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.

If you're in L.A. sometime in the next year, check out this exhibition about East L.A.'s music scenes. www.beatique.net/brenton-wood...

Last night's set list from the #newwave vs. #darkwave room at Nocturno in L.A.

I talked to N8NOFACE about his new EP As of Right Now, which is 🔥, especially if you're into post-punk, new wave. Also talked about touring with Limp Bizkit, playing Cruel World and more.

Molly Nilsson's album, Un-American Activities feels even more relevant now than it did when it came out last year. If you haven't picked up this album yet, check it out now.

Earlier this year, I stumbled across Pater Noster and the Mission of Light on Night Flight and I've been telling all my friends about it ever since. Love this movie and was happy to talk to director @smashism.bsky.social about it. If you're into vinyl and psychedelic cults, watch it.

Damn…RIP to this titan of independent journalism and public television.

The right record will find you at the right time. Came across this Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 45 in Little Tokyo over the weekend.

Border Patrol is making hype videos of their raids in L.A. at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and on day laborers. ~ @eltragon.bsky.social

"We're in crisis mode," says Victor Campos, the Director of Mosh for Youth. "Immigrants build our communities, and they thrive with immigrants . . . so it's our responsibility as individuals with platforms to do something about it." Story: lataco.com/hardcore-sce... By @theglutster.bsky.social

Got the new Pulp album. Totally worth getting on vinyl. Plus, "Got to Have Love" is the northern soul-style stomper we need right now. More. here: www.beatique.net/pulp-got-to-...

Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died

If you want to read about indie music and alt culture (sorta L.A.-centric), I have a blog. It's called Beatique and today, I wrote about Ora the Molecule, who I saw at El Cid a few weeks ago.

Kalifornia friends were playing our homecoming tour finale with Ringo Deathstarr this weekend! Saturday in SF and Sunday at Echoplex in L.A., hometown homies we better see you there it’s gonna be a rager! 🎸 🎫 TICKETS: taleenkali.com

ODDS & SODS | 7-10 PM EDT wfmu.org/playlists/sh... TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social : Kind of a mess, actually. Well, no: Freeform. We meant to say Freeform. Join us!

Some of the new music that I've been listening to lately...

Colin Jerwood, the passionate and uncompromising voice of the anarcho-punk band Conflict, passed away on June 2, 2025, following a short illness. He had a major fan base in L.A.'s underground punk community. Read about his legacy lataco.com/colin-jerwoo... Written by @theglutster.bsky.social

Started blogging regularly at the start of the year just to build a space for the indie and alt music, arts, culture I'm into. It's going really well. Here are the top 5 posts of 2025 (so far).

New Sally Shapiro album is 🔥 RIFYL Italo disco, Saint Etienne, Sophisti-pop and, especially, if you want a killer Pet Shop Boys cover in your collection.

Swimming Bell live at Oblivion in Highland Park playing "I'm Always Down" from new EP, Somnia. Story: www.beatique.net/swimming-bel... #indiemusic

Hey, L.A., within the next week you can: 1. See Leather Strip live in a very intimate venue. 2. Watch a bunch of bleak af movies. 3. Go to a tarot festival + more cheap shows, dance clubs

Just posted a new mix. First half inspired by seeing Ora the Molecule live at El Cid. Also includes music from Pixel Grip, Sextile, Boy Harsher, Confidence Man, Orbital and more. Listen here:

Hey, L.A., if you're a fan of shoegaze, dreampop and 4AD records, you might want to know that Maria Somerville is playing Zebulon on Saturday and tix are still available.

Cyrnai Embraces “Found Experience” and Future Sound on Calamity of Beauty

"In a world ruled by tech bros and geriatric shitposters, going to a book fair is subversive af." My story about L.A. Art Book Fair. www.beatique.net/printed-matt...

I fell down the 45 rabbit hole at Penny Lane in Upland over the weekend. Curious about what I found? Follow the link. www.beatique.net/penny-lane-r...

Talkin' about AI with one of my all-time favorite bands, Legendary Pink Dots. Singer Edward Ka-Spel noticed AI generated lyrics produced in his style, started thinking about the ramifications of the tech and that influenced new album So Lonely in Heaven. www.beatique.net/legendary-pi...

Friday, 5/16, I'm DJing at Underground (Grand Star Jazz in Chinatown) for Smiths Nite. Details, plus a few more recommendations for the weekend here. www.beatique.net/club-undergr...

Xmal Deutschland has a box set coming out on 5/09 called Gift: The 4AD Years, which is how I learned that gift means poison in German. www.beatique.net/anja-huwe-xm...

Find me in the DJ booth in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Nocturno on Friday night. More info + a few other recommendations for this weekend are here www.beatique.net/klub-nocturn...