![]() “Music is in the DNA of Sunset the location has cultivated new music, and we are now part of that.”Īngelenos have long written off Hollywood as an undesirable pocket of town run amok by tacky tourists and aging characters alike. have given music new sounds - Tin Pan Alley in New York, Detroit for Motown - and I think the Sunset Strip is intertwined with music history,” Schrager tells Rolling Stone. “I think a couple of places across the U.S. Since its mid-February reopening, the space has played host to everyone from French DJ Fred Falke and DJ Harvey to live sets from SG Lewis and Lil Kim. Schrager calls Sunset “a modern take on the iconic nightclub,” where international DJs pop in for intimate sets while partygoers get sweaty under the disco-ball-strewn room. The hotel’s splashy opening weekend brought out everyone from Diplo to Demi Moore, while Janelle Monáe and Chaka Khan have played surprise sets at Sunset, the hotel’s not-so-secret basement club. Located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard where West Hollywood meets Beverly Hills, the scene inside is fittingly over-the-top. The Hoxton is breathing life into a previously undesirable part of downtown L.A., and the Pendry has opened at the former House of Blues space, but the true gem in the city is the West Hollywood EDITION, the latest outpost of entrepreneur (and Studio 54 co-founder) Ian Schrager’s EDITION Hotels portfolio. On the other side of town, The h.Wood Group’s Peppermint Club has quickly become a place where viral moments run as rampant as musical ones.Ĭhaka Khan performs at Edition Billy Farrell/BFA.com Monthly line-dancing nights further fuel the small-town spirit, though the mechanical-bull rides are best left to those with no backsides - or egos - to bruise. DJs that spin Hall & Oates and Johnny Cash keep the peculiar party grooving well into the night.Īt this Hollywood honky-tonk, the vibe is less celebrity and more community, with the audience encouraged to hoot and hoedown as freely as the beer and mezcal flowing through the crowd. A weekly showcase turns the Pioneertown-inspired space into a stomping ground for folk, country, and Americana, and established artists share the stage with local musicians, reviving a bygone tradition of impromptu jam sessions and guitar pulls. Nashville has the Opry, but L.A.’s got Desert 5 Spot, a new rooftop lounge and music venue atop the Tommie Hollywood hotel. With a capacity of 500 and a debaucherous “anything goes” vibe, the space is toasty, inviting, and a heck of a lot of fun. Once rented out hourly for quinceañeras, the Lodge now hosts everyone from Stephen Malkmus to Feist and every indie band cruising through town. Lodge Room opened just prior to Covid, taking over a brick-faced former Masonic Temple in Highland Park, the hip Northeast neighborhood that takes itself less seriously than Silverlake. is finally feeling like one big (cohesive) city again, with an eclectic mix of artists and venues bringing everyone together for a good time. Yes, there’s the traffic, which can make “taking the scenic route” feel like walking the plank, but it seems L.A. ![]() The truth is, Los Angeles has never been better, at least when it comes to its music scene, with the arrival of new mainstays that promise an unpretentious “locals only” vibe while offering up the kind of access and adventure that only the City of Angels can deliver. “I could call a bunch of people and have them come down and play.” ![]() In her interview with Rolling Stone, Lana Del Rey spoke about the camaraderie of artists she found in her adopted hometown: “There’s a lot more music here,” she says, comparing Los Angeles to New York. The Laurel Canyon songwriting circles of the Sixties and Seventies may be a thing of the past, but Los Angeles remains as connected as ever to its musical roots, with homegrown artists like Billie Eilish, Haim, and Kendrick Lamar carrying the torch for smart, poignant, and progressive music that crosses genres as easily as it crosses county lines.
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