Poppers isn’t what you think. Or, at least, it isn’t what I thought, when I noticed the movie on Night Flight’s homepage recently.

Cumbia Art, Soviet Animation + Quay Brothers, Strange Boutique, Art Brut and more. My recommendations for this weekend in L.A.

Had the chance to check out LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries yesterday. Can't wait to go back, although, technically, I will be waiting until the D extension opens next month.

Last night's Club Underground setlist. Kneecap, Ladytron, Orbital, lots more.

Made my first trip to new L.A. concert venue Pacific Electric last. week. Here's what it was like.

Dancing to the No Kings Beat in Downtown Los Angeles.

How Raja Shehadeh’s and Penny Johnson’s travels through Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories revealed many forgotten histories of the region. The full story: lataco.com/exploring-hi... By @afroxander.bsky.social

Indonesian punk band Grrrl Gang is in the midst of their first U.S. tour and they're playing The Smell in L.A. on Sunday 3/22. Read about them here.

Go see Sirât.

Over the weekend, I went to a protest and listened to the new War Child compilation album. This story is about both.

My set list from the new wave vs. darkwave room at Nocturno last night.

This month's Beatique mix is out now. A little more than an hour's worth of music, including songs from The Smiths, Peaches, Charli xcx, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and lots more.

manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers

Last weekend was MLS opening weekend in L.A. and @losojos.bsky.social & I checked out the tailgates before each team’s match. Enjoy the words & images at the link below.

If your taste in music lives at the intersection of 1980s alternative, 1990s Britpop and 2000s indie- and if we know each other IRL, there’s a good chance it is- then this is your week for new music.

We’re essentially living in a world where the messages on our phones are, “There’s nothing good happening, stay home and scroll” and “The world outside is scary, stay home and scroll.” So, to see crowds of people out and about for any reason feels like a small miracle.

New Peaches is out today! Plus, new albums from Apparat, Mirah and Night Ritualz

Went to the mall. Wrote about it.

New album reviews: Mariachi El Bronx, Charli xcx, KMFDM and more. www.beatique.net/mariachi-el-...

My latest investigation, and first in a series for @towcenter.bsky.social : How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA In the past year, we found a news-appearing network called Metric Media filed more than nine thousand Freedom of Information Act requests across all fifty states.

Need some tunes? New set posted to Mixcloud. Includes new songs from ADULT. and Kneecap, old songs from The Cramps and The Clash + lots more.

My set list from last night's DJ gig at Synthwaves in L.A.

New music reviews: Robbie Williams, The Cribs, Maria Somerville and Draag

“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child and was refused." Instead, an agent “took the child, and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.

Algeria on Vinyl | 7-10 PM EST wfmu.org/playlists/sh... TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social we're spinning folk, traditional, raï, experimental, rock, and more by Algerian artists on 45s and LPs from our personal collection. Hang out, it's gonna be good

Hey, L.A., I'm DJing Friday night, playing darkwave and modern post-punk in the Synthwaves room for Club Underground x Synthwaves at the Grand Star in Chinatown. Details here, plus a few more recommendations.

Attention So. California:

I hate to admit it, but I’m kind of into the Santa Monica Pier. It’s antithetical to the everycity aesthetic that has been taking over urban environments since the dawn of Instagram. It’s loud, messy and brash in a way that’s unique to greater Los Angeles.

New music you should hear: Xiu Xiu Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1 Sylvia Black Shadowtime Sleaford Mods The Demise of Planet X Tigra and SPNCR Black Rice

Lots of David Lynch screenings happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week. I put together a roundup with what I could find that still has tix available. More in here too, including Selena exhibition at Grammy Museum, L.A. Record Fair, Shannon Shaw live and plenty more.

First DJ gig of the year. Back in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Klub Nocturno in L.A. Lots of Sextile, Boy Harsher, French Police and more. Posted my set list. Link below.

"That is a fundamental difference between Vice President Vance and I," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in response to JD Vance's defense of the ICE agent who shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis. "I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street."

Everything about Dry Cleaning feels extremely human and completely antithetical to the artifice and conformity of the algorithmic world. They're a weird band in the best possible way and Secret Love is their weirdest album yet. www.beatique.net/album-review...

My first protest of 2026 (probably not the last) www.beatique.net/venezuela-pr...

New year, new mix

Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️ 🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️ Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

My indie, new wave, darkwave, post-punk set list from Underground's New Year's Eve party.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

My Top 10 Bangers for 2025 is live now. Includes Sextile, Pixel Grip, Confidence Man, Alice Glass + More www.beatique.net/best-of-2025...

Starting off my Best of 2025 lists with political songs. www.beatique.net/best-of-2025...

IDK who else is into Habibi Funk here, but the new release, Bourj Hammoud Groove by Ara Kekedjian, is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/ara-kekedjian-bourj-hammoud-groove-armenian-habibi-funk/

FYI, new Austra album is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/austra-chin-up-buttercup-album-review/

If you're in L.A., here are my recommendations for concerts, clubs and other events happening this weekend and early next week.

I first listened to the latest, and last, album from Saint Etienne, while camping out at JFK on a stormy Saturday night, which is sort of appropriate.

Now this is a 🔥 gatefold. Mid-80s android disco from Barcelona found at a record fair in L.A. www.beatique.net/xalan-i-only...

. @mayor.lacity.gov shows up to Little Tokyo and reacts to the 100 agent ICE/BP raid during @cagov.bsky.social ‘s press conference about redistricting.

I'm really into Nuovo Testamento's new EP, Trouble, and was happy to talk to the band about making this new collection. www.beatique.net/nuovo-testam...

My top recommendations for concerts, dance parties, movie screenings and art events happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week.

Jeffrey Runnings' posthumously released album Piqued is beautiful in both the sound and the packaging. www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runn...

Talked to Matt Piucci of Rain Parade about the new deluxe edition reissue of 1985 album Crashing Dream. Check out the story and get the album.