At Freestyle L.A. III, C&C Music Factory was sandwiched within a bloated menagerie of artists hailing mostly from 92.3′s lunchtime “no one’s listening” show, with a few exceptions.

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Michael Vidal had the whole room ready and waiting to ingest whatever he was cooking up. It was packed, everybody had been dancing for hours to incredible DJ sets by Kyle Mabson and Total Freedom. The crowd’s energy was feverish, and it was time for Michael to own that shit—and he did—for about 6 minutes.

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This was the final Monday of Manimal’s 3-week December residency at the Echo. I arrived part-way through Sister Crayon’s set and was pleased to be there—it was cold outside! They sounded a bit like Portishead and they’re a fun band at which to look. There was a big guy wandering around the crowd, frequently remarking that they made his nipples hard.

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