From LP3 to Imitation: TeiaToast’s Top 10 Must-Hear Alternative Albums of the Year
LOS ANGELES, CA- In this era of musical abundance, it’s a pleasure to explore albums that stand out for their distinctive sound and artistic vision. Blurred Culture’s Teia Ciornei decided to chime in with her favorite albums of 2023 and it is a collection of albums…
Harsh Symmetry Releases Sophomore LP “Imitation”: “It Was a Labor of Love”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Today, Friday, September 1st, 2023, Harsh Symmetry shares his sophomore LP Imitation via Fabrika Records. The solo synthesizer-based project of LA-based musician Julian Sharwarko, 21, Harsh Symmetry combines the dark sounds of 1980s post-punk, minimal, and coldwave to produce a gloomy yet…
SkyeChristy’s Debut EP “The Summer I Lost My Lover” is “A Time Capsule”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Singer-songwriter sisters SkyeChristy (try repeating that a few times fast!) celebrate the release of their debut EP The Summer I Lost My Lover via Warner Records. The duo consists of siblings Georgia Christy Edwards and Sophie Skye Edwards, who, only two years apart…
Mareux Plays a Sold-Out Hometown Show at the Fonda in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- Spirits were high on Friday, June 2nd, as I prepared to catch a live performance from Mareux for the fourth time. On my way to the photo pit, I ran into a group of four girls, each dressed almost identically to me:…
Reliving the Glittery Optimism of the 2000s at Just Like Heaven
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s 80° in the Pasadena sun, I’ve forgotten my sunscreen, and I’m already 45 minutes late. I shuffle past a rainbow of brightly dyed heads, iridescent jackets, both plain and glittering cowboy hats, sparkly fringes draped from said cowboy hats, a couple…
From SoundCloud to Coachella: The Rise of Darkwave Prince Mareux
LOS ANGELES, CA- In 2020, Mareux took the internet by storm with his track “The Perfect Girl”, a darkwave reimagination of The Cure’s 1987 track of the same title, driven by its dreamy, cinematic synths and hypnotic original melody. As Mareux, musician and producer Aryan Ashtiani…
SOFT VEIN Talks Inspiration, Aspirations, and Finding Freedom and Solitude in Music
If I wasn’t making music, I wouldn’t feel like a complete person. If I wasn’t performing it… I’d feel equally incomplete.” – SOFT VEIN, LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s finally Friday: the date is March 4th, 2023. I headed in through the back door at Don Quixote…
Stepping into LA’s Dark Electronic Scene With Kris Baha’s Mutated Industrial Soundtrack
LOS ANGELES, CA- Every time I visit Catch One, the show of the night takes place on a different stage. After security guided us past 2 or 3 other signs for different events happening that night, my group and I were finally led to the…
Goodbye Ranger Will Indoctrinate You Into Their Shoegaze ‘Cult’
LOS ANGELES, CA- Following the shoegaze trio Goodbye Ranger’s fuzzy yet punchy set at Harvard & Stone in Downtown Los Angeles, I had the opportunity to sit down with the band for their first interview as a full band. However, there was one problem—we…
Keep Building: Emo Nite returns to Los Angeles with a BANG!
LOS ANGELES, CA- To kick off arguably the dreariest month of the year, I was thrilled to attend my first Emo Nite event on February 3rd. Emo Nite (not to be confused with Emo Night or other similarly named events), going on its 9th…
