A.J. Urquidi A.J. Urquidi is the copydesk chief of Los Angeles Review of Books and co–executive editor of indicia. LA 19 posts
LA We Lived to Tell A. J. Urquidi splurges on emo guyliner at his mall’s Hot Topic before watching Saosin play their timeless debut record live in Garden Grove. A.J. Urquidi 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA 3 Straight Shows, Lost To Gothic Night Dear diary, I’m embarking inadvisably upon a three-day marathon of unrelated shows around Greater Los Angeles, including on workdays. A.J. Urquidi 7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
LA Unhinged Freak-Out Scramblers, Grizzled & Reunited SOUL COUGHING PLAY THE SONGS OF SOUL COUGHING The Bellwether Los Angeles Sept. 13, 2024 They said it would never happen, admitting as much on their tour announcement and promo A.J. Urquidi 18 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
LA Keeping an Opa Mind LONG BEACH GREEK FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Long Beach Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2024 In the Aquatic Capital of America™, it’s easy to A.J. Urquidi 6 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
LA Friday Night Is For The Good Boys FOURTH FRIDAYS: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Retro Row Long Beach Aug. 23, 2024 For small-business patrons, Long Beach’s 4th Street Corridor (a.k.a. Retro Row) has become the A.J. Urquidi 27 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
LA Bringing Up Radiant Baby KEITH HARING: RADIANT VISION Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach May 25 – Aug. 25, 2024 This Father’s Day was like any other Long Beach day as I strolled A.J. Urquidi 25 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
LA Pearl Jam Won’t Back Down PEARL JAM: DARK MATTER TOUR with DEEP SEA DIVER Kia Forum Inglewood May 22, 2024 I, a regular concert frequenter, have never encountered anything like the novelty I experienced at A.J. Urquidi 28 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Punk’s Promise PUNKCON 3 California State University Fullerton, Cal. May 4, 2024 It’s been a landmark week for US universities dusting off their suppression manuals and calling for armed backup to A.J. Urquidi 12 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Melody From Noise HELMET: LOOK LEFT TOUR with CRO-MAGS Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles April 28, 2024 On Sunday in Central Los Angeles, I parked on one of Westlake’s copious skid rows, crunching A.J. Urquidi 2 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Innocent Until Proven Guilty of Shoegazing SLIDE AWAY FEST featuring NOTHING PERFORMING GUILTY OF EVERYTHING and friends The Belasco Los Angeles March 31, 2024 Members of the jury, I understand you have a verdict in the A.J. Urquidi 2 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
LA Calamaric Euphoria, 20,000 Leagues Under The OC SQUID with WATER FROM YOUR EYES The Observatory Santa Ana, Cal. February 29, 2024 As a lifelong admirer of weird cryptids, sea monsters, and beings of potentially extraterrestrial origin, I’ A.J. Urquidi 5 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
LA The Lord Unleashes A Punk Club Full Of Caterwauling Masochists QUITS with TUDORS, DROSS, and GLUT Supply and Demand Long Beach Feb. 5, 2024 This weekend, I was catching up with my old roommate God, an entitled prick. After a A.J. Urquidi 11 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
LA Big Shark Roams The Big Easy BIG SHARK WITH TOMMY WISEAU IN PERSON Landmark Westwood Los Angeles Nov. 11, 2023 Exactly 20 years since the premiere of writer-director Tommy Wiseau’s cine-magnum opus The Room, he A.J. Urquidi 5 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
LA boygenius Reviewer Succumbs To Crying Virus BOYGENIUS with 100 GECS and SLOPPY JANE Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Oct. 31, 2023 Emo-folk supergroup boygenius joined hyperpop scoundrels 100 gecs and cinematic chamber-rockers Sloppy Jane for a Halloween A.J. Urquidi 6 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
LA Gaggle Of Glam Saviors Fly West GEESE with YHWH NAILGUN Constellation Room Santa Ana, Cal. Oct. 26, 2023 “Thanks for coming to a Geese show,” singer Cameron Winter addressed us at Santa Ana’s Constellation Room. A.J. Urquidi 2 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
LA Death Cab Returns To The Emotional Shipwreck Road THE POSTAL SERVICE & DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Give Up & Transatlanticism 20th Anniversary Tour with BUILT TO SPILL Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Oct. 15, 2023 If you were a A.J. Urquidi 18 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA Brexitcore Revelation: The Greatest Rock-Adjacent Song of the Century-in-Progress FONTAINES D.C. with BEEN STELLAR The Wiltern Los Angeles Oct. 3, 2023 Ambassadors of a new guard of post-punk revivalists — a wave referred to affectionately in forums as post-Brexitcore— A.J. Urquidi 6 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA Art Can Be Destroyed But Not Defeated ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA: INTERSECTED HORIZONS Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, Cal. Sept. 9, 2023 – May 2024 PAOLA VEGA: THE MYSTERY OF PAINTING MOLAA Sept. 9, 2023 – March 2024 A.J. Urquidi 29 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
