A. J. Urquidi

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

Articles

Punk and Academia’s Infinite Playlist
A. J. Urquidi asks Marcus Clayton about Prince, the woke mind virus, and his new book “¡PÓNK!”
A. J. UrquidiFeb 18
I’ll Be Home for “Chritsmas”
A. J. Urquidi escapes from L.A. to uncover lovable Christmas goofery and holly-jolly IP infringements at Candy Cane Lane in Pacific Grove.
A. J. UrquidiDec 29, 2024
A Million Blessed Buddhas to You
Launder, JJUUJJUU, and friends abolish shoegaze and swap consciousnesses in Echo Park, as A. J. Urquidi reports.
A. J. UrquidiDec 27, 2024
Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Angelenos
A. J. Urquidi battles winter temperatures, Trump cameos, and banh mi wait times to reevaluate the first two “Home Alone” movies at an L.A. outdoor screening.
A. J. UrquidiDec 11, 2024
These Golden Years Fly By
Grooving to the Lemon Twigs at the Belasco, A. J. Urquidi finds hope for the future in weaponizing the past.
A. J. UrquidiNov 26, 2024
We Lived to Tell
A. J. Urquidi splurges on emo guyliner at his mall’s Hot Topic before watching Saosin play their timeless debut record live in Garden Grove.
A. J. UrquidiOct 17, 2024
Each New Day, I Get Another Year Older
In unearthed journals, A. J. Urquidi attends three consecutive shows around L.A. and is, perhaps, still out there now, lost to the gothic night.
A. J. UrquidiOct 3, 2024
It Is 9:00 P.M. and You Are Listening to Los Angeles
A. J. Urquidi stops going rub-a-dub and instead shakes his Super Bon Bon for Soul Coughing in Downtown L.A.
A. J. UrquidiSep 18, 2024
Keeping an Opa Mind
A. J. Urquidi o-lives his best life on Labor Day weekend with the Greeks and geeks in Long Beach.
A. J. UrquidiSep 5, 2024
Friday Night Is for the Good Boys
Can Sugar Daddy, Doctor KA, and Bicep Boyfriend team up to save 4th Street from Insatiable Capitalism? A. J. Urquidi is on the scene to find out.
A. J. UrquidiAug 27, 2024
Bringing Up Radiant Baby
A. J. UrquidiJun 25, 2024
Pearl Jam Won’t Back Down
A. J. Urquidi finds that the Pearl Jam cottage industry is “still alive” and rockin’ in the free world of the Forum.
A. J. UrquidiMay 27, 2024
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.
A. J. UrquidiMay 11, 2024
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.
A. J. UrquidiMay 1, 2024
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 aim to vaporize those earplugs. These are their stories.
A. J. UrquidiApr 2, 2024
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.
A. J. UrquidiMar 5, 2024