June 02--Would that we all could formalize our casual bud-fests into a proper festival with some of L.A.'s best underground DJ's.
The Dig Deeper crew is commandeering the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs from Friday to Sunday, and they're bringing a notable squadron of other promoters and artists with them for the delightfully-titled Budfest. Veterans of Acid Camp and Fine Time will see plenty of familiar faces, but this time poolside instead of in a dank DTLA factory space.
Closer to home, the rising club night Unity is a rare beacon of serious, musical house in the maw of Hollywood, and it brings Jesse Saunders out for a new installment.
On Friday, L.A.'s brutal pop-noise veterans Health will quite literally rattle bones at the Natural History Museum's First Fridays series; the recently-solo Art Department comes to Sound; Outspoken brings Colette out to Couture.
Saturday, the L.A. neo-disco duo Classixx debut their shimmery, summery new record "Faraway Reach" at the El Rey (just in time to hit the pool ourselves); it's also a busy one at the Standard in DTLA, with Nadastrom and Dirty Dave by day and house legend Derrick Carter by night;and Fabric's Craig Richards joins L.A. staples Doc Martin and Droog at Sublevel.
Political activism and club music don't often mix on the dance floor, but Bernie Sanders fans who like a hearty helping of progressive house music will dig the fundraiser set at Sound -- members of Desert Hearts, Droog, Psychemagik, Habitas and scores of other crews will play all day for a minimum $10 donation.
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