LA-based indie pop rock outfit Later Daze are no strangers to the breakup song. With a popular tracklist of melancholic love songs, frontwoman Julia Passannante has demonstrated her knack for creating painfully relatable love songs in her signature tenor drawl. However, Later Daze’s latest release “Walk it Off” feels like the culmination of their exploration of the pop rock genre thus far - a track with a catchy-as-hell melody, a larger-than-life pop chorus and devastating lyrics, all laid on top of an upbeat, danceable drum track.

Closing out the night, of course, was Nuclēaria, who not only showed incredible strength in performing their music, but did so with the same ferocious passion that has become their signature. Along with their set of familiar originals and iconic cover of Velvet Revolver’s “Slither,” Nuclēaria debuted two powerful new songs: one of which Jayson had rehearsed and worked on with the band, and another written in his memory.

When I sat down to write about Los Angeles band Golf Sucks, I knew a difficult task was at hand. There’s an indescribable feeling (or aura, as the kids are saying nowadays) that the band exudes at every show, something that makes you feel like you’re in exactly the right place at the right time. How do you write about, and try to describe, something that can only be felt as a warm feeling deep inside your bones? I’m not sure if I can, but it’s worth trying – such a feeling is crying out to be shared. So here goes.