Mid-year review: What’s the best, and what’s to come
What a year. What a yesterday. (*see above)
Perfume Genius @ The Broad 6/25/16
The Broad’s Nonobject(ive): Summer Happenings… series is intended to merge the visual objects present at the museum alongside performance pieces, creating a more immersive experience for the viewer.
The Hush Sound @ The Troubadour 6/1/16
Last night’s 10-year anniversary of the Hush Sound’s “Like Vines” was dedicated “to Axl Rose’s broken foot,” so said to Hush Sound keyboardist/vocalist Greta Salpeter.
Interview with Jim Tremayne of DJ Times
Give a Beat is an LA-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of America’s mass incarceration problem via the electronic music community. I freelance for them, interviewing artists and activists they work with, producing audio pieces for Give a Beat’s blog space. As snail mail grows more antiquated with each iPhone update, receiving a physical letter …
Callings out of Context: Junglepussy & Dan Deacon @ Teragram Ballroom
The Broad’s Callings Out Of Context brings together innovative artists together for a spectacle that celebrates the show itself as much as the act.
Dua Lipa @ Bardot 5/9/16
Last night marked self-described “dark pop” singer, Dua Lipa’s first Los Angeles performance. Lipa possesses a lofty voice which dances above the beat, finding its footing against booming percussion. Though not a fault of her own, the mighty sound she and her band produced felt more suited for a larger venue, where one could dance …