The Backstreet Boys Are Backstreet Daddies in the Music Video for “No Place” January 4, 2019 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) AJ, Howie, Kevin, Brian, and Nick are getting BSB fans ready for the release of their new album, DNA (dropping January 25), with the video premiere of "No Place," a...
The Best of 2018: Top 10 Film Picks December 31, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) If anything, 2018 was the year movies felt more inclusive than any other year in recent memory (or ever). One could attribute it to the efforts of artists, writers, and...
This ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Musical is an Alternative Holiday Treat December 20, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) Tim Burton's modern-day fable from 1990, Edward Scissorhands, is the latest contemporary classic to receive a musical makeover at L.A.'s Rockwell Table & Stage. From...
The Best of 2018: Top 10 TV Picks December 11, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) The Peak TV bubble has yet to burst. And with over 500 scripted shows that were in production in 2018, it has become an increasingly difficult task for TV critics...
The Best of 2018: Top 10 Music Picks December 10, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) 2018 is officially the year pop music started getting into Y2K nostalgia. While British pop tart Anne-Marie reminisced about "2002," Charli XCX teamed up with Troye...
An Interactive Musical Version of ‘Stranger Things’ Exists. And It’s Awesome. November 5, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) Photo: Bryan Carpender The folks behind L.A.'s Unauthorized Musical Parody Of... series is at it again, this time with a spoof of the hit supernatural drama Stranger...
Great L.A. Eats: Fall 2018 November 4, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) Now that we're well into fall and less concerned with swimsuit selfies, it's time to indulge in some good grub, some tasty bites, some delectable goodness...After all, 'tis...
Vulture Festival is Coming to Los Angeles! October 31, 2018 Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T: at Milk Studios on May 19, 2018 in New York City. Vulture's own motto is “Devouring Culture," so it’s only right for the New York Magazine site to host a yearly...
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Arrives in Southern California October 25, 2018 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) PHOTO: Jason Niedle If the success of Kenneth Branagh's big-screen remake of Murder on the Orient Express was any indication last year, audiences are still craving for a...
New York Comic-Con 2018: ‘Gods,’ ‘Good,’ and Goldberg October 9, 2018 by Adrienne McIlvaine (@mizocty) It takes a lot to get me to drag myself to Midtown at 10am on a Saturday morning. Specifically, it takes a New York Comic-Con panel on the upcoming Amazon series Good...
