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  • Ultra Sunn, French Police, N8NOFACE and Everything Else You Heard in the New Wave/Darkwave Room at Nocturno 11/01/25

    Crowd shot from DJ booth in new wave vs darkwave room at Klub Nocturno in Los Angeles November 1, 2025 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    View from the DJ booth in the new wave/darkwave room at Klub Nocturno, 11/01/25 (Pic: Liz O.)

    It’s Halloween weekend and the Dodgers won the World Series a handful of minutes before the club opened. Needless to say that the vibe was strong at Klub Nocturno on Saturday night. I was in the DJ booth in the new wave vs. darkwave all night and, even when the room was at its most densely packed, people seemed to be in a really good mood. Ex Lover played live and I enjoyed their set. 

    There wasn’t anything extremely new in my DJ sets last night, but I was happy to see more people out on the dance floor for the new-ish songs from Ultra Sunn, French Police, N8NOFACE and Alice Glass. Set list is below. All 2025 releases are in bold and link back to previous mentions on Beatique. 

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  • New N8NOFACE, Ora the Molecule and More of What You Heard at Club Underground on 8/01/25

    Club Underground at Grand Star Jazz Club August 1, 2025
    View from the DJ Booth (pic: Liz O.)

    It was hard to decide which new N8NOFACE song should get played first in my sets. Then, while playing at Underground last night, it hit me that “Everything We Thought We Knew” would work well with the one Molchat Doma song that everyone knows. I think it’s a keeper. Finally got around to playing “Nobody Cares” by Ora the Molecule last night too and that also did well. 

    There’s one new song that I really wanted to play last night, but couldn’t fit it into the set, so you’ll have to wait a few weeks until I’m back at Underground. Other than that, thanks for dancing and here’s the set list. Anything new-ish is linked to a related post or, if there is no related post, a YouTube clip.  

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  • N8NOFACE and Chico Mann Update a Classic Alternative Sound on As of Right Now

    N8NOFACE promo photo by Sela Shiloni
    N8NOFACE (photo: Sela Shiloni)

    “Waiting to Wait For You” has been running on a loop through my brain. The lead single from As of Right Now, the latest EP from N8NOFACE and his debut with venerable L.A. label Stones Throw, is a sticky mix of indie jangle and new wave bounce with the Long Beach-based singer repeating, “I can’t wait, wait to wait for you” against a riff that sounds as if it could have come from Johnny Marr. 

    N8 credits producer Chico Mann, aka Marcos Garcia, the guitarist best known for his work with Antibalas and Here Lies Man, for the EP’s sound. “He was a huge Johnny Marr fan as a kid,” says N8 on a recent video call. The two connected a few years back to collaborate on producing another song. “We would talk about what direction I would want to go in and I always mention to him things that I just can’t do musically and he’s like, well this is a sound I always wanted to produce, let me write some music with your voice in mind,” N8 recalls. Garcia came back with about a dozen instrumentals. N8 tackled the lyrics in about a year and seven of the songs landed on As of Right Now. 

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  • ’90s Nite at Club Underground + More Happening in L.A. 4/09-4/15/26

    90s Nite Club Underground Flyer

    This Friday, April 10, is ‘90s Nite at Club Underground— think Britpop, Björk and Trainspotting— and both floors of Grand Star Jazz Club will be open. Larry G. and I will be your DJ for the night and it should be a good one. Advance tickets are available now, so get yours as soon as you can I’ll see you on the dance floor this Friday night. Party starts at 9:30 p.m. and it’s 21+. 

    As for the rest of the weekend and early next week, here are my recommendations. 

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  • Klub Nocturno New Wave vs. Darkwave Setlist March 6, 2026

    Sam Quealy Jawbreaker album cover
    Cover for Jawbreaker by Sam Quealy. Get this album!

    Thanks to everyone who hit the dance floor in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Nocturno last night. Was very happy to see you dancing to “Londontown” by Sam Quealy. Wasn’t sure if I was going to play that or not last night, so I’m glad it went over well. Her album, Jawbreaker, is overloaded with bangers. Give it a listen when you have the chance. Lots of Depeche Mode in last night’s set, because that was the theme, plus new music from Night Ritualz, a few of last year’s club hits from the likes of Sextile, Pixel Girl, N8NOFACE, French Police and Alice Glass, lots of throwbacks from Soft Cell to Ladytron and more. Set list is below and, as always all songs from the past year link back to other references on this blog. 

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  • A Gorillaz Earworm + More of What You Heard at Club Underground on 1/30/26

    Cover of Gorillaz The Mountain
    “The Happy Dictator” is the first single from The Mountain, by Gorillaz, out on February 27, 2026

    “The Happy Dictator” is an earworm. On the few occasions that I’ve been able to play the Gorillaz song at a club, I’ve woken up the following day with it stuck in my head. This morning is no different. I played it early at Underground last night and now it’s lodged in my brain, with Damon Albarn and Russell Mael trading off vocals on a loop. 

    I don’t plan sets at all. I just drop 24+ hours of music on my laptop, sort it by BPM and then figure it all out as the night goes on. So, it’s only in hindsight that I can say that last night’s set at Underground was probably influenced by being at the anti-ICE protest/march in downtown Los Angeles earlier in the day. “The Happy Dictator,” “Police on My Back,” (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang,” “Shout to the Top,” “Tubthumping,” blah blah blah. Whatever is stuck in my head makes it into the set and then the set gets stuck in my head. That’s a DJ brain for you. 

    Anyhow, thanks to those of you who made it out to Underground last night. It was a blast as always. See you next Friday for Gorillaz x Daft Punk night! Set list is below. New-ish songs link back to previous mentions here. 

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  • Everything You Heard at Club Underground on December 26, 2025

    Bruce Lee statue in Los Angeles Chinatown Central Plaza after 2025 Christmas storm, December 26, 2025 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    If you’re ever like, “I can’t find the Grand Star!” just look for Bruce Lee. (Pic: Liz O. 12/26/25)

    Last night at Underground might have been the first time ever that I’ve played “Friday I’m in Love” at a club. The reason is that, yesterday, news broke that Perry Bamonte of The Cure died. He had been playing with the band live in recent years and is in The Show of a Lost World (a terrific concert film that you really must see). However, his tenure with the band in the studio was from 1992-2004, so any song I played in tribute would likely have to come from Wish and, really, it would have to be “Friday I’m in Love.”   That’s just how it works out. 

    Anyhow, the Christmas storm finally ended right before the club opened and it was great to see people out and about. Thanks so much for dancing last night. Club Underground is on Wednesday next week for New Year’s Eve. Both floors of the Grand Star will be open. Larry G. and I are on the decks all night. It will be a good time. NYE at Underground always sells out, so be sure to get your tickets in advance. 

    Get tickets for Club Underground’s New Year’s Eve Party at Grand Star Jazz Club

    Set list from last night is below. All 2025 releases are linked to other references to the band on this wee blog. 

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  • Best of 2025 + More of What You Heard at Klub Nocturno 12/20/25

    Crowd shot in new wave darkwave room at Klub Nocturno in Los Angeles on December 20, 2025 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    View from the DJ booth in the new wave/darkwave room at Klub Nocturno on 12/20/25

    I’m writing this on Sunday morning and the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, so IDK what to say except that last night at Klub Nocturno was a vibe. I DJed alongside Milagro in new wave/darkwave room. Played a few of my favorite tunes from this year, like “Women Respond to Bass” by Sextile, “Catch and Release” from Alice Glass, Pixel Grip’s “Reason to Stay” and “Everything We Thought We Knew” by N8NOFACE. People danced. Good times were had. Anyhow, set list is below. The newer songs (past year or so) are in bold and link to other mentions here on the blog. Wishing you all happy holidays!

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  • Best of 2025: Top 10 Albums

    Sextile Yes, Please album cover
    Want to guess where Sextile’s album, Yes, Please, landed on this best of 2025 list?

    To be honest, the album I listened to the most in 2025 was actually my top pick from last year, Romance by Fontaines D.C. I also spent far too much time listening to two 2024 albums that I didn’t hear until this year, Fine Art by Kneecap and Humble As the Sun by Bob Vylan. We spend a lot of time putting together our year-end lists, but the truth is that time is irrelevant. The right album will hit you when you need to hear it and that could be on the day it’s released or five years later. 

    Still, I think we should shout out stellar new albums, lest we collectively fall deeper into an algorithmically-induced nostalgia hole. And there was a lot of fantastic music released this year, much more than what’s included on this list. I doubt I heard more than the smallest fraction of good shit released in 2025. So, consider this just the start of a list that will never really be complete. 

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  • Mariachi El Bronx Introduces New Songs to Fans at L.A. Bar La Cita

    Mariachi El Bronx on stage at La Cita, November 8, 2025 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
    Mariachi El Bronx on stage at La Cita, 11/08/25 (Pic: Liz O.)

    Matt Caughthran didn’t need to remind the crowd inside La Cita to show their enthusiasm. even if Mariachi El Bronx were filming for a new music video inside the sold out, Saturday night show. This crowd, packed close to the narrow stage inside the downtown Los Angeles bar, was already hyped. And “Bandoleros,” from the forthcoming album, Mariachi El Bronx IV, is a jam with a cumbia rhythm that automatically gets people dancing.

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