Ivan Fernandez

Diego Garcia; Credit: Ivan Fernandez

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

Ivan Fernandez
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 European-style courtyard of the One Colorado shopping......
Marnie Stern at the Echo; Credit: Ivan Fernandez

Marnie Stern, Tera Melos at the Echo: Live Review

Ivan Fernandez
Sacramento-based Math Rock group Tera Melos launched their first tour of the year at The Echo this past Friday night with the help of opening acts Power Axe and Marnie Stern. I stepped into the venue as Power Axe closed up their set (thanks mainly to most So Cal drivers'......
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Souther Salazar Unveils 'Alejandro and the Idea Machine' for the Subliminal Projects Crowd at Pattern Recognition

Ivan Fernandez
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, Nikki McClure, Richard Colman, Dalek and Souther Salazar. The......
Le Butcherettes: Subverting everything! (even French grammar!); Credit: Ivan Fernandez

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 Fernandez
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 Bender brought their well-documented onstage antics and treated the packed house to a preview of their upcoming......
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Philip Lumbang's 'Adventure!' Opens at GR2

Ivan Fernandez
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. Lumbang......