Photos by Ava London The original article incorrectly stated that the drummer for The Swirlies in Los Angeles was Kevin Shea, instead of Adam Pierce. A distinctly familiar yet unexpected crackling permeated the hazy confines of Silverlake’s The Echo, amplified packing tape perhaps an allegory for the soon-to-play Swirlies’ experimentation with the modalities, forms, and…
Photos by Keifer Lambert It’s a difficult time for seniors at UCLA. The impending date of graduation draws closer and closer, we’re fending off questions from anxious parents, balancing our dreams with our need for a paycheck…and somehow, there’s always homework to do. As naive freshmen interrogate us on our plans after college and jaded…
Photos by Lily Stockton The third and final stop of Gesaffelstein’s Enter the Gamma tour was a night of inspiring clashes. The eclectically styled crowd complimented one another’s outfits in a chain link of aesthetic overlaps, embodying Gesaffelstein’s unification of diverse demographics through music. Perhaps this is because his music is mainly instrumental, with minimal…
Photo Credits to Nikhil Kumra Growing up, jazz and adjacent genres were always a part of my life. My parents would play Motown soul classics and bossa nova in the car on rides home from elementary school, and when I learned to play the drums in 4th grade, I mirrored the greats like Philly “Joe”…
Photographs by Oli McCormack.
Photography by Ava London Amongst herds of Laker fans, USC apologists, and evening rush hour workers in downtown Los Angeles, it was hard to discern if we were heading the right way to the Snow Strippers show. Our suspicions gave way to relief when we saw concertgoers adorned in fuzzy leg warmers, anime girl T-shirts,…
I was high and catatonic on a summer evening, flat on my back in a cramped and overpopulated apartment on the corner of Pico and Sepulveda. The windows of my bedroom were coated with an orange glow, from the farewell shouts of a sun that I had ignored for countless months. It was 2021 and…
After chatting with Hello Mary earlier this week, I have been eagerly awaiting their takeover of the iconic Troubadour. The three-piece rock band embarked on their first headlining tour just a few days prior, right after a successful stint of shows with American Football and julie. If you love American Football’s mathy, indie rock sound…
There are moments in life that make you question your very existence- like a night where pop music, indie rock and… country music all collide. September 28th was one of those nights for me. Musician Mitski took over the Hollywood Bowl to mark the final night of her album tour and the last performance with…
Harrison Patrick Smith, who performs under the moniker, The Dare, was exhilaratingly sleazy, with sex, drugs, alcohol, and every now and then love made palatable through omnipresent synths; a lá Calvin Harris circa 2007. The Dare resurrected the eccentric grittiness manifested in the indie sleaze subculture of the early 2000s, with hedonism as its face (and probably also offbeat graphic tee-shirts).