Liz Ohanesian

Camping out for Twilight

Twilight Campers: Lining Up for Comic-Con's New Moon Panel

Liz Ohanesian
At Comic-Con's preview night, held Wednesday evening at the San Diego Convention Center, the talk was all about the line. "What is that line for?" person after person asked after seeing people row of tents running across the courtyard between the Convention Center and the neighboring hotel. The crowd, a......
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Silver Factory Hosts Post-Punk 24 Hour Party This Weekend

Liz Ohanesian
Not going to Comic-Con this weekend and looking for some music to satiate your need to run wild through the night? 24 Hour Party is a weekend-long series of all-night shows hosted by the apparent Factory Records fans at Downtown's Silver Factory Studios. Not only does is the three-day bash......
The heroes of this British cult comedy are music-obsessed archetypes.

TV's the Mighty Boosh

Liz Ohanesian
In the weeks leading up to last spring’s U.S. debut of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh on Adult Swim — more than a decade after the original stage show...
Kanon Wakeshima live at Royal/T; Credit: Photo courtesy of Sony Music Artists

Lolita Jpop Star Kanon Wakeshima Makes LA Debut at Royal/T

Liz Ohanesian
It was a 6:30 p.m. show on an unbearably hot weeknight in the heart of Culver City and yet the line for Kanon Wakeshima's free show and record signing extended out the door of maid cafe Royal/T and out onto Washington Blvd. Not only was the show from this little-known......
Eva Restaurant; Credit: Photo credit: Mark Gold

(Vlad and) The Impalers Looking for a Few Good Fan Videos

Liz Ohanesian
For those who love mashing up your music collection with video footage, Orange County punks (Vlad and) The Impalers wants your YouTube clips. The band, in connection with Geykido Comet Records, is hosting a video contest for "I've Got the Man on My Back," taken from last year's self-titled album......
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Dave Dresden Returns to Monday Social Tonight

Liz Ohanesian
Dave Dresden live @ Monday Social, 8/04/08 Savvy locals know that you want to catch superstar DJs, but don't feel like being trapped inside a megaclub with 2000 weekend warriors, you wait until the night when the rest of the city is catching up on sleep and head down to......
Amylulita and Marcelo Cunning of Nacotheque

LA Versus NYC in the Spanish Indie Pop Battle Tonight

Liz Ohanesian
Tonight, LA and New York will meet when Automatico DJs Ané and Maurice de la Falaise join forces with New York's Nacotheque DJs Marcelo Cunning and Amylu "Amylulita" Meneses armed with everything from '60s garage rock to present-day electro all sung in Spanish......