Living just a few miles outside the Coachella non-compete zone definitely has its advantages. Bands ranging from The Cure to Japandroids to the Postal Service have had gigs in our city during the festival's two weekend gap in April. This year, the Coachella offshoot I was most looking forward to was the intimate headlining gig from Waxahachee - the indie rock outlet founded by former P.S. Eliot frontwoman Katie Crutchfield - at the Eagle Hall. ...

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Going to a new venue is always exciting, but also a little nerve racking for me. Questions race through my mind like "Where should I stand to get the best shots?" and "since I don't see security I wonder how many insane stage dives/kicks to the back of the head I will receive by the end of the night.” But as I entered the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles all of my previous questions diminished by the scent of $4 chicken fingers, creating an even bigger question: "why the heck don't we have venues like this is Las Vegas?!?" ...

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