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  • Cold Cave, Lead Into Gold, Décadanse and More Happening Valentine’s Day Weekend in L.A.

    Paul Barker Lead Into Gold live at Slipper Clutch in Los Angeles on August 30, 2025 photo by Liz Ohanesian
    Lead Into Gold live at Slipper Clutch in Los Angeles on August 30, 2025 (Pic: Liz O.)

    This weekend, you can catch Cold Cave at The Bellwether, Lead Into Gold over at 2220 Arts + Archives, Nuovo Testamento and SRSQ at The Roxy and Teenage Goo Goo Muck over at The Offbeat. Plus, Razorcake celebrates 10 years of parties at Footsie’s, Décadanse is back at the Grand Star with French pop on vinyl all night, Black Orpheus screens at Vidiots and more shows, clubs and movie screenings are happening this Valentine’s Day weekend in L.A. I’ve also included a few recommendations for early next week, like Mariachi El Bronx at Amoeba and The Black Watch at The Barklay, so keep reading. 

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  • On Lead Into Gold’s ‘Knife the Ally,’ Paul Barker Urges Musicians to ‘Challenge Yourself’

    Lead Into Gold Paul Barker Press Photo by Mahsa Zargaran
    (Photo: Mahsa Zargaran)

    “I really don’t want to listen to any of the music that I listened in the ‘80s and ‘90s. I just don’t. I know that music so well, I don’t want to hear it anymore,” says Paul Barker. “It’s like listening to the Beatles. I love the Beatles, but I never listen to the Beatles because it’s part of our consciousness. You just grow up with it.”

    Barker’s urge to lean into less familiar musical terrain extends to his own work. Active since the early 1980s, he played in Seattle post-punk band The Blackouts before going on to spend close to 20 years in Ministry. He released his first album as Lead Into Gold in 1990 and the most recent one this year. Knife the Ally is the name of the latest Lead Into Gold full-length, which was released via Artoffact Records in June. “The ally is industrial music,” he says and the album is, in a way, a call to arms, to do something musically different.

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  • Alison Goldfrapp Brings Dance Floor Heat on Flux

    Alison Goldfrapp Flux album cover

    If you’ve been paying attention to the singles that Alison Goldfrapp has dropped this year, then you have an idea of what to expect from the singer’s new album, Flux. It’s a pop-minded album that does, at least at times, recall her work with Goldfrapp, the duo that bears her name. Still, “Reverberotic” and “Find Xanadu” aren’t the only jams on this album and, if you’re a fan of those two songs in particular, definitely get Flux in your queue asap. 

    Flux is Goldfrapp’s second solo album. Two years ago, she released The Love Invention, a dreamy disco collection that was one of my favorite albums of 2023. With Flux, the sound is a little more rooted in the singer’s legacy while maintaining a contemporary sound. 

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  • Beatique Mix, Sept. 2025 with Music from Gorillaz, Bob Vylan, Heaven 17 and more

    Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 45 RPM vinyl single (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    Heaven 17 “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang”

    Over the weekend, I realized that it’s been a few months since I made a mix, so this is a quick set with some dance tunes and some rock tunes. It’s mostly new music, but I threw in a couple oldies that fit my mood. There’s no real adherence to genre because that’s not how I listen to music at home. All of the artist names on the set list below link to where they’ve been previously mentioned on Beatique. 

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  • Cyndi Lauper, “Weird Al,” Surf Films and More Happening Labor Day Weekend in L.A.

    Paul Barker live at Slipper Clutch, September 19, 2024
    Paul Barker returns to Slipper Clutch for a Lead Into Gold set on Saturday, August 30 (Pic: Liz O.)

    I’m not DJing this weekend, but there’s a lot happening in L.A. over the Labor Day holiday. Keep reading for some of the concerts, dance clubs and movie screenings going on between Thursday, August 28 and Wednesday, September 3.

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  • L.A. Industrial with Paul Barker, Jane Jensen and Vague Lanes @ The Slipper Clutch

    Paul Barker live at Slipper Clutch, September 19, 2024
    Paul Barker of Lead Into Gold at Slipper Clutch on Thursday, September 19, 2024

    Paul Barker is playing upstairs at The Slipper Clutch, in a tiny, attic-like space covered with murals and old show flyers. It’s loud, and I forgot my earplugs, so I hang out towards the back of the room, which is what I did when I saw Ministry many years ago— back when Barker was in the band— at a show that ranks at number 2 on the list of loudest concerts I’ve ever attended. This show at Slipper Clutch, however, isn’t as much of a raucous. The raw and rhythmic music is comfortably booming where I stand. 

    As for the vibe, it’s one that I’ve always known, the fringe of L.A. nightlife. It’s also one that I often fear is edging closer to extinction because there are fewer independent spaces in L.A. and fewer events that are more about the music than whatever shit went viral last week. And, in the most pessimistic moments, I think that there are simply fewer people who are interested in leaving the house and taking the chance on something that an algorithm didn’t send their way. 

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  • L.A. Music Events: December 1 through December 7 2023

    Disco Matinee at Grand Star Jazz Club on Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 3 -7 p.m. with DJ Hoseh, DJ Liz O., DJ Jus' B

    On December 3, I’ll be at The Grand Star with my pals Jus’ B and Hoseh for another round of Disco Matinee. Join us from 3 – 7 p.m. for an afternoon of disco classics and more. I’ll be bringing my favorite disco Christmas jam from Charo as well as a bunch of other records that I can’t wait to play for you. Check out the previous Disco Matinee post for details, including how you can RSVP for discounted early entry.  As for the rest of the week, here are a few of the shows, parties and other L.A. music events that are I think are worth checking out. 

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  • New Music from Arab Strap, Club 8 and Murex

    Arab Strap Half-Told Tales Album Cover
    Cover of Half-Told Tales by Arab Strap

    Long-running indie duos Arab Strap and Club 8 both released new albums in September. Plus, Swedish singer/musician Murex released her debut. Keep reading for the reviews.

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  • That Cover of “The Whole of the Moon” + Club Underground Set List 9/11/26

    The Whole of the Moon cover by The Watergirls
    Cover of The Watergirls “The Whole of the Moon”

    There’s this cover of The Waterboys’ song “The Whole of the Moon” that I’ve been playing throughout the summer (if you see a “secret track IYIYK” on some set lists, that’s what it is) and a bunch of you have asked about it, so here are the details. (You can also hear the song on this month’s Beatique mix.) It’s a one-off project called The Watergirls featuring a bunch of different artists who came together to pay tribute to Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch of Optimo, who died last year. The Watergirls was spearheaded by DJ/producer Teamy. Lead vocals are from Mhairi McClymont. James Murphy sings in his David Bowie voice on the bridge. DFA is releasing the single, the digital version of which is available now. You can pre-order the vinyl, like I did, which is out in October. All the links are here. Proceeds benefit Beatson Cancer Charity and Scottish Brain Tumor Research Centre of Excellence. 

    Set list from last night at Club Underground is below. New-ish stuff (released in the past two years) links back to previous mentions here. That’s all. See you back at Underground soon. 

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  • My First Trip to New, Chinatown Concert Venue Pacific Electric

    Voxtrox live at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles, March 26, 2026 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    Voxtrox live at Pacific Electric, March 2026 (Pic: Liz O.)

    “You should see the green room, it’s like a boutique hotel,” says Voxtrot singer Ramesh Srivastava on stage at Pacific Electric. It’s Thursday night and the Chinatown concert venue has been open about week, with Voxtrot’s headlining concert being just the second, open-to-the-public event here. The newness of Pacific Electric is very much a part of the buzz in the atmosphere. You can see it in the way the crowd moves about the unfamiliar space, peeking around corners to see where the bathroom is, glancing up from the ground level to catch a view of the balcony. You can see it, too, in the staff, so fresh-faced and friendly. They’ve yet to be grizzled by entitled party people and messy drunks. 

    I was at Pacific Electric to see Voxtrot, who I had recently interviewed, but, given that the venue is brand new, this post is focused on the space itself. (Here’s the link for the story on Voxtrot.) You may have read about Pacific Electric previously, as it was featured in the L.A. Times and Time Out prior to the opening, but, maybe you want to read about the experience from someone who went to a show there. 

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