Why Your Local Scene Matters: No More Dysphoria’s Third Annual Benefit Show at Asbury Park Brewery on September 23rd, 2018.

Sunday’s are usually for rest and relaxation but that wasn’t the case at Asbury Park Brewery. This past Sunday the Brewery and Aftermath Collective housed No More Dysphoria’s third annual benefit show. No More Dysphoria (NMD) is a Montclair, NJ based non-profit organization that helps transgender and gender non-conforming people pay for major aspects of their transitions.

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Nude Art LA - An Expression of the Human Spirit

Saturday night on the corner of 4th Place and Hewitt Street in Downtown LA’s Arts District, there was a line of people stretching out from the Art Share LA’s studio door entrance. Awaiting inside the doors was an artistic amalgamation of the naked form—produced in painting, performance, photography and more. Nude Art LA is a pop-up art exhibition/live show that celebrates the human form at its barest and on showcases like these, creators, performers and lovers of art gather together to observe, wonder, and appreciate the human body in all of its glorious shapes and sizes.

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Miami’s First HomeGrown Festival

Homebrewing, craft beers and beer festivals are quickly becoming the next best thing in south Florida. HomeGrown is the first indoor festival in Miami that will be featuring the finest local food, music, art and beer! The event will take place at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami on September 23rd from 12:00-8:00PM; tickets are $25 and kids 12 and under are free.

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House of Creatives Music & Arts Festival announces Day-by-Day Lineup

House of Creatives Music & Arts Festival has announced its day-by-day lineup for the upcoming edition of the Miami festival, which is set to return this November 10 & 11. 

Saturday will see Foster The People, Chromeo, Sofi Tukker, and others take the stage, while Sunday will see M.I.A.'s long-awaited return to Miami alongside Little Dragon, SAINt JHN and many more.

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I Like My Mind Better Than My Face, Inner Beauty Vs. The Martial Mask

Dressing up in front of the mirror, perceived as a daily repetition of vanity or a structured routine of self-care, the definition is held at societies standard can be debated as unfair. The age of the ‘selfie’, a more casual form of self-admiration is too often considered a form of confidence or narcissism. The limitations one can reach trying to express their own ideal of beauty is astonishing with the censoring of skin and human anatomy, something that is out of one’s control.

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Escape Reality at the Psycho Festival!

The Psycho Festival 2018 lives up to its name in Las Vegas! The music festival encompasses three days of Heavy Metal, Death Metal, and Black Metal music. The dynamic festival is hosted at three different venues throughout the Hard Rock Casino and Resort. Guests enjoyed diverse performances from bands such as Ghastly Sound and Black Mare at Vinyl, Coven and Danzig at the Joint and Spirit Adrift and Voivod and the Paradise Pool. Lots of leather studded, boot wearing, tattooed fans lined up in anticipation of hardcore music and incredible performances. Let us not forget the "splosh pit" at the pool! For it's third year, the Psycho Festival displayed it's trademark for "Vegas' Best Festival." 

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Fusion at its Finest: Lando Chill to Blend Rap, Poetry, and Emotion at The Satellite, Los Angeles

Singer, songwriter, producer, spoken word poet. No matter the title, Lance Washington always provides more than a single title can define. Working under stage moniker, Lando Chill, Washington’s hip-hop and rap-blend music also appears to address a different side of the multi-talented artist. Let's call it his literary side. His emotional side. A side of him that words alone would never capture.

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New Order, Janelle Monae, Parquet Courts, and more perform this month at Long Beach’s MUSIC TASTES GOOD VOL.3

On September 29th and 30th, the 3rd annual Music Tastes Good Festival will take place at it’s home of Marina Greek Park in Long Beach, California! This will be the third year of Long Beach’s most beloved festival and the second year since the death of it’s creator, Josh Fischel. Before creating one of the best festivals in SoCal in 2016, Fischel directed Sublime documentary, “Stories, Tales, Lies & Exaggerations.”

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BEACH GOTH 2018: BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE GROWLERS & ANOTHER UNFORGETTABLE YEAR

The drama is over and Beach Goth officially belongs to The Growlers again! They introduced the world to Beach Goth festival back in 2012 and it has grown more massive every year since. Previous Beach Goths held some big names including King Krule, Alice Glass, Die Antwoord, and who could forget that beautiful moment it started raining during Future Islands in 2016?! Last year’s monumental performances by Girl Talk, The B-52’s, Modest Mouse, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, were more iconic performances in Beach Goth history. This year, you may have experienced a little Beach Goth deja-vu, since many artists this year have performed this festival before. For La Luz, The Drums, The Voidz, and the classic duo Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkin, this 7th Beach Goth was not their first.

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Portugal. The Man Wants to Double Check You’re in the Right Place

Rolling into town for a California stop along their 2018 globetrotting tour, Alaska’s, Portugal. The Man, produced a vibrant performance that literally lit up the historic Shrine Auditorium on Friday, August 10th. With sweeping multi-colored spotlights and a projector screen flashing larger-than-life animated patterns, images, and humorous phrases behind the band, it was clear that Portugal. The Man was there to party.

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Symphonic Distribution brings together Florida’s thriving independent music & art scene once again with Vibes of the Bay 2018

Vibes of the Bay is a one-day independent music festival in Tampa, Florida presented by Symphonic Distribution (@symphonicdistro). Held August 18th at Crowbar - one of Ybor City’s best live music venues - the event provides a platform that showcases the talent and distinctiveness of the growing music scene in the Tampa Bay area. From imaginative producers to psychotropic DJs, insightful rappers, electronic-infused rockers, & ethereal vocalists - almost all being innovative multi-instrumentalists - SymDistro brings together hundreds of bay area visual artists, photographers, influencers, bloggers, music and art lovers from all over Florida to celebrate & enjoy some of the best emerging music innovators to share the talented magic that is sprouting in south Florida.

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Thoughts From The Floor: A Journey Through Eating Disorder Recovery

I use to bow down to the obedience I gave to my disease. I felt out of control the first time I purged. Trying to go a day without purging felt like the end of the world, every second filled with temptation and I was ready to give in. There is something so estranged when you consciously decide to rebel against your body, willingly and without caution. Everything else seems to disappear, and you are left in a realm of disassociation to your self-state.

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What Do Morrissey and Cardi B Have in Common? TROPICALIA!

Grab your chanclas y Modelos, it’s almost time for the freshest festival in California, TROPICALIA! Hitchhike, donate some body fluids, sell a kidney, have a yard sale in tu barrio, just do whatever you can to make it to the Queen Mary on November 3rd and 4th!

If you’ve been on any social media platforms this week, you’ve probably seen this beautiful flyer a gazillion times. The flyer was illustrated by artist UGLYPRIMO. His clever headliner loteria cards are one of the major reasons this poster is so mesmerizing. UGLYPRIMO is an incredible artist who emphasizes latino culture. Whether or not you’re hispanic, you will quickly become obsessed with his work.

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Tropicália Music & Taco Festival 2018 To Take Place at Queen Mary

Goldenvoice is pleased to announce the 2018 Tropicália Music & Taco Festival at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, California on Saturday, November 3 and Sunday, November 4. The event will feature performances by Morrissey, Cardi B, Mac Demarco, Kali Uchis, Chicano Batman, Mazzy Star, Los Angeles Ázules, Toro Y Moi, Cuco, Devendra Banhart, Natalia Lafourcade, BadBadNotGood, Broncho, La Sonora Dinamita, Boy Pablo & many more. 

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Permission To Come Aboard Desert Daze

You have been selected to take part in a psychonautical expedition from October 12th through the 14th on the multisensory planet of Desert Daze! West coast’’s best psychedelic festival this year will be going down at Moreno Beach in Lake Perris. About one hour east of Los Angeles, Lake Perris is a whole hour closer than last year’s Joshua Tree location at The Institute of Metaphysics. Relocating Desert Daze grounds more west this year comes in favor for festival goers since the heat has been pretty gnarly lately. Breaking new ground, this year’s Desert Daze is nothing like you’ve ever experienced from a music festival. To beat the heat, this venue has one major and unique highlight, SWIMMING!

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BEACH GOTH VII 2018: CALIFORNIA’S MOST WICKED FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR

Halloween is coming a little early this year ghouls and fools! Since 2012, The Growlers have been performing and headlining their own spook-takular socal festival, Beach Goth and they’re doing it again on August 5th at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Don’t worry, costumes are still encouraged! This year’s lineup includes stellar performances from Starcrawler, GWAR, Doug E. Fresh, Bleached as The Ramones and many more! There are also a few familiar Beach Goth faces such as The Drums, La Luz, The Voidz and of course the boogeymen themselves—The Growlers!


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KAABOO Del Mar Festival: The 4 Acts You Must-See

Sometimes festival lineups are almost TOO stellar and it may be a little overwhelming to plan your weekend out when just about every act is on your priority list. KAABOO did a fantastic job making it impossible for anyone to have a terrible time. They have designed this festival to not only be about music but have included designated areas for food, art, hair-styling, massages, comedy, and more! This is not your typical vanilla music festival. Activities are countless and all the performers featured are brilliant!

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The 4th Annual Alt 98.7 Summer Camp Festival is a Summer Treat You Won’t Want to Miss

For alternative music enthusiasts, however, the search is over. Boasting a stacked lineup and a combination of both music icons and up-and-coming stars alike, the Alt 98.7 Summer Camp festival is bound to impress. Taking place on Sunday, August 12, at the picturesque Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, California, the festival’s heavy-hitting array of talent will include Death Cab for Cutie, ODESZA, CHVRCHES, Judah & the Lion, AJR, Sir Sly, Jungle, lovelytheband, Superorganism, and Two Feet.     

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