Los Angeles, live music, lively commentary
Last night, I partook in a favorite LA past-time: comedy shows. To the city of Angels, stand-up shows are as commonplace as palm trees or donut shops, and like them, offer a lovely reflection of the city’s vibrancy and diversity.
And so the Broad Museum’s Summer Happenings came to their eventual end this past weekend, but I must say this last one ended on a much harder note than any previous. An evening squarely focused on electronic music, the show pulsed and popped with energy and post-summer bliss.
Coming off the fresh excitement for their latest album, How to be a Human, Oxford-bred Glass Animals held a small concert at the Village studios in West LA (with sponsorship from Spotify and Icebreakers). Waiting in line for this event felt like an eternity, but now I also have enough ice-breakers to last me until …
The third event in the Broad Museum’s Summer Happenings series demonstrated that this fresh space lends itself not just to visual art but to immersive experiences altogether.
A photo posted by Mick Jacobs (@flickjacobs) on Aug 5, 2016 at 11:45am PDT It almost goes without saying that live music should be fun. Obviously the occasion arises when you’ll go see sad acts like Elliott Smith or Lykke Li and indulge in your woes, but more often than not you’re looking for a …
My friend Rachel Mills of Bass Is My Boyfriend and I interviewed Sharam Tabeyi, one half of the legendary duo, Deep Dish, speaking about his latest record and the state of electronica in 2016. *audio production done by me