A. J. Urquidi

A. J. Urquidi is the copydesk chief of Los Angeles Review of Books and co–executive editor of indicia.

Articles

Coloring Outside Your Guidelines
A. J. Urquidi asks, “Who’s punk? What’s the score?” to a bunch of rad nerds at Cal State Fullerton’s PunkCon 3.
May 11
Melody from Noise
Copydesk chief A. J. Urquidi ponders urban doom loops, world peace, and sacred riffage at the Helmet and Cro-Mags show in Los Angeles.
May 1
Innocent Until Proven Guilty of Shoegazing
In the musical justice system, shoegaze is represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the fans who brought earplugs and the bands who...
Apr 2
20,000 Leagues Under the OC
LARB copydesk chief A. J. Ur-squid-i asks, “What’s Kraken?” at Squid’s Leap Day show at the Orange County Observatory.
Mar 5
Ragtag Ruffians with a Generally Disgusting Aura
A. J. Urquidi and God pounded some Jägerbombs and braved an atmospheric river to sample grind, noise, and “doug rock.”
Feb 10
Heroes Don’t Die, They Just Sparkle in the Sky
So bad it’s good, or all the way around to bad again? A. J. Urquidi ponders this and more at a screening of Tommy Wiseau’s sophomore film.
Dec 5, 2023
Always an Angeleno, Never a God
BOYGENIUS with 100 GECS and SLOPPY JANE, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, October 31, 2023. Emo-folk supergroup boygenius joined hyperpop scoundrels 100...
Nov 6, 2023
Honk If You Love Geese
A. J. Urquidi treks to Orange County to report on the nexus of country, glam, psychedelia, post-punk, and noise rock.
Nov 2, 2023
Reviewing from Such Great Heights
THE POSTAL SERVICE & DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: Give Up & Transatlanticism 20th Anniversary Tour with BUILT TO SPILL, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, October...
Oct 18, 2023
The Greatest Rock-Adjacent Song of the Century-in-Progress
FONTAINES D.C. with BEEN STELLAR, The Wiltern, Los Angeles, October 3, 2023. Ambassadors of a new guard of post-punk revivalists—a wave referred to...
Oct 6, 2023
Art Can Be Destroyed but Not Defeated
ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA: INTERSECTED HORIZONS, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, September 9, 2023–May 2024. PAOLA VEGA: THE MYSTERY OF PAINTING...
Sep 28, 2023
The Shapes People Choose as Their Symbols
KEITH HARING: ART IS FOR EVERYBODY, at the Broad, Los Angeles, May 27–October 8, 2023. A. J. Urquidi brings you the details: On Saturday, August 19...
A. J. UrquidiSep 8, 2023