @ Harvard And Stone (last 3 songs only

7/31/15 Stiff Little Fingers/The Briggs/Ricky Warwick @ House Of Blues

8/1/15 Rush @ The Forum

8/2/15 Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows/Speedbuggy/Wild Roses/Patrolled By Radar (solo acoustic) @ Grand Ole Echo

8/5/15 Soulive/Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ Hollywood Bowl

8/5/15 DRÆMINGS/Figs Vision @ Club Moscow (Boardners)

8/6/15 Hurray For The Riff Raff @ Skirball Cultural Arts Center

8/7/15 Gaby Moreno @ Grand Performances (wanted to stay for Jorge Drexler but the crowd annoyed me so much I left)

8/7/15 Babes In Toyland @ The Regent

8/8/15 Dwight Yoakam/X @ Century Park/Annenberg Space For Photography (Sound In Focus) Jesse Dayton on guitar with X

8/11/15 Baby In Vain/Kim & The Created/Annie Girl & The FI @ The Echo

8/12/15 Bomba Estereo @ Amoeba Music

8/12/15 Bongzilla/Northless/Primitive Man/Trapped Within Burning Machinery @ The Complex

8/13/15 The Muffs @ Fingerprints (re-release of debut album, Melanie Vammen on last 4 songs)

8/14/15 Echo Park Rising day 1

Phoebe Bridgers @ Echoplex

Slutever @ The Echo (most, might have missed first song)

Fever The Ghost @ Liberty Stage, partial then bailed for

Miles Tackett & The Three Times/Elijah Ocean/Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows @ The Lost Knight

Man Or Astroman?/Dengue Fever @ Liberty Stage

No Parents @ The Echo

8/15/15 Echo Park Rising Day 2

Sinner Sinners @ Blue Collar Working Dog

Saturn City/Smoke Season @ The Lost Knight (according to the schedule I was supposed to be seeing Manhattan Murder Mystery, they weren't there)

Wild Reeds @ Liberty Stage (might have missed first song)

Mirror Talk @ Taix Champagne Room (last song)

DRÆMINGS @ Taix Champagne Room

A Band Aparte @ Lot 1 Cafe (listened from outside while eating pizza)

Batwings Catwings @ Lot 1 Cafe

HOTT MT @ The Lost Knight
(went upstairs, found a comfy chair, catnapped)

Hobart W Fink @ The Lost Knight (last 3 songs)

Summer Twins @ The Lost Knight

Simone White/RT 'N' The 44's @ The Lost Knight (acoustic stage)

Qui @ Lot 1 Cafe


8/16/15 Echo Park Rising Day 3 (pretty worn out, lag times between bands longer this time)

Rainbow Jackson / Screaming Females @ Origami Vinyl

Ben Reddell / Jaime Wyatt @ Grand Ole Echo (patio)

Sad Robot (most?) @ Echoplex

The Porcelain (joined in progress, 30 mins worth?) / Sloppy Jane @ Lot 1 Cafe

Santoros / Peach Kelli Pop @ The Echo

Thee Commons @ Echoplex (about 2 minutes worth, I realize if they were not done by now then Death Valley Girls would not be done in time for even the next bus in an hour, so I ran out and barely caught the 9:25 bus)

** got really sick derailing many events

8/20/15 Ghost @ Amoeba (3 song acoustic set at 5pm)

8/21/15 Melody's Echo Chamber/Morgan Delt @ El Rey Theatre

8/27/15 Jefferson Starship @ Santa Monica Pier (Paul Kantner was a no show and the fake Grace Slick looked like she didn't want to be there, I bailed after about 40 mins)

8/27/15 Biters @ Viper Room

9/2/15 DRÆMINGS/Wet N Reckless @ Club Moscow (Boardner's)

9/3/15 Faith No More @ Jimmy Kimmel Live

9/3/15 Faith No More @ Troubadour

9/5/15 The Damned/CJ Ramone @ The Fonda Theatre

9/5/15 Dirty Eyes (22 mins worth) @ Redwood


9/6/15 Rainbow Bar & Grill Backyard Bash: Jack Russell's Great White, Red Dragon Cartel, Leatherwolf, The Untouchables, Jon E. Love & The Haters, The Hard Way

9/10/15 Robben Ford @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

9/11/15 El Vez @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

9/12/15 Prima Donna/Woolly Bandits @ Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

9/13/15 Dan Bern/Eleni Mandell @ Federal Bar

9/14/15 Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows, Two Sheds (partial), Las Lenguas @ The Echo

9/17/15 Le Butcherettes @ Amoeba

9/18/15 Randy Randall & Devin Sarno @ Gnarburger

9/19/15 Los Lobos @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

9/20/15 Def Leppard/Styx/Tesla @ The Forum

9/21/15 Radkey/Prettiest Eyes (partial) @ The Echo

9/25/15 Arkona, Heidevolk, The Dread Crew of Oddwood @ The Complex

9/27/15 Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Steve Soto, Upset, California, Rachel Haden @ Grandstar Jazz

9/27/15 Front 242, Youth Code, High Functioning Flesh @ Avalon

9/28/15 AC/DC, Vintage Trouble @ Dodger Stadium

9/29/15 Duran Duran @ Jimmy Kimmel Live

9/30/15 Allison Pierce, Jamie Lawson (partial) @ Hotel Cafe

10/1/15 Karl Denson's Tiny Universe with Ivan Neville, Solar Sons @ Echoplex



10/2/15 Godflesh, Prurient @ El Rey Theatre



10/3/15 Junkyard/The Hangmen/American Slang/The Sahns/Future Villains (last 2 songs) @ Viper Room



10/4/15 Grindhouse/Electric Children @ Redwood



10/4/15 Van Halen/Kenny Wayne Shepherd @ Hollywood Bowl


10/8/15 Culture Collide Day 1

Kevin Burke @ United Methodist Church
Maya Johanna @ Taix Front Lounge
Sevdaliza @ Taix Champagne Room
Library Voices @ Taix Front Lounge
Yard Of Blondes @ Taix Front Lounge (partial)
Heo @ Taix Champagne Room
The Moog @ Taix Front Lounge (partial)
Lee Triffon @ Taix Front Lounge
Level & Tyon @ Taix Champagne Room


10/9/15 Culture Collide Day 2


Maya Johanna @ United Methodist Church
Panda Elliot @ United Methodist Church
Ngairre @ United Methodist Church
Avaberee @ Taix Champagne Room
Christina Valentina @ United Methodist Church
Empra @ Taix Champagne Room
Busty And The Bass @ Taix Front Lounge (partial)
Ash @ Echoplex


10/10/15 Culture Collide Day 3


Avaberee @ Taix Champagne Room (soundcheck)
Los Angeles Police Department @ Taix Front Lounge (soundcheck)
Avaberee @ Taix Champagne Room
Selaphonic @ Taix Champagne Room
The Vim Dicta @ Taix Front Lounge (very partial)
Empra @ Taix Champagne Room
Ngairre @ Taix Champagne Room
Harts @ Taix Champagne Room
Level & Tyson @ Lot 1 Cafe
Hotel For Strangers @ Taix Front Lounge (partial)
Joycut @ Taix Front Lounge
LFNT @ Taix Front Lounge
Death By Unga Bunga @ Taix Front Lounge
Sultan Of The Disco @ Taix Front Lounge
Balthazar @ Taix Front Lounge
The Moog @ Lot 1 Cafe





10/13/15 FFS (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks) / The Intelligence (last song) @ The Wiltern



10/14/15 Neil Young & The Promise Of The Real / Social Distortion @ The Forum



10/15/15 Yacht @ Amoeba



10/16/15 Hinds / Public Access Television @ Echoplex



10/17/15 Walter Lure / The Zeros / Dirty Eyes @ The Redwood (Dino Everett, Johnny Witmer, John Tyree and special guest Clem Burke on Born To Lose)


10/19/15 Marina And The Diamonds / Christine And The Queens @ Greek Theatre

10/20/15 Gospelbeach @ Amoeba

10/20/15 Truly / Edith Crash @ Redwood

10/22/15 The Dollyrots / Go Betty Go / Love Me Nots @ The Satellite

10/24/15 Chapin Sisters @ Mollusk Surf Shop

10/25/15 Chapin Sisters / Ducktails @ Federal Bar

10/25/15 Gnarvana / The Sawyer Family / Street Drugs DTLA (partial) @ Make It Happen Music

10/28/15 Iggy Pop @ Hollywood Blvd (Ash vs The Evil Dead premier)

(3 week gap for real)

11/18/15 Freda Payne/Linda Clifford @ Amoeba (Mary Wilson was there but only signed, didn't sing)

11/18/15 Zander Schloss @ The Lost Knight

11/18/15 No Age/In The Whale @ The Echo

11/22/15 The Pandoras / The Woggles @ The Satellie

11/23/15 Jeff Lynne's ELO @ Jimmy Kimmel Live

11/25/15 Motochrist/Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows/Casper/Jason ?? /Manda Mosher (Calico) @ The Lost Knight

11/28/15 Jew Cocks/Dangerously Sleazy/Peach Kelli Pop/Brain Fragment (1 song) @ Redwood

11/29/15 Das Ich/Bustie @ Complex