Leigh Acosta’s Ariel Pole Dance Quickened Lucha Vavoom’s Pulse
CLICK HERE FOR MORE LUCHA VAVOOM SUMMER LOVIN LOS ANGELES, CA- Lucha Vavoom is more than just Lucha Libra. Recognized by some as one of the Best Burlesque Acts in the US, the women who entertain the sold-out crowds with their enticing teases is as…
Northern Beats Under A Summer Sun With Broken Social Scene, East Pointers, and Melissa Laveaux
NEW YORK, NY- At the front gates of Summerstage, volunteers handed out maple-leaf flags and dispensed the advice to stay hydrated. Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield provided little shade on a 105+ degree afternoon, but the blistering heat didn’t stop New Yorkers from filling the lawn…
Capturing The LA Underground Punk Scene In Shades Of Black And White: ShitShowDave
LOS ANGELES, CA- Hey everybody. This is Derrick, Blurred Culture’s music editor. I take a lot of photos, and I follow a lot of photographers on Instagram to find inspiration and sometimes emulate. But there are a handful of photographers whose work I can only…
The EELS’ Beautiful Reconstruction
NEW YORK,NY- “There are times you have to tear something apart to find something beautiful inside.” That’s the last sentence of EELS’ unconventional bio. It’s characteristic of Mark O. Everett, or E — both disarmingly forthright (“fuck all this jibber jabber and see if you…
30 Tickets: How Düüns is Honoring DIY Music in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA- “It is still so cold in New York,” I thought to myself while basking in the California sun and sipping my homebrewed mix of tequila and gatorade. Surfers and young artists mingled around me with brown bagged beers and cigarettes. We were…
These Streets Are Where I’m From: Old 97’s Bring Sterling Lineup To Hometown Festival
DALLAS, TX- The beauty of music, for a listener, is that we can read into songs the meanings we need at the time we encounter the lyrics. Two weekends ago, as I entered Main Street Garden for the Old 97’s County Fair — a festival curated…
Pity Party Brings “Are You Happy Yet” Tour to Orange County
FULLTERTON, CA – You know, I never thought I’d find a band in which I would never skip a song while listening to their whole album (or in this case, their discography). I have FINALLY found that band and they are none other than your…
Loners, Together: Missio + Welshly Arms in NYC
NEW YORK, NY- The house lights are turned down low and the stage illuminated just enough for us to discern angular silhouettes moving into view. As the strip-lights flash white, the crowd screams its excitement. The three musicians — Matthew Brue and David Butler, the…
My Backwards Look: Frightened Rabbit Marks 10 Years of The Midnight Organ Fight
NEW YORK, NY- We hide self-doubt behind a facade of detachment, present a carefully-groomed social-media face to the world, and speak in a manner that erases the line between sincerity and irony. That’s part of the postmodern condition, where hyperconnectivity produces alienation, truth comes in…
New York City Surrenders To Japandroids’ Fist Pumping Rock
The title track of Vancouver’s Japandroids traces the arc of guitarist/vocalist Brian King’s artistic and personal journey, parsing the fine distinction between home and hometown, destiny and dream. On a chilly New York evening, the singalong chorus got the crowd “all fired up,” King’s defiant…
