“The first time I played here, I was 16 and I made some questionable fashion choices.” It’s hard to imagine that the polished musician on stage could have ever been a teenager with dyed black hair and ripped fishnets. ►

Photos by Stephanie Port Words by Madison Desler “So you guys know the band’s not coming out, right?,” reigning indie darling Angel Olsen asked last night at The El Rey Theatre, where she performed an intimate solo show without her usual, besuited sidemen. It was… ►

Photos by Debi Del Grande Words by Madison Desler As soon as fuschia-haired, glitter-gloved Arrow de Wilde was thrown up on the Lodge Room stage last night, the packed crowd was in the palm of her hand. As the frontwoman of the young and carnivorous… ►

Photos by Marcos Manrique Words by Zachary Castro Amid the glory of towering skyscrapers, The Regent sat patiently as hundreds of fans arrived in troves of leather clad and dangly earring donning gangs. The blue sky faded slowly into orange, pink, purple then black, and… ►

From “Can’t Get Past The Lips,” a song off their first album of the same title, to their newest song, the dreamy 80s-tinged single “Get In My Car,” we were with the band the whole way, eating out of lovable oddball Ryan Lindsey’s hand. ►

An even mix of cuts off their debut album and their recent release, Street Safari, the setlist was built for maximum groove. The Damn The Torpedoes strut of “Evil Disco” and power-pop shimmer of “On Location” got things moving, as the curious crowd warmed-up to the east coast interlopers. ►