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Frankie Cosmos celebrates the last show of their tour at the UC Theatre

Bianca Lu
November 19, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Last Saturday night, Frankie Cosmos graced the stage of the UC Theatre for the last day of their tour for their fourth studio album, Close It Quietly (2019). Frankie Cosmos is well known for capturing the heavy...

Treasure Island 2018 a Symbiosis

Bianca Lu
October 23, 2018
Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized
Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...

Tennis: Stripped Down at The Chapel

Bianca Lu and Annie Nguyen
October 15, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Tennis, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, just got back from opening for Father John Misty's tour just to get to start a new one, Solo In Stereo. They got inspired by a Father John Misty show where he stripped...

The Garden has planted a seed in our hearts

Rosie Davidowitz and Bianca Lu
April 8, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
It was a Saturday, March 31st to be exact, and Southern California natives and twin-brother duo The Garden were headlining The Chapel (correction: sold out The Chapel). Anyone who has seen The Garden live can t...

A “Preliminary Outpouring”: an interview with experimental indie-rocker Elijah Egbert

Veronica Irwin and Bianca Lu
March 24, 2018
Interview
As a student musician trying to conquer a new music scene as a junior transfer, one might expect Elijah Egbert to be loud, talkative, and perhaps a little too eager to get you to listen to his music. But this U...

At home with Porches

Bianca Lu
March 9, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Videos
“Hi hi.” Synth lord, frontman, the brains behind Porches, Aaron Maine, stepped onto the stage with a gentle introduction that easily wooed every being in the venue. Porches had a two-night residency...

The Frights: You Are Going To Hate This (Piece)

Rosie Davidowitz, Natalie Silver and Bianca Lu
December 9, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
A message from Rosie & Natalie, your Curators of Experience: Before reading this piece, please recite after us: “I will not take this piece seriously. I will take these words with a grain of salt. I wil...

The Babe Rainbow: Saturday night monkey disco?

Bianca Lu
October 26, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Oh man. What’s up with all the good psych coming from Australia? Tame Impala, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Moses Gunn Collective, Pond, King Gizzard, and The Babe Rainbow all hail from the mysterious land in th...

L.A. Witch mystifies The Chapel

Bianca Lu
October 10, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
I had never attended a show at The Chapel. Doors opened at 7:00 pm. I arrived at the venue exactly two minutes before 7 after stalling for thirty minutes at the Community Thrift Store on Valencia. I was the...

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