Inside the bright red walls of Glendale’s Junior High is a joyful safe haven for LA’s millennial/Gen Z LGBTQ+ community, and last Wednesday night was no different. With help from some of the local scene’s most promising up-and-coming queer DIY bands, it was a wholesome and wholly-sapphic evening to remember.
Much to the crowd’s delight, indie rockers Girlfriend on the Moon set the mood with their opening salutation: “We make music for dykes.” Their downtempo harmonies and tearjerkers like “Mousekeeper” had everyone pining for ex-girlfriends past, but their rendition of Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” got the crowd jumping along and singing at the tops of their lungs.
Pop-punk trio Suzie True channeled all their angst and wit into sugary-sweet hooks, a heaping spoonful of all-too-relatable angst, and wicked shredding laced with non-lethal traces of arsenic. In short, they rocked the house.
Ending the night on a groovy note, headliner Maya Lucia and her band brought the dancing to a new level with their breezy, funk-tinged guitar pop and dreamy melodies.
