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[practicalrecords]

Gather for the last installment of our summer concert series with an ecstatic evening of queer musical performance celebrating the release of “Stories” on Practical Records.

Pride Month Barbie The Bedroom Witch Roxanne Starnik

Presented by Pehrspace

2220 Arts + Archives 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

Doors 8pm Concert 8:30pm

$15 / $10 community tickets via DM

Pride Month Barbie is an L.A. synth-pop duo formed in 2022 by solo artists Tyler Holmes and Josephine Shetty (aka Kohinoorgasm). As Libras, sluts, drama queens, and judgmental bitches, PMB brings a sound and performance that will leave you feeling insecure, horny, and annoyed. Photo Credit: Andrea Granera

Cast as the misunderstood maker of the veil, The Bedroom Witch is the solo project and moniker for visual, recording, and performance artist, Sepehr Mashiahof. She uses music, video, and performance to chronicle movement across various imagined realms that begin in “Exile” and end in a return to “Nowhere.”  Photo Credit: Bailey Kobelin

Cleveland native Roxanne Starnik writes, produces and records pop music from the cozy confines of her Los Angeles bedroom. Earworm melodies and danceable programmed beats support forthright words that reflect on intimacy in all its forms.  She uses this play between pop beats and rather relatable sentiments to engage with the crowd, empowering them to move with her and sometimes a crew of dancers that join her expression. Photo Credit: Roques S. Gonzalez

[disposablebabies]

gary wilson

[mottinz]

Mars Argo - Open Up The Door in Your Head @ Pehrspace  (14 June 2013)

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[alexmccausland]

[moonroomie]

APAHM Benefit Film Screening, May 24-31. All contributions go to assist local API and Desi American artists impacted by Covid-19 (update: contributions will now be redirected to Black Visions Collective, MN Freedom Fund, National Bailout, and Reclaim the Block as we observe our complicity in anti-blackness and recognize our own privilege) will be matched 69%* by moonroom. IG: @moonroomie​ • Venmo: moonroom 

CONFLUENCE is a meditation in documentary form filmed during last season’s PHASE series, channeling reflections on identity and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. • Directed by ETA • Featuring interviews with Ceramiks, Jangus Kangus, Kelleia, Laciste, Oh My Muu, Reinabe, Shunkan, and Zhao • Music by Sonoda, Tomemitsu and Zhao •

• Co-Presenters: Athame Records, Girl Underground Music, OnThree Management, Zoom Lens • Community Partners: API Equality-LA, Chewing Foil, Enclave LA, Pehrspace, QNA, Sleezehog Presents, Sunday Jump, Week in Pop •

Listen to our APAHM PHASE playlist featuring API and Desi American artists and bands who’ve participated in our annual showcases since 2017 here.

[intoxicatingimmediacy]

Film Scoring, Modular Synths, and Clipping. - an Interview with Jonathan Snipes

[...] Now, let’s talk about clipping. How did this project come about? All of you (Jonathan Snipes, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson) have known each other since childhood, is that right?

JS: I’ve known those guys for almost 20 years. They have been friends about 10 years longer than that, so I still feel like the new guy, which is a bit ridiculous. Bill and I went to college together, and Daveed would come crash on our couch during the summers or whenever he was on a break and we weren’t. We had made a handful of tracks together over the years. Bill & I had a variety of one-off noise projects. Bill used to have a project with our friend Kyle Mabson called “Beach Balls” that was this pretty silly party noise thing that I loved immensely. One of their releases included a track called “case sensitivity” that I think Bill made on his own. It featured a Yin Yang Twins acapella set over these really punishingly high pitched clicking sounds, and I thought the whole thing was so elegant and beautiful. I kept saying to Bill, “this is a whole genre - you’ve gotta do more of this.” But they were done doing Beach Balls for whatever reason so I said, “Well if you’re not going to do it on your own, let’s do it together as a remix project.” So we started taking existing rap acapellas and making new beats for them in that style. The rules were no drums, no pitched/melodic material, but they still had to be highly composed/rhythmic/intentional - it couldn’t just sound like noise jamming over the acapella. We made a handful of those (I think they’re still on soundcloud) and called the project “clipping” - we played a handful of shows playing those remixes. Around that time Daveed moved to LA and heard what we were up to and said, “you should make an original track, not just a remix.” That song was “Loud” which ended up on the midcity album. I think we did one show at Pehrspace (RIP) where Bill & I played a handful of remixes, then Daveed came out and did “Loud” with us at the end. After that we said, “ohhh, this should be the project. It should all be original songs.” So we made enough for a full set.

[...] On the latest clipping record There Existed an Addiction To Blood you also have the track called “Piano Burning” which, I believe is a performance of a piece originally composed by Annea Lockwood? How and where did you record it? What was the intention to close the record with this composition?

JS: Yeah, that was Bill’s idea. We were trying to think of a piece to use that would feel appropriate for the horror theme, and often horror movies end in a fire. It felt cleansing and spooky at the same time, as well as keeping in line with our tradition of ending albums with recordings of specific pieces of contemporary music. We love Annea Lockwood in general, so this really checked all the boxes. We recorded it with Christopher Fleeger (we collaborate with him a LOT) out in the desert at an undisclosed location our friend Cristopher Cichocki found for us. 18 channels across 3 different recorders, timecode locked. It took hours to set up and test everything. We lost eight microphones in the process of recording. Fleeger and I used it as an opportunity to thin out some of the cheaper/crappier mics we owned. It was worth it.

[asianamsmakingmusic]

from Young Lovers / Wander Split, released March 8, 2018 Written and performed by Young Lovers Recorded and produced by David Jerkovich at The Ocotillo/Pehrspace in Historic Filipinotown and Bedrock LA in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA in 2013/2017.

[taiwan3000]

CONCERTS

***against me!

antlers

best coast

***big thief with tucker zimmerman

billy woods kenny segal

danny brown

***dirty beaches

dr. dog

***future islands

***girl in a coma

hiss golden messenger

***kanye west with kendrick lamar

kurt vile

***mount eerie

***nine inch nails

no age

nosaj thing

***pehrspace

***perfume genius with hand habits and julia holter

***shabazz palaces

***sloppy jane

the smile with robert stillman

***spellling

***sudan archives and all city jimmy

talib kweli

***terror pigeon

tune-yards

waxahatchee

***why? with serengeti

***yeah yeah yeahs

yeasayer

[south-detroit-blog]

“look to the right and I see the hollywood sign”

welcome back to south detroit. today we follow miley cyrus into a cab in 2009.

“party in the usa” takes place on the first day miley cyrus ever spent in los angeles, in a cab ride from LAX to “the club.” we immediately have problems, as miley’s likely first time in los angeles was in 2003 for the hannah montana auditions, when she was 11 years old and almost certainly not traveling alone.

but. placing ourselves in a fictional first visit to los angeles as a sixteen year old, which miley was at the time of the song’s release in 2009, we still have problems.

one of the maplords is from los angeles and can speak from experience: there are very few all ages nightclubs in los angeles. within the narrative of the song, fictional “first time in LA” miley would not be famous enough for bouncers to overlook the fact that she is underage. therefore, we have a very short list of potential destinations for her cab ride.

here is a map with LAX and the hollywood sign marked in blue and five all ages venues (left to right: whisky a go go, the troubador, amplyfi, pehrspace, and the smell) marked in red. it is worth mentioning that these are all predominantly rock clubs, and not the kind of places where all you see is stilettos. those clubs exist, but miley doesn’t mention having a fake.

you will notice that LAX is in southwest of all these locations. the hollywood sign, if visible at all on the drive, will either be on the left side of the cab or directly ahead of it.

there is no route from LAX to any all ages venue in los angeles where the hollywood sign is visible on the right hand side of the vehicle. unless miley is young enough to still be in a rear-facing carseat in the narration of this song, this did not occur.

[cultofmarsargo]

Mars Argo - Stuck on you (vine) Pehrspace (14 June 2013)

Join the Cult of Mars Argo on: Discord: discord.me/marsargo Tumblr: cultofmarsargo.com

[practicalrecords]

Transcend this realm with a sophisticated evening of avant performance celebrating the release of “Stories” on Practical Records.

Gemma Castro Lu Coy Julius Smack

Presented by Pehrspace

2220 Arts + Archives 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

Doors 7pm Concert 8pm

$15 / $10 community tickets via DM

Los Angeles based Mexican-American musician Gemma Castro brings her stunning fusion of R&B and electronica to the global stage. Known for dreamy melodies, romantic Spanish lyrics and heartfelt vocals meshed with spacey synthesizers and lo-fi beats, Castro’s boundary-breaking instincts cement her spot as a breakthrough producer and unapologetic artist to watch. Photo Credit: Daniel Hermosillo

Lu Coy (they/them) is a queer mixed media artist and musician of Mexican and Ukrainian Jewish heritage and based in Los Angeles, California. Lu creates music which ranges from complex electronic soundscapes to dark, deeply confessional acoustic songs. As a multi-instrumentalist known for their mastery of woodwinds, use of electronics, and agile vocals, Lu performs regularly with several prominent bands in LA’s Queer-Alt-Latin music scene and has been featured in experimental operas by Anna Luisa Petrisko, Trulee Hall and Four Larks Opera company. In addition to their contemporary music practice Lu is also an avid performer of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish musical traditions singing regularly in Yiddish and Ladino. Photo Credit: Olivia Hemaratanatorn

Julius Smack is the stage name of Peter Hernández, a musician and performer based in Los Angeles, CA. He creates music and dance performances as Julius Smack, who over the years has inhabited the persona of a sexy prince, a businessman faun, and a statue awoken from antiquity. His work concerns the traumas and hardships of modern society through the lens of indigenous spirituality and intergenerational memory. Photo Credit: Evan Walsh

[disposablebabies]

gary wilson

[mottinz]

Mars Argo at Pehrspace - Los Angeles Loves... Girls (14 June 2013)

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[thepastelfelt]

ABOUT

Pastel felt sprung from Los Angeles' now defunct Pehrspace, a mainstay of unconstrained shows ranging from punk to intimate-bedroom performances. Their music can be described as dreamy and driving; atmospheric garage pop, "We consider ourself groovy-mournful surfgaze." Tara Milch plays guitar and sings pretty, buried vocals. Tara and Alex Edgeworth met when Alex moved to LA, and the two bonded over music like The Kinks and The Clean. Alex, who played and toured in Peach Kelli Pop, Colleen Green and Happy Jaw Bone Family Band, fell squarely into playing bass. Evelyn Quijas was recruited on drums when Tara and Evelyn met at weirdo-cinematheque, The Cinefamily. The chemistry of the three friends drives their performance. 

Tara's biggest musical influence is Blonde Redhead. She saw them when she was fifteen and knew their sound was something that would stick with her forever. Especially the band's evolving sound from angular post-punk to polished kraut-shoegaze. Other influences include Grouper, Stereolab, Cat Power, and Unwound. Her song writing style is melancholic, underlying in even the bouncier songs. She is earnestly inspired by the hysterical films of Andrej Zulawski, weirdo comics, and the acute feeling of disorientation when you wake from a deep dream. 

Their debut album 'Charming Lait' is out now on Los Angeles based Lolipop Records.

[cuddleformation-blog]

stoked to be sharing sounds at the smell tonight in a tender b2b with damaris paz. also just want to talk about how special this place is... after thriving for nineteen years in downtown la and giving a home to so many throughout the city (the world, rlly) the smell is going to be demolished and most likely redeveloped into condos unless we as a community can raise the funds to either buy the building or help this force find a new home. i've been coming here since i was in high school, playing here since 2010, and with the current losses of non plus ultra and pehrspace los angeles' music community is losing consistent and welcoming spaces quickly. support your community arts spaces! thank you for existing! and thnx @hullygrams for taking this sick pic of gerald and i playing cf songs at junior high 🌸

[alexdupreemusic-blog]

2017 SHOWS

3.16 :: (Mister Paradise) Escondite :: LA 4.02 :: (Mister Paradise) Harvard & Stone :: LA

Past Shows:

12.12 :: The Old Quarter :: Galveston 12.11 :: Satellite Bar (w/ Get A Life, Deep Cuts) :: Houston 12.9 :: The Wild Detective (w/ Adam & The Figurines) :: Dallas 12.8 :: The Sidewinder (w/ Booher, RG Lowe) :: Austin 12.7 :: Javelina Listening Club (w/ Emily Scott Robinson) :: Alpine 12.6 :: house show :: Hobbs 12.5 :: Parse Seco :: Taos 12.3 :: La Cocina (w/ Louise Le Hir, Golden Boots) :: Tucson 12.2 :: The Palms (w/ The Sibleys) :: Wonder Valley 12.1 :: house show (w/ Lou Breed) :: LA 11.22 :: Lot 1 (w/ Ruthann Friedman, Helene Renaut) :: LA 11.7 :: (Mister Paradise) Marine Room Tavern :: Laguna Beach 11.3 :: (Mister Paradise) Ham and Eggs :: LA 10.2 :: (Mister Paradise) Pioneertown Soundstage :: Pioneertown, CA 10.1 :: (Mister Paradise) The Palms :: Wonder Valley, CA 8.23 :: Ham and Eggs w/ Melaena Cadiz, Travis Champ, Longriver 8.21 :: (Mister Paradise) Cosmic Vinyl 7.31 :: (Mister Paradise) Backyard Speakeasy 7.02 :: (Mister Paradise) Non Plus Ultra (w/ Mirror Travel, Jess Williamson) :: LA 6.05 :: (Mister Paradise) Silverlake Lounge :: LA 3.26 :: (Mister Paradise) Pieter Performance Space :: LA 3.04 :: (Mister Paradise) Mid-City Yacht Club :: LA 7.11 :: Javelina Listening Club :: Alpine, TX 3.03 :: House Show (w/Adam Torres) :: LA 8.23 :: Friendship Neighborhood Festival :: Long Beach, CA 7.13 :: Wild Detectives :: Dallas, TX 7.08 :: Cheer Up Charlies (w/ Chris Simpson, Templo X) :: Austin, TX 6.26 :: Blackbird Buvette (w/ The Whiskey Priest) :: Albuquerque, NM 6.13 :: Hotel 3B (w/ The Shivers) :: Brooklyn, NY 5.05 :: Pehrspace (w/ BE Godfrey) :: Los Angeles, CA 4.09 :: (late) Cake Shop :: New York, NY 4.09 :: (early) Rockwood Music Hall :: New York, NY 3.28 :: Sylvan Annex (w/ Rainr) :: San Francisco, CA 3.27 :: Mulberry House :: Chico, CA 3.20 :: Che Cafe (w/ KEN South ROCK) :: San Diego, CA 2.19 :: Chestnut House (w/ Electrician) :: Long Beach, CA 8.30 :: Mine Shaft Tavern :: Madrid, NM 7.06 :: Cheer Up Charlies :: Austin, TX 7.05 :: Boneshakers :: San Antonio, TX 6.07 :: house show :: Atlanta, GA 6.05 :: Double Door :: Charlotte, NC 6.04 :: Golden West Cafe :: Baltimore, MD 6.03 :: Kung Fu Necktie :: Philadelphia, PA 6.02 :: Stage on Herr :: Harrisburg, PA 6.01 :: Double Happiness :: Columbus, OH 5.30 :: Iowa City Yacht Club :: Iowa City, IA 5.29 :: Black Sheep Cafe :: Springfield, IL 5.28 :: Foam :: St. Louis 5.27 :: Jackpot Music Hall :: Lawrence, KS 5.26 :: Soundpony :: Tulsa, OK 5.25 :: Nightbird Books :: Fayetteville, AR 5.24 :: City Tavern :: Dallas, TX 5.17 :: Fitzgeralds :: Houston, TX 4.17 :: Rudyard’s :: Houston, TX 3.20 :: La Carafe :: Houston, TX 2.10 :: Cheer Up Charlies :: Austin, TX 2.09 :: Walter’s :: Houston, TX 1.20 :: City Tavern :: Dallas, TX 1.19 :: Smoke & Barrel :: Fayetteville, AR 1.18 :: The Cove :: Memphis, TN 1.17 :: The Basement :: Nashville, TN 1.16 :: The Nightlight :: Chapel Hill, NC 1.15 :: Columbia Station :: DC 1.14 :: The Camel :: Richmond, VA 1.13 :: The Evening Muse :: Charlotte, NC 1.12 :: house show :: Atlanta, GA 1.10 :: The Circle Bar :: New Orleans, LA