“I wasn’t relating to anyone in the old days, if you want to call the ‘old days’ 2015,” Drew Arriola-Sands says with a laugh, recalling the beginnings of Trap Girl, the queer hardcore group she fronts and plays bass in. “The entire year, which I call ‘the year of paying......
Grace Jones FYF Fest Aug. 28, 2016 James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem said it best: "If you missed Grace Jones, you fucked up. I don't care if you were somewhere else and finally connected with the love of your life; if you weren't at Grace Jones, you fucked up.” Grace......
On an inconceivably warm July evening, the night before kicking off a tour supporting his forthcoming release, Brunei (out Aug. 26), internationally acclaimed visual artist, musician and Valley kid Lionel “Vinyl” Williams greets me with a shy smile as he lets me into the parking garage behind a large, inconspicuous......
“I was told when I was younger, like, ‘Oh, you’re good for a girl,'” says Kimi Recor, reflecting on the days of trying to reconcile who she was against messages about what a young woman could or couldn’t do. Running with a group of young punks, she felt she had......
As we all know, living in Los Angeles costs an arm and a leg. But contrary to popular belief, having fun here doesn't have to. There are heaps of free events happening throughout our city this summer; you just have to know where to look. Luckily, we've already taken care......
It’s not often you find artists willing to put a fan base built up over four years on the line for the sake of a shift in musical direction. It’s risky business, changing your name. But for local rockers Cobalt Cranes, now ExSage, it seemed impossible for them to move......
Of all the iconic artists to leave us so far this year, the loss of Prince was perhaps the most shocking, and certainly the more honored at this year's second round of Coachella. For as little time as people had to process the news of his passing — Prince died the......
Every year, we travel out to the desert to capture the stories that make the Coachella experience so unique and infamous. Sometimes these tales are touching; other times, frustrating; but without a doubt, the crowd at Coachella is always hilarious. Here are 25 of the strangest, funniest, most memorable things......
My mom wasn't really into too much pop music in the '80s. She much preferred to lock herself in her room, dress up like Axl Rose, and try to master the frontman's enormous range as she belted every song to Appetite for Destruction, much to her parents chagrin. "I painted 'Rocket......
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