Thu 3 Mar – Crystal Castles, Suuns

Ok so Suuns sounded like a shitty high school jam band, nuff said. But I had such high hopes for Crystal Castles considering this second album is fucking amazing and beautiful and sounds real good rollin' around in my Jeep to work. I was more than disappointed; I was angry. So not even saying anything bad about their singer, Alice, because that bitch had a broken ankle and was still energetic as ever! Crowd surfing, writhing around, even taking a toke off of someone's joint! She was really giving 100% and this terrible…

Tue 22 Feb – Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Om

They were amazing and it gave me chills! My only beef was that it should have been somewhere with seats! And it maybe should have started earlier because even though they started at 10 on the dot, they were still going strong at 12 and since it was a tuesday, lots of people (including myself and my man) had to leave because of having work super early in the morning!
But it was seriously beautiful.

Sat 11 Dec – FYF Christmas Party

No Age was rad and definetly kept me awake which was a tough one because they started at 11:30 and thats usually about the time that ive been passed out in my living room for a good hour. I hate the late shows! The only other band i saw was the Lovely Bad Things and i liked them, but they just kept switching off instruments and sides of the stage, so that was a little irritating. Oh yeah, we saw OFF! and it was cool, but every song pretty much sounded the same.…

Mon 15 Nov – Blonde Redhead, Ólöf Arnalds

The show was so pretty! When they played their first song (Black Guitar, my fav off the new album) I was admittedly going to be a little peeved if she was going to Karin Dreijer Andersson-it up all night with that mask/headgear, but luckily she took it off so we could see her pretty face :] But it was definetly an impressive show. Oh, and on a side note, im so tired of people blocking my view with their shitty camera phones!

Mon 25 Oct – UNKLE, Sleepy Sun

They were awsome! But there was definetly some drunk douchebag behind me yelling "WOOOO" in my ear every couple of minutes that i finally yelled at very late in the show. I hate people like that.

Sun 10 Oct – Tom Tom Club

It was a lot of fun, even though i was sitting most of the time because of my mexican food/sangria induced stomach ache but i hoisted myself up after a while and it was an awsome show! They even played some Talking Heads stuff at the end which was a great way to end the show!

Fri 24 Sep – Ratatat

Ratatat was awsome the other night, definetly one of those bands that is way more epic on stage than on a cd. The visual displays they had were amazing! I really liked the birds, mostly because the two parrots on the side remind me of my rabbit for some reason. Just his mannerisms i guess. But it was all extremely entertaining. The Fox Theater made my friend throw away her pens and highlighters for school though, which we thought was a little strange. They also checked my mouth for gum, wtf? Either way, the band…

Sat 11 Sep – Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, White Arrows, Bella Novela

I didnt even bother to come for the other bands because when i listened to them they just werent cutting it for me :/ But when Ariel Pink played i was blown away! So happy that it still sounded lo-fi live, and they just looked like they were having a good time in general. Special kudos to the bass player for actually having an impact and being a total babe (im a sucker for an asian with crazy long hair.) Loved all of Ariel's sound effects too! But…

Fri 13 Aug – FYF Summer Night in Pomona
The show was certainly fun, even though there were a bunch of idiots moshing to the growlers. The growlers are not moshing music. Also, an absurb amount of 16 year olds. The highlight, i thought, was when the singer from Wavves knew that someones 'purse' was actually a 'clutch'. Dudes just dont know terms like that. My boyfriend and i were rather impressed.

1. What are you listening to right now?
placebo- devil in the details

2. What song makes you sad?
the cure- trust

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Let It Rock- Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne

4. Your all time favorite band?
AFI

5. Your newly discovered band is?
concrete blonde

6. Best female voice?
beth gibbons/shirley manson

7. Best male voice?
Anthony Kiedis

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
trip hop

9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
nine inch nails or placebo or afi

10. What do you…