The drive from Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles at 7pm on a Wednesday is full of iconic sights. Rolling down Wilshire Avenue for nearly an hour, I spotted music landmarks, The Wiltern and El Rey Theatre, shuffling in concertgoers under big lights. The Bellwether stood in a quiet part of town, but with an equally…
Photo by Kenzi Everitt This Sunday evening was a beautiful end to the last weekend of summer. I have made my way around quite a few L.A. venues, so it is a bit shocking that this concert marked my first at the famous Hollywood Bowl. While I toured it a couple years back, I had…
Photos provided by Pitch Perfect PR and Sylvia Ansley Techno virtuoso Daniel Avery wants to transport you to a world outside your own. Forging a path between the enveloping sound of shoegaze and the never-ending groove of electronica, he aims to create an experience that bridges two worlds of musical rebellion. Originally from the UK,…
Photos by Nathan Rifkin “But tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet?Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of dayAnd head back toward the Milky Way?” “Drops of Jupiter,” and the iconic band Train, have a special place in my heart. I grew up listening to the aforementioned…
Cover Photo by Dusana Karam, Daisy Chain Fields There were real big expectations for the first annual Daisy Chain Fields Festival, and the talented, hardworking women behind the music and magic exceeded them every step of the way. In the two short months after Grammy-winning popstar Olivia Rodrigo announced the all-women festival, Daisy Chain Fields…
Photo courtesy of Goldenvoice’s Just Like Heaven and Julian Bajsel This past Saturday, thousands descended upon Brookside at the Rosebowl for Just Like Heaven, LA’s premier festival for indie rock, alternative, and electro dance-pop music. Dedicated fans braved the summer heat to cheer on their favorite artists. Liquid I.V. pouches and Electrolit “shots” were passed…
Photos by Nathan Rifkin Framed by the iconic hills of Griffith Park and Mount Hollywood, nestled in the eastern portion of the Santa Monica mountains, is the beautiful Greek Theatre. In the summer, the open air venue sits under a brilliant blue Los Angeles sky dotted with small white wisps of clouds. Given all this,…
Photos by Sofia Cardenas Middle school: My mom took my phone away, so I had no choice but to find another vehicle for my grimy Apple earbuds that I refused to ever take out. Digging through a hallway cabinet, I discovered my mom’s old lime green iPod Shuffle. Surprisingly, it still worked. Plugging in my…
Photos by Sofia Cardenas Nestled below the San Gabriel Mountains, the Rose Bowl lives on the western edge of the SGV, where 20 miles of strip malls, boba shops, and sprawling suburbia make up one of the most prominent ethnoburbs in Los Angeles. On August 8, Asian-interest music collective 88rising took over Pasadena with their…
Photos by Sofia Cardenas When imagining a cluster of popular emo bands from the late 90s and early 2000s, many come to name. But among these artists, an indie-rock infused ‘black sheep’ always makes its way into the grouping. Enter Death Cab for Cutie. Since their 1998 debut, Something About Airplanes, Death Cab have been…