Katie Bain

Michael Quattlebaum Jr. isn't happy. It's three days after his Labor Day weekend set at Union, where he performed as his alter ego, fierce female rapper Mykki Blanco. By Quattlebaum's account, it did not go well. Security was rude. The show was under-promoted and booked by a group of "clueless......

First, a few things we know for sure about electronic producer/singer/songwriter Ramsey: She was born Rebecca Fisher in Las Vegas 20 years ago, has the kind of exaggerated lips that a lot of people in this town pay money for, sports an intricate web of tattoos on her hands, and......

The history of electronic music in Southern California, while vibrant, is shadowed by its accompanying death toll. In the past decade alone, more than a dozen people in SoCal and Vegas, several of them teenagers, have died from drug-related complications after attending festivals organized by L.A.-based festival brands including Insomniac, Coachella......

The name Jefferson Tangradi is one often dropped among L.A.’s electronic music scene in-crowd. Tangradi is not, however, a DJ, manager, promoter or drug dealer — he’s the scene’s de facto hair stylist. “I used to go out every night,” Tangradi says, “and it was like, ‘Let me cut your......

Throughout their nearly 50 year history, Fleetwood Mac has played hundreds of shows around the world. But there's one place they have never played: Burning Man. So a pair of U.K. DJs/producers decided to bring the spirit of the ubiquitous classic rock outfit to the far-out festival in the desert.  Alex Oxley......

Authenticity is a slippery concept in the world of pop music. While a relatable façade is a selling point in the pop star marketplace, the moments in which pop idols have gone rogue — a wild-eyed Britney shaving her head, Miley twerking and topless — have revealed that the curated......

When Chris Gallant arrived in Los Angeles in his car in the fall of 2013, he was not a happy dude. He was, in fact, straight-up depressed, They say that New York chews you up and spits you out. Gallant had been spit across the country to L.A., a city......