Passing Period Jazz Session
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz @ The Music Library [11/4/22]
Can’t Resist the Pit
Turnstile & Snail Mail @ Shrine Expo Hall [11/4/22] As a five-foot nothing girl I was terrified. But as a punk fan, I was ecstatic. Approaching the Shrine, I saw groups of Turnstile fans of all ages wearing all black thick eyeliner. After spotting more than 15 concert-goers with septum rings, my friend turns to…
MUNA LEADS QUEER SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
MUNA @ the Wiltern [10/26/2022] As I pass through the dirty gray metal detectors into the Wiltern, it is as if I have discovered the other end of a rainbow. Baby pinks, sky blues, and gold yellows flood the columned concert hall like Care Bear Con at the Vatican. Audience members mill about the lobby,…
Trauma Bonding with Alice Glass
Alice Glass @ The Fonda [10/29/22] Photos by Evan Ibarra The scorched earth quivers. At tonight’s goth bacchanal, we expect an explosion. Sad clowns, juggalos, and caped vampires have come together to Trauma Bond with Alice Glass, whose eponymous tour is debuting a full-length album that is wholly her own. After breaking from the eminent…
My Inner Child is Haunting Me
Skullcrusher @ the Masonic Lodge [10/17/22] When I get to the table outside the Masonic Lodge, after waiting in line, gorging on onion rings and ranch and peering out into the cemetery beyond, I am not on the list. After calling PR, I sit on the curb while the security guard- he looks borrowed from…
Dayglow @ The Novo [10/15/22]
Photos by: Gracy Watts Even waiting in line to enter, there was a sense of excitement and lightheartedness surrounding us all. With their third album, People in Motion, being released earlier this month, The Novo was just the 5th U.S. stop on Dayglow’s tour. Since their first albums were focused on showcasing their versatility and…
A Communion of Music: The Wild Hearts Tour
Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker at The Greek Theater Photos by Samantha Smithies As we pulled into the converted parking lot in Griffith Park, Sam and I saw the groups of identifiably indie fans trekking up the hill, making the pilgrimage to pay respects to some of the most established women of…
Fontaines D.C. @ The Grammy Museum [9/13/22]
It’s an exciting time to be Irish, and so getting the message that Fontaines D.C. were being interviewed and then performing at the Grammy Museum was a sweet embellishment, and a way to celebrate the Dublin-formed band who now sit with the few of their countrymen sharing the title for Best Rock Album nominee. Since…
An Ambiguous Mood: Rejection of Musical (and Gender) Binaries
Claud @ The Troubadour [3/18/22]
Full of Love and Gratitude
Raveena @ El Rey [5/28/22] Photos by Ethan Guffey As we pulled up to the El Rey Theatre, the line full of twenty-somethings dressed in bright colors and complex patterns on Wilshire Boulevard immediately caught our attention. “This is exactly what I expected Raveena fans to look like,” my photographer Ethan commented. Lots of matching…
From Tiny Desk to LA
Quinn Christopherson, THAO, and Black Belt Eagle Scout @ The Teragram [05/06/21]
