Photos by Selkie Winter A net packed with balloons in every which way hung above us on the eve to New Year’s Eve at the Chapel. 12/30/24 marked the first night of Lee Field’s New Year’s Eve residency at The Chapel in San Francisco, a two-day affair that did not disappoint. Rich saxophone and booming…
Photos by Sara Gorman and Gabriela Acosta One of my favorite things to do after class is to attend live music. I was lucky to catch a show on Tuesday, January 9th, the second day of Winter quarter. I hadn’t planned to catch this show, but by miracle or perhaps just sheer coincidence, Sara shared…
As I’m walking through downtown Los Angeles on a Tuesday night, all I see are Mexican tamborazos and bandas playing live music in the street with hundreds of people lining up waiting at the Peacock Theater’s front doors with the smell of hot dogs grilling filling the air. When a regional Mexican super star such…
Before the show had even begun, with the likes of Lil Peep and XXXTentacion blasting throughout the cavernous Vermont Hollywood, it became clear that Nick Rattigan, under the moniker “Current Joys,” would be departing from the melancholy indie pop that dominated his early career. This inclination was reinforced by Current Joys’ latest release, the album…
“I was thinking about the lyrics like, ‘goddamn’ can’t cry cause you gotta sing” (Dustin Payseur). Payseur, the frontman of the Indie rock band, Beach fossils, succinctly encapsulated not only the relaxed, confident mannerisms of the band itself with this statement, but also facilitated rumination on the dichotomy between Beach Fossils’ danceable, hazy productions and…
Photos by Chloe Gonzales 8:10 PM Public transport card? Check. Camera from a decade ago? Yes. 70s fit? Debatable. Lady Apple Tree is someone who I’ve been aching to see ever since she opened for the indie rising star Alice Phoebe Lou. Well, technically she was supporting the opener that night. But she stepped up…
This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity purposes As I exit the bus around the corner from the iconic Village Studios, I worry I might seem out of place at an album release party. I enter the studio and await to be ushered into the party, and am greeted with warmth and kindness…
The Breeders @ The Wiltern [10/19/23] Photos by Abigail Tran “Breeders” is a tongue-in-cheek term used by the gay community to describe straight individuals. The name that Kim Deal chose for her band pokes fun at heterosexual relationships, reducing them to their primitive purpose of breeding. A return to our origins, of sorts. In a…
From playing sets for EDC Las Vegas and the Ultra Music Festival, to dropping his first full-length album, House of Glass, 2022 proved to be a monumental year for Wax Motif. A year in which Motif’s momentum climaxed, the “build-up” cresting prior to an explosive drop that was the launch of his 2023 “House of…
Photos by Asher Cohen and Ria Bose Turning the corner on Sunset and Argyle, my eyes dart across the never ending line of eager concert goers. This sold-out show is the 21st stop of the international “Space Heavy” tour, and the excited assembly of King Krule fans shuffle their feet in anticipation. Krule, the musical…