Sia steals show from headliner with once-in-a-lifetime performance to Coachella

Sia steals show from headliner with once-in-a-lifetime performance to Coachella
Mark E. Ortega
Grimygoods.com
April 18, 2016

Renowned Aussie singer-songwriter Sia hasn’t performed a full show hardly anywhere in years. When she was announced as part of Coachella’s bill this year, she was instantly on most people’s can’t-miss lists for the weekend. On Sunday, she more than justified the hype with the kind of performance that people will be talking about for years.

Moments into the opening song “Alive,” it became clear that this was not going to be like any other set in the desert that weekend. She stood behind what looked like the bottom of her dress, but instead it was a group of people all fluffed up hiding a dancer that donned the same outfit from the music video for the same song. As Sia hit all the high notes, singing “I’m still breathing,” the dancer was just the beginning of what could be considered more performance art than concert.

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Best Debut Albums of 2015

Best Debut Albums of 2015
Mark E. Ortega & Sandra Burciaga
GrimyGoods.com
December 8, 2015

This past year was a great year for debut albums, and especially a mammoth year for women in music. About 65 percent of our debut selections are from some very talented women. While we could have easily added a few more records to this list, we like to keep it selective. When it comes down to what exactly makes a “best debut album of 2015”, there are a lot of factors at play, but for us, all the debut records listed below were constantly on repeat throughout the year. From hip hop, rock, pop, electronica and more — these debut albums were each extraordinary in their own way.

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An interview with Meg Myers: figuring things out as she goes along

An interview with Meg Myers: figuring things out as she goes along
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
November 10, 2015

Meg Myers has long been on our radars as an up-and-coming musician in the alt-rock scene, particularly as she’s made her ascent while living in Los Angeles. She’s drawn comparisons to acts like Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple but in an interview we did with her last year, she told us her influences were more along the lines of Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Chains. Her debut full-length self-titled album Sorry more than lived up to the buzz generated by her preceding EPs, and now she’s on the road as part of a headlining tour in support of the album with a stop at the El Rey on Tuesday, November 17.

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Watch Meg Myers' new music video for "Lemon Eyes"

Watch Meg Myers' new music video for "Lemon Eyes"
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
October 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based indie rock favorite Meg Myers has released a new music video for the track “Lemon Eyes,” the second single from her debut full-length album Sorry, which was released just last month.

“Lemon Eyes” is about jealousy and paranoia, according to a tweet of Meg’s featuring the link to the video. We caught her at Life is Beautiful Festival a few weeks back in downtown Las Vegas — one of the first shows on her latest tour — and she returns to LA on Tuesday, November 17 at the El Rey Theatre.

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Duran Duran, Metric, Clean Bandit deliver top Life is Beautiful day two sets

Duran Duran, Metric, Clean Bandit deliver top Life is Beautiful day two sets
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
September 28, 2015

Day two of Life is Beautiful was the most jam-packed day of the downtown Las Vegas festival schedule-wise. It makes sense. People that drove in from LA or flew in from elsewhere get to enjoy a full day’s worth of music whereas the other two days are sometimes eaten up by traveling to and from home.

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6 Early-Day Can't Miss Life is Beautiful Acts

6 Early-Day Can't Miss Life is Beautiful Acts
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
September 25, 2015

In just its first two years, Las Vegas’ downtown music festival, Life Is Beautiful has served as the proving grounds for a number of acts that have gone on to mainstream success in the time since. In its first year in 2013, acts like HAIM, ZZ Ward, Charli XCX, Twenty-one Pilots and Robert DeLong delivered memorable early-day performances. Last year, it was The Orwells, The Preatures, Catfish & the Bottlemen, MO, and Milky Chance who got early-day starts.

This year, the festival starts later in the day and runs until later in the night, probably due to it moving from October to the much warmer September dates. Here are our recommendations on who to see once you get through the gates.

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Meg Myers to headline El Rey Theatre in November

Meg Myers to headline El Rey Theatre in November
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
August 25, 2015

Los Angeles alternative rock favorite Meg Myers will headline the El Rey Theatre on November 17 in support of her upcoming album Sorry.

Myers has been a favorite of Grimy Goods since she played at Bardot’s It’s a School Night last February. The El Rey gig will be her largest headlining set in Los Angeles, and it’s happening as she’s generating a ton of buzz. She performed at ALT 98.7’s Summer Camp earlier this month and has always drawn nice crowds at her previous LA gigs, whether it’s been opening for BROODS or topping a show at the Echo.

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Meg Myers blows minds in Burbank, gives news on new single

Meg Myers blows minds in Burbank, gives news on new single
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
February 19, 2015

Los Angeles-based indie rocker Meg Myers, ALT98.7 and Carl’s Jr. got things going — on a Tuesday.

Kicking off the “Carl’s Jr. All-Natural Concert Series” in an intimate Burbank performance space, Meg Myers played three acoustic songs before doing a short interview that also featured a bit of Q&A. Fans were also provided with free Carl’s Jr. — the new All-Natural burger that was recently launched, along with some french fries.

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The 20 Hottest Women in Indie Music (and then some)

The 20 Hottest Women in Indie Music (and then some)
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
February 18, 2015


As we noted in our 20 Hottest Men in Indie Music feature last month, it’s hard not to fall in love with a talented musician when they’re on stage giving you a memorable performance. Now it’s time to give the accomplished ladies their shine.

The 20 Hottest Women in Indie Music:

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Forecast: 13 Los Angeles Artists and Bands to Watch in 2015

Forecast: 13 Los Angeles Artists and Bands to Watch in 2015
Mark E. Ortega and Sandra Burciaga
GrimyGoods.com
January 6, 2015

Our great city of Los Angeles is gem for discovering new music. Many of the artists and bands that make the City of Angels their home quickly work their way up from playing small venues and underground shows, to selling out famed venues and going on large tours and playing music festivals. Last year, as predicted in our 2014 forecast for artists to watch, we saw it happen with Banks, Lo-Fang, Death Valley Girls, The Moth & Flame and many more L.A. based acts. This year we’ve selected a new crop of talented and promising Los Angeles artists and bands who are sure to create quite the excitement in 2015. While we are aware that there are plenty more bands who are just as promising, these our selections for the 13 Los Angeles Artists and Bands to Watch in 2015.

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The Nine II Five: Volume Four

The Nine II Five: Volume Four
TheAudiologist.net
December 17, 2014




Remember mixed tapes? Mixed CDs? Recording songs off the radio? Nowadays, it’s too easy to try and make a playlist on subscription-based streaming sites that spiral out of control.

Every playlist I’ve made climbs to crazy numbers, sometimes into the hundreds. This can be nice, for many reasons. But there was a certain difficulty and passion that came all my life with making mixed CDs. There’s an art to it — being able to move from track to track without something feeling far too out of place.

925… It’s the area code where I grew up in northern California’s Bay Area. It also works as “nine-to-five”, commonly known as the working person’s grind Monday-through-Friday. I’m taking that number and using it as the formula for a mix I hope to continue creating every week.

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Interview with Meg Myers: mixing maniacal genius with massive sex appeal

Interview with Meg Myers: mixing maniacal genius with massive sex appeal
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
June 12, 2014


If they ever decide to do a remake of the ’80s cult classic Heathers, about two high school outcasts who plot to kill the popular kids, Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Meg Myers should be tabbed to score the film.

Though she’s got just two EPs to her credit thus far, Myers has the market cornered on dark and sometimes maniacal songwriting, taking things a few steps further than angsty ’90s singers Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple.

Though those are the artists Myers often gets compared to, it’s acts like Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Chains that Myers was sometimes inspired by. Her song “Desire” is as primal a song about getting laid and comes across as her version of NIN’s breakout hit “Closer”.

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Broods deliver a magnetic performance at The Observatory

Broods deliver a magnetic performance at The Observatory
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
May 16, 2014


Though it wasn’t a sell out like their SF show I attended at The Independent on Tuesday, Broods and Meg Myers packed them into the much larger main room at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Thursday and both acts delivered memorable sets to conclude their North American tour.

New Zealand sibling synth-pop duo Broods mixed in a couple of new songs from a forthcoming album as well as the popular tunes that landed them a major deal in the first place.

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Fast-rising Broods, Meg Myers showcase emerging talent at Indy gig

Fast-rising Broods, Meg Myers showcase emerging talent at Indy gig
Mark E. Ortega
Showbams.com
May 15, 2014


Tuesday night, burgeoning singer/songwriter Meg Myers played her first gig at The Independent in San Francisco as she set the stage for brother-sister New Zealand synth pop duo Broods later that evening.

Myers took the stage in what seemed to be one of those low cut H&M black t-shirts and a pair of shorts that were short enough to where some questioned whether she was wearing any at all. The only noticeable bit of color being her red lipstick, Myers delivered a heartwrenching eight-song set that highlighted her vocal range and her capturing stage presence.

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The beautiful Meg Myers and Jess Williamson captivate fans at Bardot Hollywood

The beautiful Meg Myers and Jess Williamson captivate fans at Bardot Hollywood
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
February 19, 2014

Being from Vegas, it was my first time turning up to School Night at Bardot, which apparently takes place every Monday. It definitely will not be my last.

After reviewing Jess Williamson’s debut album here at Grimy Goods a few weeks ago (click here for the album review), I had to check her out in person. Though I only got a brief taste of her due to playing a shortened set, I left that night with my live music fix fully satisfied.

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