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Event Review: Quinton Griggs' electrifying debut // Madame Siam 5.31.22
Lexy Bouras
  • Jun 5
  • 3 min

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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Event Review: Orville Peck // The Van Buren 4.19.2022
Elle Shimel
  • Apr 25
  • 3 min

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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Concert Photography & Event Review: The XOXO Tour // House of Blues San Diego 4.21.22
Sara Rosenthal
  • Apr 23
  • 2 min

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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Concert Photography & Event Review: Belmont // Starland Ballroom 1.30.20
Taylor Dietrich
  • Feb 4, 2020
  • 1 min

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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Concert Photography & Event Review: State Champs // Upstate Concert Hall 12.22.19
Taylor Dietrich
  • Dec 26, 2019
  • 2 min

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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The Time Mark Hoppus Guestlisted Me To An Enema Of The State Anniversary Show // I Bought Tickets To
Lexy Bouras
  • May 15, 2019
  • 5 min

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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Live Music Review! Twenty One Pilots: A Complete Diversion in Brixton
Mikayla Drab
  • Oct 25, 2018
  • 3 min

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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I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There - Part Three: Z Berg and Frien
Rhiannon Leigh
  • Oct 20, 2018
  • 4 min

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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Live Music Review: Hanging With Hoodie Allen On His 2018 Fall Tour
Lexy Bouras
  • Sep 27, 2018
  • 6 min

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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“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part Two: Fall Out Boy at Wri
Lexy Bouras
  • Sep 15, 2018
  • 6 min

“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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“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part One: Brendon Urie in Kin
Lexy Bouras
  • Sep 6, 2018
  • 5 min

“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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Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part One- Paramore’s After Laugh
Lexy Bouras
  • Jul 25, 2018
  • 5 min

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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Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part Two- 30 Seconds To Mars’ Mo
Lexy Bouras
  • Jul 25, 2018
  • 6 min

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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Live Music Review: Taking Back Sunday Lifts Spirits and Crowd Surfers alike
Taylor Dietrich
  • Jul 19, 2018
  • 5 min

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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Live Music Review: The Homeless Gospel Choir at the Fillmore Philadelphia 6/5/18
Taylor Dietrich
  • Jun 9, 2018
  • 4 min

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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Live Music Review: 5SOS3SanDiego Concert Experience... How Did We End Up Here?
Lexy Bouras
  • May 6, 2018
  • 13 min

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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Live Music Review: Palaye Royale On Their Way To The Throne
Taylor Dietrich
  • Mar 30, 2018
  • 5 min

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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Live Music Review: Lady Gaga Joanne World Tour (and what we learned about the power of music)
Lexy Bouras
  • Dec 24, 2017
  • 8 min

Live Music Review: Lady Gaga Joanne World Tour (and what we learned about the power of music)

The very first time I went to a General Admission concert was in 2015. Christina Perri at the San Diego County Fair. My friends and I got...
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Fall Out Boy Los Angeles Pop Up Shop Experience 11/19/2017
Lexy Bouras
  • Dec 1, 2017
  • 6 min

Fall Out Boy Los Angeles Pop Up Shop Experience 11/19/2017

“...I thought I’d had my fill of Fall Out Boy for months to come, but it turns out that the universe had other plans.” The very next day...
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Live Music + Event Review: Fall Out Boy MANIA Tour and Pop Up Shop
Lexy Bouras
  • Dec 1, 2017
  • 7 min

Live Music + Event Review: Fall Out Boy MANIA Tour and Pop Up Shop

A quick author’s note before we dive in- this is a personal narrative from my experience at the Fall Out Boy MANIA tour. I apologize if...
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