Since its inception in 2004, FYF Fest has made quite a change. The brainchild of then 18-year-old L.A. native Sean Carlson, FYF Fest has gone from an Echo Park, local-band music party to a full-on, two-day event whose roster reaches well beyond the borders of Los Angeles to include the likes of seminal Swedish hardcore band Refused and the U.K.’s electronic prodigy James Blake.
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Movie Review: "Dark Horse"
Anyone looking for an easy, quirky, indie dramedy should stay away from “Dark Horse” and go re-watch “(500) Days of Summer.”
Album Review: "Swing Lo Magellan" by the Dirty Projectors
Generally characterized along the lines of indie or experimental, Dirty Projectors has released albums time and time again that keep its genre hazy. Ecstatic, mostly difficult-to-hum-along-to polyphonies are the band’s home turf.
Dirty Projectors’ newest album “Swing Lo Magellan” is maddeningly catchy and weird, boasting more funky thrummings (as in the wonderful track “Gun Has No Trigger”) and intimate songwriting (but no fewer vocal harmonies) than 2009’s “Bitte Orca.” But it is also one of the band’s more listenable ““ aka more pop-sounding ““ records yet.
Alumna Stephanie Woropay puts together fireworks displays as a pyrotechnic operator
The temperature hovered just above 50 degrees, and the sky was clear for a San Francisco evening. The Golden Gate Bridge, usually glowing with tiny headlights passing from one end to the other, was completely dark.
Getty Museum displays works by famed photographer Herb Ritts in new exhibit
The Getty Museum’s new exhibition, “Herb Ritts: L.A. Style,” offers a thoughtfully curated and extensive survey of Ritts’ work from 1984 to his death from HIV complications in 2002. During this time he shot more than 200 magazine covers for publications including Vogue, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, and photographed celebrities ranging from Naomi Campbell, John Paul Gaultier and Elizabeth Taylor to Johnny Depp, Britney Spears and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. He is also known for his nudes and photos that incorporate the symbolic and subtle beauties of the natural landscape.
Restaurant Review: Five Guys Burger and Fries
Toward the end of last quarter, the eternally revolving doors of Westwood Village welcomed the East Coast hamburger darling Five Guys Burgers and Fries to Broxton Avenue.
Arianna Huffington shares her views on leadership, social media and the role of college students
In the years since its launch in 2005, the Huffington Post has been the subject of both admiration and controversy. On Saturday, its current editor-in-chief, Arianna Huffington, will appear at Royce Hall on behalf of non-profit organization Insight University as the first speaker for its “Transformational Leaders” series.