The late 60s walk among us and twas The Olms who resurrected them. KCRW once again welcomed me back to one of their exclusive Berkeley Street Sessions, this time for Pete Yorn and J.D. King’s new hippie-revival effort The Olms.
Google defines olms as: European aquatic salamanders with permanent external gills that live in caves.
I define The Olms as: something of a dark-tinted anachronism; two lead singers, led by long-time folk rock stalwart Pete Yorn and a very commendable effort by J.D. King’s hair.
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Like all of the very best things these days, First Fridays at the Natural History Museum is immersive and experiential; a fantastically unique experience. What do I mean by immersive? Well, it grabs you; from all angles, by all five of your senses, and leaves you with the smack of delight that will keep you away from your smartphone’s screen, if only for a few hours.
Wade past the food trucks, climb the massive stairs, cart yourself inside, grab a drink, and lo, there is a wicked din of Indie music echoing among towering dinosaur fossils, taxidermy savannah creatures, and a forest of skinny jeans & big hair.
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Somewhere in the heart of Venice, sits a nondescript warehouse that can’t quite be accessed from the street. Slide open the massive steel door, neatly tucked in an alleyway, and you’ll find a semi-secret culinary adventure unfolding. Hosts Hyejin and Itay, and a few other helping hands, prepare dinner for 20 to 30 guests sitting along a massive family style table, bathed gently in dreamy candlelight.
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KCRW lured me back to Apogee Studios in Santa Monica this past Friday with the promise of seeing yet another amazing band in remarkably intimate proximity. Vampire Weekend was fresh from selling out the Fox Theater in Pomona the night before. KCRW’s Berkeley Street Sessions offer a few lucky music aficionados the chance to see bands brimming with talent, amid only 100 or so others (capacity at the Fox Theater is 2,000).
Vampire Weekend, the wildly popular 4-man set is touring ahead of their third full length album release, Modern Vampires of the City. Their second album was heavily influenced by their time spent in California, but it looks like they’re taking us back to their NYC roots for Modern Vampires. To promote the album, VW released two music videos for their song Step and Diane Young (don’t miss the slowly burning Saabs).
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When it’s too cold outside for the curatorial eyes of Cinespia to bring their film selections to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, they have to get creative. Saturday night, the sci-fi classic Blade Runner found its way into the haunting, ornate, and nearly century-old Million Dollar Theater in Downtown LA.
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