Liz O.
@djlizo.bsky.social
Writer, DJ, based in L.A.
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IDK who else is into Habibi Funk here, but the new release, Bourj Hammoud Groove by Ara Kekedjian, is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/ara-kekedjian-bourj-hammoud-groove-armenian-habibi-funk/
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
IDK who else is into Habibi Funk here, but the new release, Bourj Hammoud Groove by Ara Kekedjian, is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/ara-kekedjian-bourj-hammoud-groove-armenian-habibi-funk/
FYI, new Austra album is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/austra-chin-up-buttercup-album-review/
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
FYI, new Austra album is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/austra-chin-up-buttercup-album-review/
If you're in L.A., here are my recommendations for concerts, clubs and other events happening this weekend and early next week.
Brian Jonestown Massacre, PRS Fundraiser and More Happening in Los Angeles 11/20-11/26 - Beatique
It’s a big week for Brian Jonestown Massacre fans in L.A. The psychedelic band is playing two nights at Teragram Ballroom and, while the show on Saturday, November 22, is totally sold out, there are s...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If you're in L.A., here are my recommendations for concerts, clubs and other events happening this weekend and early next week.
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.
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.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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...
September 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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...
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. @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.
August 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
. @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.
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...
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 ...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
My top recommendations for concerts, dance parties, movie screenings and art events happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week.
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...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My top recommendations for concerts, dance parties, movie screenings and art events happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week.
Jeffrey Runnings' posthumously released album Piqued is beautiful in both the sound and the packaging. www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runn...
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.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Jeffrey Runnings' posthumously released album Piqued is beautiful in both the sound and the packaging. www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runn...
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.
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.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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.
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...
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.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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...
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.
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.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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 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.
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...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.
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.
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.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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.
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Damn…RIP to this titan of independent journalism and public television.
BREAKING: Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned prize-winning TV journalist, has died at 91.
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, has died at 91.
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June 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Damn…RIP to this titan of independent journalism and public television.
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.
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.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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.
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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
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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
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"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...
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Story: lataco.com/hardcore-sce...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"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
Story: lataco.com/hardcore-sce...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
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-...
June 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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-...
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Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
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June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
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.
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.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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.
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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
🎫 TICKETS: taleenkali.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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
🎫 TICKETS: taleenkali.com
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ODDS & SODS | 7-10 PM EDT
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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!
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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!
June 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
ODDS & SODS | 7-10 PM EDT
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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!
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social : Kind of a mess, actually. Well, no: Freeform. We meant to say Freeform. Join us!
Some of the new music that I've been listening to lately...
Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and More New Music
Reviews of new music from Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and Quantic
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June 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Some of the new music that I've been listening to lately...