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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Lizzo🐍 A photo posted by Mick Jacobs (@flickjacobs) on Jan 22, 2017 at 10:57am PST If self-love is, as Audre Lorde put it, an act of political warfare, then Melissa “Lizzo” Jefferson delivered a sonic D-Day to the Echoplex this past Friday.
Vroom Vroom Pt II. SOPHIE + Charli XCX = Perfection, with the DJ’s hyper-kinetic productions channeling sonic fuel into the UK’s premier punk pixie. Introduced by a belligerent Brooke Candy (“I ain’t never told a lie/ Bitch give me a reason why?!”), Charli emerged wearing what can only be referred to as “country club gone …
Last night, thousands of Angelenos took to city hall to protest the racist, sexist, and (even excluding those two prior deal-breakers) horribly unqualified businessman our electoral college chose as our next president.
A photo posted by Krachelli Grape Jelly (@bassismybf) on Oct 31, 2016 at 11:35pm PDT This All Hallow’s Eve, the sister-duo known as CocoRosie cast their ethereal rhymes upon the Fonda Theater. Dressed as twisted takes on the Pippy Longstocking motif, they appeared childishly rogue, looking ready to destroy just as much as they were …
A photo posted by Mick Jacobs (@flickjacobs) on Oct 26, 2016 at 7:06am PDT At a time where few people are happy with America (for justifiable reasons), it felt refreshing watching French cold wave band, La Femme, take the stage of the Regent Theater, and joyously announce their excitement at being in California.