We Tested Six Earplug Brands to See If Any of Them Don't Suck
A high-pitched mewl, a mosquito’s whimper, the shrieking voice of a dentist’s drill. This is the sound of tinnitus, a side effect of noise-induced hearing loss and a sound I had become far too familiar...
View ArticleThe Best Places in L.A. to Go Dancing
Whether you're into salsa or EDM, heading to Hollywood or the SGV, there are no shortage of places in the Los Angeles area to get your groove on. For our 2015 Best of L.A. issue, our writers picked...
View ArticleParty Pick of the Week: Zombie Fashion Show
Goretober gets under way early in downtown L.A. as the city’s best makeup artists and stylish, dark-minded souls take part in this fleshy, freaky fete and spectacle. There should be plenty for the...
View ArticleHollywood Official Warns Clubs to Simmer Down Now
Hollywood clubland is out of control. That, at least, seems to be the opinion of area city Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, who this week warned the nightlife venues to shape up or ship out as Halloween...
View ArticleDanny Daze, Jimmy Edgar, J. Phlip Headline Minimal Effort's New Year's Eve Bash
During its brief existence, Minimal Effort has quietly emerged as one of the best dance music event series in town, throwing quarterly parties at cool DTLA locations like the Belasco and Lot 613 that...
View ArticleLos Globos' Mitch Edelson Buys Legendary Mid-City Club Jewel's Catch One
Many Angeleno nightlife denizens have been concerned about the fate of Jewel's Catch One, the deco-era building turned into a club in 1973 by Jewel Thais-Williams. This year the Mid-City venue with the...
View ArticleI Spent a Night Out in L.A. With a Growing Group of Strangers—Voluntarily
It’s 5:25 PM and I don’t know where Maureen is. I also don’t know who Maureen is, but I got a text from a 415 area code telling me to meet her in Little Tokyo’s Anime Jungle at 5 p.m. The only thing...
View ArticleGuerrilla LGBTQ Parties Descend on L.A.'s Straight Bars
It could have been any Friday night at The Three Clubs. A cursory glance inside the Hollywood cocktail lounge on Nov. 6 revealed a couple dozen casually dressed patrons chatting around the front bar....
View ArticleLGBTQ Posses are Party-Bombing L.A.'s Straight Bars
It could have been any Friday night at The Three Clubs. A cursory glance inside the Hollywood cocktail lounge on Nov. 6 revealed a couple dozen casually dressed patrons chatting around the front bar....
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Naughty Christmas: How to Keep the Party Going During the...
The holiday season is great if you're into eggnog, Christmas carols and ugly sweater parties, but it can really suck if you'd rather celebrate the season with booze, strippers, drag queens and rock...
View ArticleGoths, Galleries and Gentrification: The Year in L.A. Nightlife
The year is ending and it’s time for L.A. party people to take a deep breath, reflect — and maybe even relax? Nah ... However you spend what's left of 2015, it's fun to take a little time to look back....
View ArticleTop 9 February Nightlife Picks: More Bowie, Rhondavous, Edwardian Ball and...
February may be a short month, but as far as club and party events go, it’s huge! Promoters are still celebrating David Bowie this month (check here for a couple more yet to occur), while Valentine's...
View ArticleMitch Edelson Reveals His Big Plans for Union, His New Club at the Old Catch One
Welcome to the second installment of Lina Lecaro's biweekly column, featuring candid chats, exclusive news and anecdotal audaciousness only an insider can give you, with the promoters, club owners,...
View ArticleMarch Nightlife’s Top 10 Best Bets
It’s a lucky month for going out in Los Angeles and it has absolutely nothing to do with St. Patty’s Day. Our virtually non-existent winter looks to have jump-started an early, spring fever-ish wave of...
View ArticleMarch Party Picks: Das Bunker, Freak Show, Alice in Wonderland Tea Party
It’s a lucky month for going out in Los Angeles and it has absolutely nothing to do with St. Patty’s Day. Our virtually non-existent winter looks to have jump-started an early, spring fever-ish wave of...
View ArticlePeter Hook Is DJing in Los Angeles This Weekend — Sort of
Tupac’s hologram at Coachella has sparked many a virtual idea in creatives’ minds. The latest notion isn’t as uncomfortable as resurrecting the dead, but it does involve a pre-recorded DJ set from an...
View ArticleClassic Latin Label Fania Records Gets Remixed for a New Generation of Fans
Canyon Cody, vice president of A&R at Fania Records, sits behind his desk flanked by a wall of vinyl records of legendary Fania artists such as Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and others....
View ArticleMeet the Man Behind the Music at Clifton's Cafeteria — and Half Your Other...
If you partake of L.A. nightlife, you've probably crossed paths with Sean Patrick. The DJ, promoter and event producer is almost Forrest Gump–like in his ubiquity, having had his hand and ideas in many...
View ArticleMetal and Mexican Wrestling Meet at the Rock 'N' Roll Wrestling Bash
There’s no denying that L.A. has strong metal and hard rock scenes. The city is also a hot center for lucha libre wrestling events, including the popular Lucha VaVoom series, which mixes Mexican...
View ArticleLina in L.A.'s April Party Picks: Off Sunset Fest, Heav3n, Art Laboe Block Party
Spring is here and that means less clothing and more carousing. Yes, it also happens to be the month that L.A. sees a millennial exodus of sorts thanks to two weekends of Coachella, but for those who...
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