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LIVE REVIEWHARD Day of the Dead Festival Mixes EDM and Spirituality

On Saturday, October 26, I attended a San Pedro ceremony. With a group of fellow journeyers, I drank the extract of a psychedelic cactus sourced from Peru, danced around a circle to live music, shook rattles, played drums, lay down to focus on my own insights and visions, and had drug-induced...

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWChris Cohen @ Non Plus Ultra

All photos by Suzannah Weiss They say getting there is half the fun, and that was definitely true for indie art-rock artist Chris Cohen's latest show at Non Plus Ultra in LA. The underground venue's address is ever-changing, as I discovered when I arrived at the one listed online and found only...

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWSophie Meiers @ Baby's All Right

In the bar prior to the start of the show, I notice a girl behind me by her soft laugh that contrasted the sad clown makeup dripping down her eyes. Heavy BDSM-inspired leather jewelry, fishnet fingerless gloves, and torn-up knee-high socks weigh down her 5'3" stature. Commanding attention in the...

Ysabella Monton

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LIVE REVIEWDeVotchKa @ Rough Trade

Four-piece ensemble DeVotchKa returned to a packed house to premiere a handful of new songs at their album release show at Rough Trade. I found myself surrounded by fans of all ages in the dimly lit venue, though not too dark to notice a few people around me clad in the band’s tees. Chatter of the...

Ysabella Monton

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REVIEWHow to Be a Rock Critic

All Lester Bangs wants to do is listen to his favorite record: Van Morrison’s 1968 masterpiece, Astral Weeks. If only he could find his copy. It’s got to be around here somewhere, beneath the splayed magazines, take-out containers, and just a few thousand other LPs. Such is the inciting dilemma of...

Madison Bloom

INTERVIEWHow Briana Marela Finds Balance With Music

Catch her at Baby's All Right this Wednesday when she headlines our showcase at Baby's All Right with Gold Child and Wilsen! Photo by Eleanor Petry Seattle often seems like a mystical place for those of us who have never visited: tall trees surrounding a beautiful city on the edge of the ocean....

Ashley Prillaman

LIVE REVIEWChelsea Wolfe @ Irving Plaza

If in the past Chelsea Wolfe has been called a “siren” and a “goddess,” atop the stage at Irving Plaza on Tuesday she was a towering banshee. Swathed in lengths of white cotton – with matching, armpit-high gauntlets, might I add – Wolfe commanded the sold-out crowd with pointed intensity. Wolfe's...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWSean Nicholas Savage and Dinner @ Baby's All Right

The disco balls were in full force at Baby’s All Right last Saturday, where the night’s festivities could have easily marched under one banner: Night of the Weirdos. That is of course, the highest order of compliments coming from my fingers, and while I knew from firsthand experience what a bizarro...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWDead Leaf Echo @ Knitting Factory

There is no doubt about it – Brooklyn band Dead Leaf Echo’s brand new LP Beyond Desire is a fabulous stew of shoegaze, ’77 punk, pedals and reverb. Released late last week by PaperCup Music, the band’s sophomore album is expertly produced and mixed, resulting in a sonic meal you can really chew on....

Madison Bloom

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FESTIVAL REVIEWHighlights from Echo Park Rising

Fartbarf at Echo Park Rising (taken from Echo Park Rising's Facebook page) Don't believe what your bitter NYC friends tell you - Los Angeles is magical city. It sprawls magnificently in all directions, hiding its best gems in clear sight. Echo Park Rising is a free festival that offers the best...

Ashley Prillaman

PREVIEWAudiofemme Anniversary Bash w/ Haybaby, Wooing, and Parrot Dream

On Sunday, August 20th, Audiofemme takes over Brooklyn Night Bazaar in honor of our fourth year on the interwebs! Since our inception, part of the blog's mission has been to showcase not only the writing of female-identified journalists, but also some of Brooklyn's best emerging bands. One of our...

Lindsey Rhoades

FESTIVAL REVIEWHighlights from FYF 2017

Missy Elliott tweeted this selfie with Bkörk after their FYF headlining sets, calling the Icelandic singer "legendary." City festivals are always a little tougher on the spirit (and the feet) than their grassy, lets-camp-by-the-lake cousins. FYF may not have Coachella's lush grass or Bonnaroo's...

Ashley Prillaman