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  • Pixel Grip “The Beat Is Coming For You” + More of What You Heard at Club Underground 11/13/26

    Pixel Grip The Beat Is Coming For You cover
    Cover of “The Beat Is Coming For You” by Pixel Grip


    Pixel Grip has a new single out, “The Beat Is Coming For You.” All I know about it is that the song is from the forthcoming EP, The House of Pixel Grip, and it dropped about a week ago, but I didn’t notice the Bandcamp notification in my overloaded inbox until days later. Eventually, I listened to it was and was like, this is fire, I think it will do well on the dance floor. And it did. Thanks for dancing at Club Underground last night. Set list is below. New-ish stuff links back to previous mentions on the blog. 

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  • Trentemøller Gives Shoegaze a Few New Twists on New Album

    Trentemøller untitled album cover

    For a moment, I thought I had been dropped into the realm of My Bloody Valentine. “Swerve” kicks off the new, untitled album from Trentemøller with the kind of buzzsaw guitar assault that will bring to mind shoegaze classics like “Only Shallow,” but the Danish musician and producer veers from there to build a collection of songs that don’t adhere to genre so much as they pull from the wider indie subculture. Throughout the album, Trentemøller brings together a roster of collaborators that includes Anika, Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Sune Rose Wagner (The Raveonettes) and more, which adds to its subtle eclecticism. 

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  • Britpop, House and More in L.A. This Weekend

    There are a lot of shows coming to LA in the next few days and I figured some of you are already planning to go to Bonobo or Smashing Pumpkins of Camp Flog Gnaw or Slayer. But, if you aren’t, I have some recommendations for shows that still have tickets available, amongst them Kate Nash, L7, Ghostface Killah, plus more for early next week. There are also some killer DJs playing over the weekend and some cool film screenings coming up. Check out the recommendations below. 

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  • The Writing Was on the Bathroom Wall

    ICE Out graffiti Chinatown Los Angeles 2026 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    ICE Out graffiti in Chinatown (Pic: Liz O.)

    The instructions were to share some good news. It was late afternoon on the Saturday after the election and I was in the Arts District at an event celebrating the late pop artist Corita Kent. The Good News booth was a kind of participatory, conceptual art project meant to prompt people to observe and practice gratitude. I stood at the side of the booth with a friend, looking at the messages people had already posted and wondering what else could be said. Plenty had already written some variation of the “blue tsunami” that hit the country on Tuesday night. Between Tuesday night and Saturday afternoon, that was overwhelmingly the vibe in L.A. 

    I don’t know if I’m all that surprised by the election results. Eventually, people start coming to their senses, right? And the writing had been on the bathroom walls for years. “Fuck Trump.” “Fuck ICE.” “Free Palestine.” The messages people send when they have more anonymity than social media offers are the ones that lead me to believe that even the most mild-mannered amongst us are royally pissed off right now and it’s not just a “gas is really expensive” thing. 

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  • New Fontaines D.C., Hercules and Love Affair + More of What You Heard at Underground

    Hercules and Love Affair Danseur album cover
    Cover art for Danseur by Hercules and Love Affair

    Played a last minute set at Underground on Friday night from around 11:45 until closing. Happy to see more people dancing to my favorite song on the new Hercules & Love Affair album, “Heaven,” which has Faris Badwan of The Horrors on vocals and my favorite new Fontaines D.C. tune, “Mimesis.” Even happier that someone requested The Watergirls “Whole of the Moon” cover, which probably will be my favorite dance tune of this year. Set list is below. 

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  • Clubs, Concerts and Cult Movie Screenings Happening in L.A. 11/05 -11/11/26

    View of Hill St. in Chinatown Los Angeles with Metro bus in front of a graffiti covered abandoned building (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    (Pic: Liz O.)

    This is just a quick update here with Los Angeles event recommendations for Thursday, November 5, through Wednesday, November 11. 

    Thursday, November 5

    It looks like there are still tickets available to see Kate Bollinger, performing from her new EP, Shop Girl, and other songs tonight, November 5, at 2220 Arts + Archives.  Also happening tonight is Dead City Punks’ record release show at 1720. Also on the bill are Problem (their final show), Mr. Radical, Battery Acid and Black Mold. It’s free, first-come-first-served, and starts at 7 p.m. 

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  • Boy Harsher, Fontaines D.C. and More of What You Heard at Club Underground’s Halloween Party

    Boy Harsher Get Mean album cover
    Get Mean by Boy Harsher is out now.

    Didn’t take pics last night at Club Underground’s Halloween party, but there were some killer costumes. (My favorite was the Black Knight, with a flesh wound, from The Holy Grail.) But, I did manage to keep track of my sets. First one was opening upstairs. Second was downstairs from midnight to close. Tunes are listed below. New-ish stuff (past two years) links back to other mentions here. That’s it for now. Happy Halloween!

    Oh, and if you want actual spooky tunes today, check out this year’s Halloween edition of DJ Hoseh’s Dublab show, Version Sounds, with guest DJ sets from yours truly.

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  • Club Underground’s Halloween Party + More Happening in L.A. 10/29-11/04

    This Friday, October 30, is Club Underground’s Halloween party at Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown. Both floors of the venue will be open, with Larry G., Filthy Rich and me, Liz O., on the decks from 9:30 p.m. until close. Tickets are going fast, so you might want to head over to Dice or Eventbrite and get yours in advance. See you on the dance floor this Friday night!

    There’s a ton happening this weekend, and early next week too, but these are my best recommendations. 

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  • Bizou to Play EP Release Show at Gold-Diggers on November 3

    Bizou press photo Ben Thomas
    Bizou (Photo: Ben Thomas)

    It’s not too often that the members of L.A.-based Bizou can convene on stage. “Honestly, getting everyone together to commit to a single date is kind of a miracle. The stars have to align,” says singer Marisa Prietto. “It’s frustrating, planning everyone’s schedule, but when it happens, it’s so euphoric.” For Angelenos, your next chance to check out the locals is November 3 at Gold-Diggers, where they’ll headline, with support from Landroid and Nightjacket. 

    The show comes just a little over a month after the release of Bizou’s new EP, Widow, which itself was a long time in the making. It makes sense when you realize how many other projects that members of Bizou have going. Prietto plays with Glaare and Some Ember. Josiah Mazzaschi, best known for band Light FM, is also part of the electro-punk outfit Child Seat and records other artists at his studio, The Cave. Meanwhile, Nicole Fiorentino has been on the road with Garbage.

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  • Digger, The Avalanches and Absurd Advertising

    Sydney Sweeney Novig ad in downtown Los Angeles (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    It’s totally not gambling. Not at all. (Pic: Liz O.)

    Sydney Sweeney and her football boobs flash across a digital billboard advertising something that’s totally not a gambling site across the street from the arena where the Lakers, Kings and Sparks all play. We had just seen Digger at the L.A. Live Regal, a weekday afternoon screening to a crowd of, maybe, 10 people. The movie skewers corporate America to the extent that you might leave thinking that its status as a box office bomb is a part of a conspiracy.

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