Ivan Fernandez

Mexican Dubwiser - Viper Room - 05-10-2013

Mexican Dubwiser (with live band) Viper Room 05-10-2013 Better Than...his DJ sets Mexican Dubwiser, the stage name of producer Marcelo Tijerina, celebrated the release of his debut album Revolution Radio in the U.S. with a live set at the Viper Room. Tijerina, who's lived in L.A. since 2000, take ... More >>

10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *25 Alternative L.A. Art Spaces to Check Out Now *10 Places in L.A. to Draw Nude Models With something like 400 modern and contemporary art galleries in L.A., and aesthetic taste being so subjective, picking just ten of the city's "best" galleries i ... More >>

Texas Dude Moves To Argentina and Launches a Latin Alternative Revolution

Texas native Grant Dull is not the guy one would expect to see at the forefront of a revolution in Latin American music. A former resident of San Antonio with no connection to Latin America (other than his hometown's proximity to the Mexican border), he is one of the co-founders of Buenos Aires, Arg ... More >>

The Ten Best Los Angeles Concerts of 2012

10. My Morning Jacket The Wiltern, September 11-13 The ever-electrifying My Morning Jacket held a three-night stint at the Wiltern this past September and didn't repeat a single tune. That's right. Three nights and no repeats. It takes one heck of a repertoire not just to have that many songs, but t ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, August 24 Friends of Friends THE ECHOPLEX L.A. lad Shlohmo brings sample-based, song-oriented R&B turntablism to his recent Bad Vibes full-length, sautéeing lo-fi, hip-hop, dubstep and beautifully odd sound design. As for Salva, he's been known to jack bassy, jungly warehouse and ethereal ... More >>

Music Picks: Diana Krall, Concrete Blonde, Herbie Hancock

Also Echo Rising, Shlohmo, Divine Fits and others

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Saturday, July 28 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak WILTERN What few critics there were of Dirty Projectors' 2009 magnum opus, Bitte Orca, took issue with the LP's idiosyncrasies. As thrilling as those songs were, they clearly weren't written for anyone other than main brain David Longstreth. But on new al ... More >>

Music Picks: Kaskade, Dirty Projectors, Ondatrópica

Little Red Lung: Slightly Gothic, Slightly Victorian, Slightly Cabaret

Months ago, the members of Little Red Lung made the long drive from L.A. to the woods of Felton, north of Santa Cruz. They met with photographer Sarah Sitkin in the middle of the night in a little cabin hidden deep in the woods, using their cellphones as makeshift flashlights, to shoot photos for wh ... More >>

La Vida Boheme: Venezuelan Disco Punks Perform Before the Dodgers Game on Sunday

See also: Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More Henry D'Arthenay is psyched for this Sunday's Dodger game, and not just because it's only the second of his life. As he tells us over Skype from his home in Caracas, Venezuela, his band La Vida Boheme will also per ... More >>

Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Line-ups

In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the two venues. This year features everything from Latin alternative to folk, indie and world music. Highlights ... More >>

Sick Jacken and Cynic Talk Terror Tapes Vol. 2

See also: Psycho Realm's 
Message Resonates As Strongly As Ever Sick Jacken and Cynic are lauded Pico-Union rappers; the former is a member of underground hip-hop sensation Psycho Realm, while the latter is one half of Street Platoon and a frequent Realm collaborator. Psycho Realm became a pheno ... More >>

Don't Call Them Hooligans: Meet Ultras, L.A.'s Major League Soccer Superfans

There are two groups of soccer "types" everyone is familiar with. There's the "soccer mom," scooting across town in her minivan with her 2.5 children, and the "hooligan," a soccer fan whose sole purpose in life is to beat the living shit out of anyone who doesn't support his favorite team. There is ... More >>

Pachucos Know How To Boogie

Among other reasons, zoot suits are remembered for making Edward James Olmos look good, and for being the subject of a Cherry Poppin' Daddies song. So what if that swing revival didn't really pan out? But for promoters Joe Black and Abel Silva, the zoot suit is a symbol of the pachucos, a culture ... More >>

Ivy Queen, Plan B, Alexis y Fido - Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash - 4/14/2012

Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash Gibson Amphitheater 4/14/12 Better than... Listening to 96.3 on crummy car speakers in traffic. It was ladies' night at Universal Citywalk on Saturday. The girls worked the runway from the parking structure to Gibson Amphitheater, elbows locked and dodging tourists wh ... More >>

Odd Future, Dipset, Ab-Soul - Paid Dues 2012 - 4/7/2012

Paid Dues 2012 NOS Events Center, San Bernardino 4/7/2012 Posted by the Paid Dues media check-in, the announcement, "ATTENTION: Photo Pit Closed for Odd Future Performance," seemed an ominous sign. Though it likely was just to ward off further lawsuits, it felt a little pretentious -- and Murs' ind ... More >>

Zine Festival Shelf Life 2 Shows Print's Not Dead...It's Just Gone Niche

Rick Klotz (above) wants you to know what the fuck is really going on in the world. He knows he can't reach out to a curious audience via mainstream publishing outlets, so Klotz, founder of Freshjive, went to USC for Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press to sell his latest zine -- those little pam ... More >>

Gustavo Galindo Says Fuck You to the Latin Grammys

Redemption is what singer-songwriter Gustavo Galindo's first Grammy nomination means to him. He's something of a Mexican John Mayer type -- in both style and appearance -- and is a nominee for Best Latin Pop, Rock, or Urban Album for his 2011 Spanish-language, rock/pop debut album Entre La Ciudad Y ... More >>

Los Abandoned - The Echoplex - 10-28-11

Ivan FernandezLos Abandoned say adios and gracias!​See also: Los Abandoned To Perform For The Last Time, Again Los Abandoned The Echoplex 10-28-11 Better Than...everything on MTV Tr3s. The anticipation and excitement over Los Abandoned's reunion show could be felt on the faces in the long, ... More >>

Tetris World Championship's Henk Rogers Answers the Question: Can Tetris Survive in a 3-D/Smartphone/Social Media World?

Ivan FernandezHenk Rogers of the Tetris Company​ "I have a feeling that colorblind people are going to have a tougher time playing Tetris," said Henk Rogers, managing director of the Tetris Company, in an interview, in the midst of explaining how colors play an important role in the game. Ro ... More >>

Interview with Diego Garcia: "Singing To Get My Girl Back"

Ivan FernandezDiego Garcia​ KCRW launched its first installment of its Summer Nights series in Pasadena with a concert by artist Diego Garcia this past Saturday. KCRW DJ Anne Litt introduced Garcia and his well-dressed backup band of musician friends to an adoring crowd that packed the Europe ... More >>

Ximena Sariñana Premieres Songs from Forthcoming Sophomore Album at Mucho Wednesdays

Ivan Fernandez​To those unfamiliar with Mexican singer/actress Ximena Sariñana, it will come as a shock to know that the appearance of such a tiny, unimposing figure such as herself could set a record for a capacity crowd at La Cita in downtown LA. Hundreds of dedicated fans stood in line a f ... More >>

Actor Howard Ferguson Says He'll Be 'Honorary Sheriff' For Hollywood Boulevard Superheroes

Ivan FernandezSuperheroes can return to Hollywood Boulevard.​Can the Hollywood Boulevard superheroes live in harmony? One man says its possible -- that with his help as "honorary sheriff" on the Walk of Fame near Highland Avenue the superheroes can make an orderly comeback. A judge last week ... More >>

Souther Salazar Unveils 'Alejandro and the Idea Machine' at Pattern Recognition

See more of Ivan Fernandez's photos in "'Pattern Recognition' Opens at Subliminal Projects Gallery." Saturday night, Subliminal Projects Gallery in Echo Park hosted a packed-to-the-walls opening reception for its latest group exhibit, Pattern Recognition, featuring the work of artists Seonna Hong, ... More >>

Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender on her New Philosophical Movement, Butcherism: "I'll Take Feminism, Nabokov, Bulgakov and Theater and Mush It All In"

Ivan FernandezLe Butcherettes: Subverting everything! (even French grammar!)​ Mexico City's Le Butcherettes made their second appearance in Los Angeles this past Tuesday as the opening act for the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group at the Troubadour. The trio led by vocalist/guitarist Teri Gender Bend ... More >>

Philip Lumbang's 'Adventure!' Opens at GR2

Philip Lumbang celebrated his birthday this past weekend with the opening reception of his show, "Adventure!", at GR2 in West Los Angeles. Paintings of bears, birds and other cute, cartoon characters lined the walls of the store as Lumbang himself mingled with the crowd and signed a few autographs. ... More >>

Classic Tetris World Championship Celebrates 20 Years of Knocking Down Virtual Walls

It was the summer of 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and millions of Americans were knocking down virtual walls of their own alongside their Soviet counterparts as Nintendo released the Game Boy with Tetris packed in with the system. Ivan Fernandez​Over 20 years later (25 fo ... More >>

Marilyn Monroe Photographer Bill Carroll Talks About Working with a Young Norma Jeane

Marilyn Monroe's legacy as the personification of the Hollywood lifestyle and glamour (along with its tragedies) is just one reason why the Andrew Weiss Gallery in Beverly Hills is running its current exhibit "Becoming Marilyn." The show features a collection of photos that span her 17-year career f ... More >>

Hollywood Superheroes Find Support at New Media Festival

Forgive me readers for resorting to a joke about the recession, but the times are difficult indeed when Superman and the rest of the Justice League find themselves without a job. Hollywood police officially barred Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman as well as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and other ch ... More >>

Artist Studio Tour: Joshua Petker

In a quiet neighborhood a mere block away from one of L.A.'s corridor of art galleries, specialty stores and famous restaurants sits the home of painter Josh Petker. L.A. Weekly stopped by on gloomy Tuesday morning to tour his studio and preview some pieces for his upcoming exhibit "Between Butterfl ... More >>

Who Has the Maddest Hat? Scenes from Mad Hatter Absinthe Party

Last Wednesday brought out the green t-shirt-clad party people across Los Angeles, but inside Medusa Lounge for Xian Vox's Mad Hatter Absinthe Party, suits and hats ruled the club. Ivan Fernandez​But, just because this was an Alice-themed party doesn't mean that one had to play Mad to sport a ... More >>

Martin Hsu's "For the Love of Tiger" Art Show at Munky King

Designer toy store Munky King held an early celebration for the Chinese Year of the Tiger with the opening reception of "For the Love of Tiger," an art exhibit by Martin Hsu and Andrew Brandou at its flagship store on Melrose Ave. Guests packed the exhibit area near the back of the store where they ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Lucent L'amour, Derby Dolls, The Crystal Method and More

It was a long weekend, even for those who decided to stay in Sunday night. Keep reading for a taste of what we saw across the city. Lucent L'amour @ Shrine Auditorium Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss​Lucent L'amour returned for another Valentine's Day event filled with heavy beats, spectacular perfo ... More >>

Public Displays of Art: Echo Park Art Walk

The muddy, rain-soaked streets and gray, overcast sky failed to deter the hundreds of art enthusiasts, music lovers and local residents from attending Echo Park's inaugural Public Displays of Art: Echo Park Art Walk this past Saturday, February 6th. Ivan Fernandez​ The one-day event was organi ... More >>

What Do Anarchists Read? Scenes from the Anarchist Book Fair

Ivan Fernandez​ The storm system that battered Los Angeles broke in time to allow hundreds of activists, anarchists and other like-minded, politically-fringe Angelenos to convene in Barnsdall Park for the Second Annual Anarchist Book Fair. Those in attendance were treated to an art gallery of ... More >>

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Art Show Opens at Gallery 1988

Boys and girls as young as five stood in line alongside bespectacled, nearly middle-aged men on a chilly Friday night to pay tribute to an icon and hero: Prince Adam of Eternia, more popularly known as He-Man. Ivan Fernandez​The line that would eventually wrap around the corner began at the en ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Star Wars Burlesque, X Japan, Sonic Youth and He-Man

It was one of those weekends where there was almost too much to do. Sometime in between darting back and forth across Los Angeles, we had the chance to take in the scene, whether we were at an X Japan video shoot, He-Man art show, Sonic Youth concert or Star Wars Burlesque. Behind-the-Scenes of X ... More >>