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Sara Rosenthal
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Concert Photography: Boys Like Girls, State Champs, 3OH3!, Lølø // SOMA San Diego 10.4.23
All Photos by Sara Rose Boys Like Girls are back together as a band! It felt like I had been transported back to 2010 while singing along...
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Lexy Bouras
Jun 15, 20233 min read
Event Review: Waterparks // The Fonda 6.13.23
Waterparks played an electric show at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on June 13th!
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Lexy Bouras
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Concert Photography & Event Review: Grayscale // Observatory North Park 7.16.22
Grayscale in grayscale by Lexy Bouras Last Saturday, a warm San Diego night in North Park was shaken up by the electric liveliness of a...
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Lexy Bouras
Jun 5, 20223 min read
Event Review: Quinton Griggs' electrifying debut // Madame Siam 5.31.22
Photo: Lexy Bouras Last Tuesday, tucked away to the side of glimmering Hollywood Blvd, hip and tiny underground music venue (no,...
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Elle Shimel
Apr 24, 20223 min read
Event Review: Orville Peck // The Van Buren 4.19.2022
Photo: Jace Melnik Orville Peck: The Bronco Tour & the refreshing revival of the rhinestone cowboy. Following the release of his...
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Sara Rosenthal
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Concert Photography & Event Review: The XOXO Tour // House of Blues San Diego 4.21.22
In between COVID, artist’s precautionary touring schedules, and life getting in the way, I have not attended a concert in about two...
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Taylor Dietrich
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Concert Photography & Event Review: Belmont // Starland Ballroom 1.30.20
If you haven’t heard of Belmont by now, we’d have to ask where you’ve been for the past couple of months. After touring with Grayscale on...
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Taylor Dietrich
Dec 26, 20192 min read
Concert Photography & Event Review: State Champs // Upstate Concert Hall 12.22.19
There is nothing like being home for the holidays. And thanks to State Champs, Upstate New York served as home or many people who were...
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Lexy Bouras
May 14, 20195 min read
The Time Mark Hoppus Guestlisted Me To An Enema Of The State Anniversary Show // I Bought Tickets To
A/N: The title is long, the title sounds misleading. It’s not. I figured I’d put this story in the “I Bought Tickets…” series despite...
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Mikayla Drab
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Live Music Review! Twenty One Pilots: A Complete Diversion in Brixton
Are you a broke college student? Did you wish you could teleport across the Atlantic to attend “A Complete Diversion” in London last...
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Rhiannon Leigh
Oct 19, 20184 min read
I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There - Part Three: Z Berg and Frien
Z Berg has a vision that only a woman born and raised in the sometimes glamorous, always sunny Los Angeles, California could possibly...
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Lexy Bouras
Sep 27, 20186 min read
Live Music Review: Hanging With Hoodie Allen On His 2018 Fall Tour
The first time I saw Hoodie Allen was three years ago. I was in San Diego, standing next to a Heineken stand, in line for Fall Out Boy...
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Lexy Bouras
Sep 15, 20186 min read
“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part Two: Fall Out Boy at Wri
Sometimes you have to listen to fate. Like when you, a Californian, find yourself on twitter selling the Riot Fest ticket you bought for...
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Lexy Bouras
Sep 5, 20185 min read
“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part One: Brendon Urie in Kin
If you haven’t noticed by now, concerts are one of our absolute favorite things here at Us For Once. Not simply because they’re fantastic...
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Lexy Bouras
Jul 24, 20185 min read
Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part One- Paramore’s After Laugh
We usually don’t combine two live music experiences together to write one piece. However, sometimes when you go to two amazing shows in...
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Lexy Bouras
Jul 24, 20186 min read
Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part Two- 30 Seconds To Mars’ Mo
...We usually don’t combine two live music experiences together to write one piece. However, sometimes when you go to two amazing shows...
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Taylor Dietrich
Jul 19, 20185 min read
Live Music Review: Taking Back Sunday Lifts Spirits and Crowd Surfers alike
Adam Lazzara had the whole crowd clapping their hands in unison at that beautiful Philly venue on the Delaware River. "Feels good,...
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Taylor Dietrich
Jun 8, 20184 min read
Live Music Review: The Homeless Gospel Choir at the Fillmore Philadelphia 6/5/18
When you think about the term “punk rock,” what comes to mind? Maybe a bunch of dudes with mohawks in leather jackets. Maybe screamed...
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Lexy Bouras
May 5, 201813 min read
Live Music Review: 5SOS3SanDiego Concert Experience... How Did We End Up Here?
A quick author’s note before we dive in- this is a personal narrative from my experience at the San Diego date of the 5SOS3 tour. I...
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Taylor Dietrich
Mar 30, 20185 min read
Live Music Review: Palaye Royale On Their Way To The Throne
In the middle of what seems like Nowhere, New Jersey, sits a music venue called Starland Ballroom. It attracts local bands and radio...
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