March is Women’s History Month and, this Friday, March 20, we’re celebrating at Club Underground with Girl Power Nite. Both floors of Grand Star Jazz Club will be open, with Larry G. and I will be DJing all night. I’m playing in the theme room, where you’ll hear everyone from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Elastica to Le Tigre to Boy Harsher to Wet Leg. A bonus: for those of you who are going to see Peaches and Pixel Grip at the Bellwether on Friday night, you can get into Underground for just $5 if you show your ticket at the door, so definitely plan to stop by after the show. Advance tickets are available now.
As for the rest of this weekend, and early next week, here are my recommendations.
Go see Sirât. It’s not widely screening in LA right now, but it is playing at Alamo Drafthouse, which is where I saw the Spanish film, through next Wednesday. The movie is about a Spanish man, his son and their dog traveling in Morocco to find his daughter, who has disappeared into the desert rave scene some months earlier. A war breaks out, the ravers decamp to the south of the country and the father and son follow them deeper into the desert.
There’s a lot going on in Sirât and I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so the one thing that I will mention is that the sound design is exceptional. The score is frequently diegetic, meaning that it’s the music the characters in the film hear, and it interacts with their surroundings in both clever and realistic ways. For example, you can hear the crackle of techno pouring through busted speakers and the way a song fades into the wind when you’re driving in the middle of nowhere with the windows open. This all adds to the story, but you need to hear it for yourself.
Sirât is a beautiful, and heavy, film that will stick with you after you leave the theater. See it with someone else so that you can talk about it afterwards. Like I said, it looks like Alamo is the only place in L.A. showing Sirât this weekend and next week, but it’s right in the middle of downtown, literally above a Metro station where four trains converge, so it’s a fairly convenient for most people. Plus, they have half-priced screenings on Tuesday and bottomless popcorn, which is a plus even if you have to order from your phone now. In Orange County, Sirât is playing at The Frida, which is also an excellent movie theater and is walking distance from the Metrolink stop in Santa Ana. Plus, Metrolink has$10 day passes on the weekends, a good option if gas prices have you reconsidering plans right now.
I’ll be back in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Klub Nocturno this Friday, March 6. If you haven’t been to Nocturno before, it’s a five-room party at Catch One where you can dance to anything from Boy Harsher to Los Angeles Azules throughout the course of the night. It does tend to sell out in advance, so the sooner you get your tickets, the better. You can do that right now on Dice.
As for the rest of the weekend, plus early next week, keep reading for my recommendations.
This Friday at Club Underground is The Smiths x Joy Division night. Both floors of Grand Star Jazz Club will be open with Larry G. and I playing your faves from both bands, plus the Underground mix of indie, post-punk, Britpop, new wave, shoegaze and lots more. Tickets are on sale now on Dice and Eventbrite. Don’t miss out on Underground this Friday, February 27, because it’s going to be a fun one.
As for the rest of the weekend, keep reading for my recommendations for concerts, clubs and movie screenings happening in L.A. between Thursday, February 26 and Wednesday, March 4.
Club Underground x Synthwaves is back with a full-venue takeover at Grand Star Jazz Club in LA’s Chinatown on Friday, February 20. I’ll be in the Synthwaves room (upstairs) playing synthpop, darkwave, post-punk and ‘80s. Tickets are available now on Dice and Eventbrite, so get yours and join the party on Friday night. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. and it’s 21+.
Saturday is the 127th annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown. The parade, celebrating Lunar New Year, starts around 1 p.m. and runs down Hill and Broadway between Temple and Bernard. It’s a really fun event and free to attend, so definitely check it out if you’re in the area.
As for the rest of the weekend and early next week, keep reading for my recommendations.
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.
It’s time for another theme night at Club Underground and, on Friday, February 6, we’ll be bringing back one of my personal favorites— Gorillaz x Daft Punk Night! Both floors of the Grand Star Jazz Club will be open with DJ Larry G. and me, Liz O., playing all night. On the first floor, you’ll hear songs from Gorillaz and Daft Punk, plus indie, Britpop, post-punk, synth and electro dance. Second floor is Gorillaz, Daft Punk, post-punk, electro, new wave, darkwave, goth, synthpop and dance. You know this is going to be a good one too, since Gorillaz has a new album, The Mountain, coming out later this month, five songs from which are already out now. (You may have already heard “The Happy Dictator” at Underground.) Tickets are available now on Eventbrite and Dice, so get yours now.
I’ll be playing darkwave and modern post-punk upstairs at Grand Star Jazz Club for Underground x Synthwaves on Friday, January 23 (Pic: Liz O.)
This Friday, January 23, Underground and Synthwaves are back with a two-room party at Grand Star Jazz Club. I’ll be in the Synthwaves room, which is upstairs, playing darkwave and post-punk, think along the lines of Boy Harsher, Molchat Doma, French Police, etc. Tickets are available now and you should snap yours up because it’s basically two clubs for one very reasonable cover price. Head over to Dice or Eventbrite to do just that. We’re playing until 2 a.m., so if you already going to Austra at the Roxy or Dan Deacon at Teragram, stop by after the show to hit the dance floor.
Keep reading for my recommendations for the rest of this weekend and early next week.
There are a lot of David Lynch happenings across Los Angeles this month, but the calendar for this weekend and early next week are particularly packed, given that Friday, January 16, marks the first anniversary of the beloved director’s death and Tuesday, January 20, would have been his 80th birthday. With that in mind, the first section of this week’s event recommendations is all David Lynch-related and includes everything I could find that still has tickets available. After that, you’ll find more movie screenings, concerts and club nights happening between Thursday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 21. Amongst them: Shannon Shaw live, Los Angeles Record Fair, a John Carpenter double feature and a Selena museum exhibition. Keep reading for the details.
This Friday, I’m back at Klub Nocturno for another full-venue takeover of Catch One. I’ll be in the new wave vs. darkwave room with a mix of your favorite throwbacks and new school bangers. This is Nocturno’s annual free night and, well, I hope you already RSVPed because tickets are sold out on Dice. Follow Klub Nocturno on Instagram for more info (and to catch me talking about one of my favorite albums).
Keep reading if you want my recommendations for the rest of the weekend and early next week.
