Desert Daze 2018: Adventures in a New Frontier Words by Mat. Photos by Sergio & Crystal. Now that some time has passed, we have had ample time to reflect on the wet ‘n’ wild times of Desert Daze 2018. Growing pains are inevitable with a festival of...
Photos by Sergio Estrada (35mm) Haven’t written a post in awhile. Let’s fix that. For my 31st birthday this year, I wanted to do two things: hang with my friends and see MOURN. On Saturday, July 28, this Leo baby and the homies met up at Bar Caló, a cute, new...
Photos by Sergio Estrada “Who here is from LA?” says The Buttertones’ lead singer Richard Araiza. Almost everyone’s hands go up and the crowd screams. “We’re from LA too”, he replies. On Friday, May 4, Los Angeles...
Photos by Sergio Estrada There was no way I was going to miss Shopping at Resident. I discovered the UK dance-punkers only after they played the Echo the last time they were in LA, which was back in 2015. DTLA was a stop on their North American tour promoting the new...
Photos by Sergio Estrada I think it’s safe to say we here at Cool-Tite are pretty big fans of ORB. After all, we did choose Birth as one of our favorite albums of 2016, and Naturality as one of our favorite albums of 2017. The Australian rippers came through LA...
Photos by Sergio Estrada Bésame Punk was a sign of good things to come. The gig came about as a collaborative effort headed by LA’s busy booker, Randy and his Gravity Bookings, along with Sweaty Palms Promotions and ourselves. Somehow the venue, Club...
