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35mm Pics + Hangs with Shunkan, Kevin Nichols, Punk Crush, & Thrill Touch at The Hi-Hat

by LEXI MCCOY + JAMES DURAN

Cheers Bitches! This weekend we posted up at The Hi-Hat in Highland Park, CA where we hosted a super-fun love-and-friendship-filled show with LA shredders Shunkan, Punk Crush, Thrill Touch, and Kevin Nichols, making the trip all the way up from Oakland.

In addition to our usual live photos, we snapped some 35mm pics + did some cute 10-minute interviews with each band, check it out below and keep up with us on Instagram for more loveeeeeeeeeeeeee

KEVIN NICHOLS

Describe your band in three words!

Princess Peach Puking

What’s your go-to Karaoke song?

Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris

Do you have any hidden talents?

I’m Flexible! proceeds to show me how he can bend his back all crazy

What would you do if you couldn’t be in a band (dying not an option!)

Anything around a band, but life wouldn’t be worth living.

SHUNKAN

What’s your name and where are you from?

Marina Sakimoto, Los Angeles

Describe your band in three words!

Sad, Guitars, Loud

What’s your go-to Karaoke song?

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

Do you have any hidden talents?

I got good at soldering when I took an electronics class! And doing liquid eyeliner.

What would you do if you couldn’t be in a band (dying not an option!)

I'm studying psychology so something around the mental health field.

PUNK CRUSH

What are your names and where are you from?

Virginia and G, Los Angeles

Describe your band in three words!

Virginia: Loud, Fiery, Louder

G: Hot Chee Tos

What’s your go-to Karaoke song?

V: Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

G: Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Do you have any hidden talents?

V: If I lose a stick I can play the drums with my hair.

G: I can pour two beers at once and hold 3 glasses in one hand.

What would you do if you couldn’t be in a band (dying not an option!)

V: Move to the mountains and become a lumberjack.

G: Same. Move to the mountains and be a poet.

THRILL TOUCH

What are your names and where are you from?

Jake, Bianca, & Michael, Los Angeles

Describe your band in three words!

JAKE, BIANCA, MICHAEL

What’s your go-to Karaoke song?

Jake: I'm a Survivor by Reba McEntire

Bianca: Tainted Love by Soft Cell

Michael: Michael by Franz Ferdinand

Do you have any hidden talents?

J: I can make balloon animals.

B: I'm really good at poker.

M: I grow tomatoes.

What would you do if you couldn’t be in a band (dying not an option!)

J: I would live in a tiny house and live off the land.

B: I'd be an athlete, like a soccer player.

M: I'd be a geologist.

Interviews + 35mm Photos by Lexi McCoy

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Live Photos by James Duran

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