Liz O.

Stuck at JFK and Listening to Saint Etienne Listening to International, the latest, and last, album from Saint Etienne, while stuck at JFK on a stormy night.

I first listened to the latest, and last, album from Saint Etienne, while camping out at JFK on a stormy Saturday night, which is sort of appropriate.

Now this is a 🔥 gatefold. Mid-80s android disco from Barcelona found at a record fair in L.A. www.beatique.net/xalan-i-only...

. @mayor.lacity.gov shows up to Little Tokyo and reacts to the 100 agent ICE/BP raid during @cagov.bsky.social ‘s press conference about redistricting.

Nuovo Testamento Continues Their Dance Pop Experiments on Trouble - Beatique Good things take time and Nuovo Testamento is a band that’s keenly aware of that. About a year after releasing their 2023 full-length, Love Lines, the L.A.-based trio returned to the studio and, just ...

I'm really into Nuovo Testamento's new EP, Trouble, and was happy to talk to the band about making this new collection. www.beatique.net/nuovo-testam...

Tomata du Plenty Art Show, Echo Park Rising and More Happening in L.A. 8/14 – 8/20/25 - Beatique I'm not DJing this weekend, but have a pretty good amount of recommendations for shows, dance parties, movie screenings and more. Keep reading for my top picks of events happening in L.A. between Thur...

My top recommendations for concerts, dance parties, movie screenings and art events happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week.

Jeffrey Runnings' Piqued Is A Beautiful Final Solo Album From the Late For Against Bassist and Vocalist Review of Piqued, the posthumously released final solo album from For Against singer and bassist Jeffrey Runnings, out now on Independent Project Records.

Jeffrey Runnings' posthumously released album Piqued is beautiful in both the sound and the packaging. www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runn...

Rain Parade Reintroduces Listeners to Crashing Dream with New Deluxe Edition Interview with Matt Piucci of Rain Parade. The psychedelic band recently released a deluxe edition of 1985 album, Crashing Dream.

Talked to Matt Piucci of Rain Parade about the new deluxe edition reissue of 1985 album Crashing Dream. Check out the story and get the album.

Brenton Wood, Thee Midniters and More Featured in Museum Exhibition "A Great Day in East L.A." "A Great Day in East L.A.: Celebrando the Eastside Sound" is on view at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles through August of 2026.

If you're in L.A. sometime in the next year, check out this exhibition about East L.A.'s music scenes. www.beatique.net/brenton-wood...

New French Police + More of What You Heard in Klub Nocturno New Wave vs. Darkwave Room, 7/11/25 Set list from DJ Liz O. for new wave vs. darkwave room at Klub Nocturno on July 11, 2025 at Catch One in Los Angeles. Featuring music from French Police, Mareux, Sextile, Ultra Sunn, Pixel Grip and mo...

Last night's set list from the #newwave vs. #darkwave room at Nocturno in L.A.

N8NOFACE and Chico Mann Update a Classic Alternative Sound on As of Right Now Interview with N8NOFACE on new EP, As of Right Now, touring with Limp Bizkit and playing Cruel World.

I talked to N8NOFACE about his new EP As of Right Now, which is 🔥, especially if you're into post-punk, new wave. Also talked about touring with Limp Bizkit, playing Cruel World and more.

Molly Nilsson’s Un-American Activities Is More Relevant a Year After Its Release - Beatique Last year, Molly Nilsson released Un-American Activities, which you could say is her L.A. album. The Berlin-based synthpop artist made it as part of a residency at Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades an...

Molly Nilsson's album, Un-American Activities feels even more relevant now than it did when it came out last year. If you haven't picked up this album yet, check it out now.

PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT horror film Ghastly underground cult horror feature film and an accompanying psychedelic soundtrack LP | Check out 'PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT horror film' on Indiegogo.

For physical media fans, you can pick up the Blu Ray and the vinyl soundtrack for Pater Noster and the Mission of Light here www.indiegogo.com/projects/pat...

Director Christopher Bickel on Pater Noster and the Mission of Light Interview with Christopher Bickel about cult horror film Pater Noster and the Mission of Light.

Earlier this year, I stumbled across Pater Noster and the Mission of Light on Night Flight and I've been telling all my friends about it ever since. Love this movie and was happy to talk to director @smashism.bsky.social about it. If you're into vinyl and psychedelic cults, watch it.

Damn…RIP to this titan of independent journalism and public television.

Heaven 17 Was Right, '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang' "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang," the 1981 debut single from Heaven 17, is the song we need right now.

The right record will find you at the right time. Came across this Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 45 in Little Tokyo over the weekend.

Border Patrol is making hype videos of their raids in L.A. at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and on day laborers. ~ @eltragon.bsky.social

"We're in crisis mode," says Victor Campos, the Director of Mosh for Youth. "Immigrants build our communities, and they thrive with immigrants . . . so it's our responsibility as individuals with platforms to do something about it."

Story: lataco.com/hardcore-sce...

By @theglutster.bsky.social

Vinyl edition of More. by Pulp found in the new arrival "Just In...Buy or Cry!" bin at Moldy Toes records in San Clemente, CA

Got the new Pulp album. Totally worth getting on vinyl. Plus, "Got to Have Love" is the northern soul-style stomper we need right now. More. here: www.beatique.net/pulp-got-to-...

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82 The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia

Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died

Beatique Indie music and alt culture from Los Angeles. Newsletter sent weekly by Liz O.

Plus, I have a Beatique newsletter now. First one goes out this afternoon. It's weekly and it's free. buttondown.com/Beatique

Ora the Molecule Is the Space Disco Diva With a Message for the Dance Floor Interview with Nora Schjelderup, the singer and producer behind Ora the Molecule, about new album, Dance Therapy and bringing back the spectacle of '70s disco.

If you want to read about indie music and alt culture (sorta L.A.-centric), I have a blog. It's called Beatique and today, I wrote about Ora the Molecule, who I saw at El Cid a few weeks ago.

Kalifornia friends were playing our homecoming tour finale with Ringo Deathstarr this weekend! Saturday in SF and Sunday at Echoplex in L.A., hometown homies we better see you there it’s gonna be a rager! 🎸

🎫 TICKETS: taleenkali.com

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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social : Kind of a mess, actually. Well, no: Freeform. We meant to say Freeform. Join us!

Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and More New Music Reviews of new music from Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and Quantic

Some of the new music that I've been listening to lately...

Colin Jerwood, the passionate and uncompromising voice of the anarcho-punk band Conflict, passed away on June 2, 2025, following a short illness. He had a major fan base in L.A.'s underground punk community.

Read about his legacy lataco.com/colin-jerwoo...

Written by @theglutster.bsky.social

Top 5 Beatique Stories of 2025 (So Far) - Beatique For a good while, Beatique was just a personal blog where I would post my playlists, updates on gigs and the occasional story. In January, I figured I should turn it into a regularly updated music and...

Started blogging regularly at the start of the year just to build a space for the indie and alt music, arts, culture I'm into. It's going really well. Here are the top 5 posts of 2025 (so far).

So glad to see that cursive writing isn't a lost skill after all.

#WestAdams

Swedish Duo Sally Shapiro Returns with New Album Ready to Live a Lie Review of Ready to Live a Lie, the fifth album from Swedish duo Sally Shapiro, out on May 30, 2025 via Italians Do It Better.

New Sally Shapiro album is 🔥 RIFYL Italo disco, Saint Etienne, Sophisti-pop and, especially, if you want a killer Pet Shop Boys cover in your collection.

Swimming Bell live at Oblivion in Highland Park playing "I'm Always Down" from new EP, Somnia. Story: www.beatique.net/swimming-bel... #indiemusic

Leather Strip Live, Bleak Week Movies, Tarot Festival and More Happening in L.A. 5/29/25 - 6/04/25 Concerts, dance clubs, film screenings and more events happening in Los Angeles between Thursday, May 29 and Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Hey, L.A., within the next week you can:
1. See Leather Strip live in a very intimate venue.
2. Watch a bunch of bleak af movies.
3. Go to a tarot festival
+ more cheap shows, dance clubs