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…
Live Review: Patrick Watson
story+photographs / Ericka Clevenger I love the Bootleg for many reasons. Besides being only minutes from my home the entire establishment is built as a hub for hometown to traveling musicians…
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…
Shane West
Interview / Heather Seidler Photographs / Teren Oddo Thirty three-year-old Shane West has been familiar to television fans since his early days on ONCE & AGAIN and subsequent years playing…
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…
Matt Doust
story+ photographs / Ericka Clevenger art / courtesy of Matt Doust I met Matt Doust during his brief visit to Los Angeles a few months back at the Bootleg Theater.…
M83
King of a New Electronic Regime Story / Heather Seidler Photography /Anouck Bertin Anthony Gonzalez, the French maestro behind M83, has been creating day-dreamy, electro-pop splendor for a decade. M83’s…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
story + photos / Ericka Clevenger Unknown Mortal Orchestra played a ridiculously great set last Friday at the Echo in Los Angeles, California. The Portland Oregon based trio, consisting of…
Black Banditz
photo credits / Rony Alwin and Andi Elloway story by / Stefania Consarino Black Banditz Tattoo & Hair isn’t your regular place to get tattooed or your hair done. It…
Ladygunn in the studio with TOKYO POLICE CLUB
Ten Songs. Ten Hours. Ten Days. Ten Years. Story / Heather Seidler Photos / Shanna Fisher I caught up with spunky Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club at Red Bull Studios…
LIVE REVIEW: FYF Festival 2011
The Descendents, Broken Social Scene, Death from Above 1979 Story/ Heather Seidler Photos/ Ericka Clevenger Now in its eighth year, the once renegade punk party FYF (Fuck Yeah Festival) has…