Los Angeles A Goodbye Letter
story / Ilyse Kaplan photos / Dominoe Farris-Gilbert I was nineteen when I landed in Los Angeles and moved in to a tiny dorm room in Playa Del Rey. It…
India de Beaufort
story / Ilyse Kaplan photography / PAYAM styling / India de Beaufort hair + makeup / Stephanie Navarro @ Jenny Karl hair +makeup Agency When I met India De Beaufort on…
Live Review: Best Coast at The Wiltern
story + photos / Ilyse Kaplan In Los Angeles, we are lucky to call bands “our…
Metronomy
story/ Ilyse Kaplan photographer/ Gregoire Alexandre On April 3, 2012 Los Angeles’ El Rey theatre was packed with dancing bodies trying to get to the front of the stage, or…
Live Review: Cults @The Music Box
story + photos / Ilyse Kaplan With all the “hype bands” these days, it is always interesting to see who will stick around longer than the several months of Pitchfork…
Live Review: Cass McCombs
story / Ilyse Kaplan photographs / Philip Cosores The audience was shoulder to shoulder on Wednesday, November 30th as Cass McCombs took the stage at The Echo. I’m not sure…
Dia De Los Muertos
Photographs / Domino Farris-Gilbert. As a neurotic Jew who deeply fears death, it was uncharacteristic for me to attend a festival that celebrates it, but on November 22nd, I followed the…