Klub Nocturno is the be exception to the “nobody in L.A. goes out in the rain” rule. Saturday night was the second time I played a Nocturno event at Catch One and, just like the first time, a storm hit. Yet, the crowd was still massive. And so much fun. Shout out to Kill for Kickz and Color Void, both of whom played fantastic live sets in the New Wave vs. Darkwave room.
Here’s my set list.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi “Palace in my Head”
Raf “Self Control”
Heaven 17 “Let Me Go”
Ministry “Work for Love”
Gang of Four “I Love a Man in a Uniform”
Visage “Fade to Grey”
Desire “Liquid Dreams”
Love and Rockets “So Alive”
Martin Gore “Compulsion”
Siouxsie and the Banshees “Happy House”
Joy Division “Transmission”
The Church “Reptile”
OMD “Electricity”
(Kill for Kickz live)
The Clash “Train in Vain”
New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle”
Yaz “Situation”
Talking Heads “Girlfriend is Better”
Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”
Boy Harsher “Machina”
TR/ST “Crissy E”
(Color Void live)
Sisters of Mercy “Lucretia”
Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith “Not in Love”
Lebanon Hanover “Sadness Is Rebelliion”
Joy Division “She’s Lost Control”
Soft Cell “Tainted Love”
Bloc Party “Banquet”
Molchat Doma “sudno (Boris Ryzhy)”
Twin Tribes “Sangre de Oro”
Martin Dupont “Inside Out”
Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus”
New Order “Blue Monday”
Trans X “Living on Video”
Vitalic “La Rock 01”
ADULT. “Hand to Phone”
Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams”
Hercules & Love Affair “Blind”
Crystal Castles “Vanished”
Mr. Flagio “Take a Chance”
Depeche Mode “Everything Counts”
The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry”
French Police “HER” (request)
Mareaux “Gopnik”
Nine Inch Nails “Closer”
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
The Ramones “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”
Pixies “Where Is My Mind?”
Sisters of Mercy “Marian”
Real Life “Send Me an Angel”
Q Lazarus “Goodbye Horses”
Boy Harsher “Give Me a Reason”
Kontravoid “Losing Game”
New Order “True Faith”
When in Rome “The Promise”
The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
Echo and the Bunnymen “The Killing Moon”
Depeche Mode “But Not Tonight”
Catch me next on Thursday, April 4, for Night Shift (post-punk, synthpop, darkwave and shoegaze) at Bar Franca and on Sunday, April 7, for the Punk ’n’ Funk edition of Disco Matinee at Grand Star Jazz Club.
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.
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