LA Bittersweet Wednesday Recollections WEDNESDAY with DRAAG The Bellwether Los Angeles May 17, 2024 My mid-twenties were a strange time. I was perpetually poor, carless (and soon, following a theft from the side of David Diaz 24 May 2024 · 2 min read
LA Hot Moms In Your Area KIMBERLY KING PARSONS’S WE WERE THE UNIVERSE BOOK TOUR Skylight Books Los Angeles May 16, 2024 The cosmos keep bringing me back to Kimberly King Parsons. During undergrad, I Brittany Menjivar 22 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Squawking, As A Symptom THE STRINGS/KEYS REINCIDENCE: A RESIDENCY WITH JOANNA NEWSOM The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever May 15 – 19 + May 26 – 27, 2024 The first sound I heard on Thursday night Dandi Meng 21 May 2024 · 2 min read
LA A Blood Transfusion From Charli XCX CHARLI XCX PRESENTS CLUB ANGEL Brain Dead Studios Los Angeles, May 9, 2024 Last Wednesday night, Los Angeles – based fans of Charli XCX received the same mass text. It read, Annika Gavlak 16 May 2024 · 2 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 Most Valuable Pfeiffer PAUL PFEIFFER: PROLOGUE TO THE STORY OF THE BIRTH OF FREEDOM Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Through June 16, 2024 I hate sports. I’ve come around to physical Brandon Sward 8 May 2024 · 2 min read
LA All’s Fair At The Ren Faire ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Through May 19, 2024 My ren faire experience began with a quest of fantastic proportions. After parking on a side street Brittany Menjivar 3 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 Mannequin Pussy Embraces Anger MANNEQUIN PUSSY: I GOT HEAVEN TOUR with SOUL GLO The Fonda Theater Los Angeles April 26, 2024 My millennial algorithm keeps pushing TikToks about the power of listening to nostalgic Emily VanKoughnett 1 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA IKEA Panacea IKEA RESIDENCY RECEPTION Surely Work Studios Los Angeles April 20, 2024 Like the markers in the 22-acre IKEA in Burbank — second in size only to the flagship store in Stockholm Emily Ann Zisko 28 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Who Does and Doesn’t Belong on Everest? WILL COCKRELL’S LAUNCH OF EVEREST, INC., DIESEL A Bookstore Los Angeles April 16, 2024 I avoid the Brentwood Country Mart at most costs; it’s a danger zone for Kate Sadoff 25 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Being Free, Being Faithful, Being Responsible for Extinction JENNIFER CROFT’S DISCUSSION OF THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY, DIESEL A Bookstore Los Angeles April 18, 2024 The Białowieża Forest is the last remaining old-growth forest in Europe and Kate Sadoff 25 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Hello Gorgeous FUNNY GIRL Ahmanson Theatre Los Angeles April 9, 2024 The worst day of my life may be the day I turn 26, not only because I’ll be ineligible for Maya Chen 25 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA A Network of Machines Speak Only With Each Other KATHERINE BEHAR: ACK! KNOWLEDGE! WORK! Beall Center for Art + Technology Irvine Through April 20, 2024. Ebony QWERTY keys glisten across the body of Shelf Life (2018) and Data Cloud (A Chase Bucklew 19 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Jazz Friends OUTSIDE WORLD 71 Studio Bar Los Angeles April 5, 2024 On my way to the jazz duo Outside World’s release show in Hollywood two Fridays ago, I learned from Tosten Burks 19 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Modern Blur Is Not Rubbish BLUR: COACHELLA WARM-UP SHOW The Fox Theater Pomona April 10, 2024 Last Wednesday morning, I emerged from the supermarket with a two-liter bottle of electrolyte water and three energy bars, Brittany Menjivar 17 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
LA Are You Receiving Her Psychic Messages? KENZY PEACH’S BRIC A BRAC BABY ALBUM RELEASE SHOW The Virgil Los Angeles April 6, 2024 Look up Kenzy Peach on Spotify, and you’ll find this bio: “Kenzy Brittany Menjivar 14 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
LA Mitksi Blows Past Fans’ (9 PM) Curfew MITSKI with JULIA JACKLIN Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles March 29, 2024 As countless critics have observed, the attention-based economy is killing live music. Case in point: Mitski’s concerts represent Rory Hayes 10 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
