HARD Summer 2024

If you asked me a year ago what I thought I’d be doing in August 2024, my last guess would be covering HARD Summer music festival. As a classically-trained musician, electronic music is probably the genre in which I feel most out of my comfort zone. Even though I’m a musicology major going into my senior year, I felt like my musical background meant I had no business covering this festival – and yet, here I was, in an effort to challenge my limits and broaden my musical horizons. Thus, I present to you: a noob’s take on HARD Summer.

BAJA BEACH FEST DAY 1

Entering Rosarito you could feel the Mexican beach weather, see the large crowds of people walking towards the beach and of course you could hear reggaeton beats playing from blocks away. It’s the best time of the year for all Latin music lovers as Baja Beach Fest is once again hosting their world famous Reggaeton…

Pitchfork Festival: Day One

Article by Arami Chang & Chloe Gonzales After the onslaught of thunderstorms and tornadoes that plagued the Midwest this past week, it’s a relief that the Chicago weather cleared up this weekend. No longer did Chicagoans need to wear their windbreakers or rain boots for the inclement weather. It was time for everyone to don…

Pitchfork Festival: Day Two

Article by Arami Chang & Chloe Gonzales Today’s lineup was scheduled to feature mostly alt rock musicians by day, dance pop legends by night, making for probably the busiest day of the weekend. In response, the city rang its alarm call, the Green Line train above Ashland loudly buckling its wheels, the air above us…

TV Girl @The Wiltern [6/17/24]

~~~ Photos by Lily Stockton ~~~ TV Girl isn’t a fan of whole numbers.  On a fateful summer night in June, this fact was proven to be true. I had the privilege of catching this so-cal based trio on the first of their three-night residency at Downtown LA’s Wiltern. The occasion? To celebrate “3 ½…