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Jun/16 · Tiny Desk Contest On The Road 2025
Jun/17 · Twin Tribes
Jun/18 · Tune-Yards
Jul/10 · Harbour
Jul/20 · Cosmo Sheldrake – North America Tour
Jul/23 · of Montreal
Jul/25 · Loving
Aug/10 · Ezra Furman
Aug/29 · SPELLLING
Sep/5 · TOPS – Bury the Key Tour
Sep/6 · Anamanaguchi – The Buckwild Tour
Sep/13 · Sextile
Sep/15 · Arc De Soleil: La Mirage Tour
Sep/16 · DYSTINCT’S BABABA WORLD TOUR
Sep/17 · Beach Fossils
Sep/18 · Chaparelle
Sep/19 · INIKO – Awakening The Empire North American Tour
Sep/20 · Arcy Drive: The Pit Tour
Sep/21 · SE SO NEON – NOW North American Tour 2025 
Sep/22 · Samia
Sep/23 · Skinshape
Sep/24 · The Bones of J.R. Jones
Sep/26 · Cameron Whitcomb – I’ve Got Options Tour
Sep/27 · Spacey Jane – If That Makes Sense Tour
Sep/28 · Redferrin
Oct/1 · Night Tapes – portals//polarities Tour
Oct/3 · múm
Oct/5 · DUCKWRTH – All American Freak Show Tour
Oct/6 · MIRADOR
Oct/11 · French Police
Oct/12 · Balu Brigada
Oct/13 · Ty Segall
Oct/15 · DURRY – Your Friend From The Real World Tour
Oct/19 · Frankie Cosmos
Oct/25 · Kneecap
Oct/29 · Night Moves
Nov/2 · The New Mastersounds – Ta-Ta For Now Tour
Nov/18 · Lucius
Nov/29 · J-Fell and Nite Wave Present: The Cure, Depeche Mode & New Order Tribute Night
Jan/31 · Ruston Kelly – Pale, Through the Window Tour

All Shows

Upcoming Events

Monqui Presents

with special guest Meltt

Tuesday, June 10
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.28
Monqui Presents

with special guest Meltt

Tuesday, June 10
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.28

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
NPR Presents

with special guest J. Graves

Monday, June 16
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.28

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Mammoth NW Presents
Tuesday, June 17
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$41.97

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Ringdown

Wednesday, June 18
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$39.91

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Sam MacPherson

Thursday, July 10
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$33.22

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Holocene Presents

With special guest Heather Wolf

Sunday, July 20
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$38.37

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Bijoux Cone and B|_ank

Wednesday, July 23
Doors : 6:30pm, Show : 7:30pm
all ages
$35.28

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Friday, July 25
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$32.19

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest The Ophelias

Sunday, August 10
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$10.04 to $35.28

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest whine

Friday, August 29
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$30.13

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Friday, September 5
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$36.05 to $58.97

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

with sobs

Saturday, September 6
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $57.94

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Saturday, September 13
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $57.94

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Monday, September 15
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$41.97 to $65.15

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Tuesday, September 16
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$43 to $62.57

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Wednesday, September 17
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$40.43 to $52.02

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Thursday, September 18
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$29.10

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Evolution Of The Revolution

Friday, September 19
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$38.37 to $397.27

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Saturday, September 20
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$27.04 to $111

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Sunday, September 21
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$51.50 to $199.18

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

with special guest Renny Conti

Monday, September 22
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$36.05 to $88.43

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

with Sons of Sevilla

Tuesday, September 23
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
$34.25

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Wednesday, September 24
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
ages 21 +
$35.02

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Friday, September 26
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Saturday, September 27
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$37.60 to $143.69

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Sunday, September 28
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$27.04 to $397.84

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Wednesday, October 1
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $52.02

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Friday, October 3
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$46.35 to $69.27

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Sunday, October 5
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $147.86

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Monday, October 6
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.28

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Saturday, October 11
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $57.94

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Sunday, October 12
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02 to $52.02

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Monday, October 13
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$44.55

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Wednesday, October 15
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$27.04 to $114.38

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

Sunday, October 19
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$33.22 to $56.14

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Bricknxsty

Saturday, October 25
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$34.76

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest Sam Blasucci

Wednesday, October 29
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$28.84

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Sunday, November 2
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$38.88 to $62.57

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents
Tuesday, November 18
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$52.53 to $150.12

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
J-Fell and Nite Wave Present
Saturday, November 29
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages
$35.02

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monqui Presents

With special guest verygently

Saturday, January 31
Doors : 7pm, Show : 8pm
all ages

About La Luz:

“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”

With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on ‘News of the Universe’, the new album from La Luz.

A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.

Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?