KXSC & USC Spectrum present: MAGICAL MYSTERY NIGHT

with AAN & SKELETONS

Join KXSC for a night filled with music, merriness, and MYSTERY and dress as your favorite mystery character (we're going as mystery-fiction icon and KXSC #1 search engine mascot Jeeves). 

We have two bands ready to soundtrack your film-noir, Lynchian fantasies:

Portland's AAN make frenetic indie-pop that sounds equally influenced by the Dirty Projectors' meticulous tempo changes and Black Flag's penchant for speed. On their latest 7", Mystery Life, the band makes unpredictable shifts in their songs without sacrificing their hooks. The suspense in these songs recall every car chase you watch on the news, provoking an almost innate fascination trying to guess where these songs might swerve, skid, and stop.

KXSC's very own Skeltons take the blues influence from acts like Band of Skulls and combine it with a less polished scuzz comparable to your favorite garage-band of choice. Their song "Where to Go" feels like a lost gem from the mid-90s, filled with loud-quiet-loud dynamics and a knack for catchy guitar melody. The grungy sound feels like something blaring from the speakers from that party scene in every excellent 90s horror movie featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar and other teens getting rowdy.

Be sure to follow the clues at the show for more mystical ménage à trois.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 - 8:30 PM - TOMMY'S PLACE - FREE 

AAN: Website // Facebook // Bandcamp // Soundcloud // Twitter

Skeletons: Facebook // Youtube

 *RSVP HERE*

NOTE:
If you're NOT a USC student and plan on getting to campus after 9PM, get a friend at USC to register you as a guest at https://visitor.usc.edu/ to make sure you can get past security! If you'll be on campus before 9PM, registration is not necessary.

KXSC & USC Spectrum present: I'M SINGLE AND I HATE YOU, A Night of Local LA Punk

with THE LOVELY BAD THINGS & DIRT DRESS

La Mirada's The Lovely Bad Things sound exactly as their name might suggest. These tunes are drenched in mud and reek of cigarette smoke, but these infectious melodies sound so immaculate that even your local Catholic priest secretly bought a copy of their latest EP, Fried Eyes, off their Bandcamp. Do you really want to be behind your priest on the latest garage rock?

If The Lovely Bad Things mastered the 60s garage-rock harmony, then Dirt Dress perfected the genre's bluesy chords. After hearing this band, every Western film you have ever watched seems incomplete without this band's raw riffs soundtracking when the Bad Guy strolls into town. We can smell the beer-soaked wood covering the local saloon from here!

Besides, Valentine's Day is just a holiday invented by the greeting card industry, or something.

 
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH - 9PM - TOMMY'S PLACE - FREE  

The Lovely Bad Things: Website // Facebook // Bandcamp // Twitter

Dirt Dress: Website // Facebook // Bandcamp

*RSVP HERE*

NOTE:
If you're NOT a USC student and plan on getting to campus after 9PM, get a friend at USC to register you as a guest at https://visitor.usc.edu/ to make sure you can get past security! If you'll be on campus before 9PM, registration is not necessary.