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...