Liz Ohanesian

Los Angeles

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Arts & culture journalist by day, DJ by night.

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Articles

Classic Pulp and Northern Soul Meet on "Got to Have Love" + More. on New Album

1 week ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

Every time I hear “Got to Have Love,” I have to stop what I’m doing and dance. The second single from More., the first new full-length Pulp album in 24 years, is a northern soul-style stomper. Like the Four Seasons songs “The Night,” which Pulp covered many years ago, and “Beggin’” it has a beat that pushes you to dance harder and faster, to kick and spin and drop to the ground.
Ora the Molecule Is the Space Disco Diva With a Message for the Dance Floor

3 weeks ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

It’s early, at least by club standards, on a Thursday night in mid-May, but the dance floor at El Cid is poppin’. On stage, Ora the Molecule flits between the synthesizer that sits on a table cloaked in glittery fabric and a theremin off to the side of her. When she looks down at the synthesizer, beams of light shoot from her disco ball helmet towards the crowd. Dressed in a red jumpsuit with matching gloves and boots, Ora the Molecule looks like a space disco diva who has just arrived on Earth.
Outdoor arts programs offer another way to connect with nature

3 weeks ago | dailynews.com | Liz Ohanesian

People watch and listen to Buddy Hollywood and Shannon Lay perform at a community arts and ecology series called Living Earth: Music Beneath the Pepper Tree at the Audubon Center at Debs Park in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and More New Music

3 weeks ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

Do you ever get the feeling that your friends can read your mind? The other day, out of nowhere, I thought of Anoraak, the French musician/producer, whose tunes have turned up a bunch in my sets over the years. (Most frequently, “Gang,” a Disco Not Disco-style jam that I played often at The Lash coming out of lockdown.) I wondered if he had anything new out, but I was also in the middle of doing something else, so I didn’t look it up.
Top 5 Beatique Stories of 2025 (So Far)

3 weeks ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

For a good while, Beatique was just a personal blog where I would post my playlists, updates on gigs and the occasional story. In January, I figured I should turn it into a regularly updated music and culture blog that’s still very personal. Now that we’re near the middle of the year, I’m happy to say that the project is going well. There are new posts most weekdays. Interviews are a regular feature, with at least one running every week.
Swedish Duo Sally Shapiro Returns with New Album Ready to Live a Lie

4 weeks ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

In 2023, Sally Shapiro released a gorgeous cover of the Pet Shop Boys song “Rent.” I came across the song a few months after its release and it quickly became a favorite. It turned up in a lot of my DJ sets beginning in early ’24 and people would often ask, “Who does this cover?” I’m mentioning this now because Sally Shapiro just released their fifth full-length album, Ready to Live a Lie. Yes, “Rent” is on it, but so are ten equally compelling songs.
Swimming Bell Dives Into Oceanic Vibes on Somnia

1 month ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

Swimming Bell squeezes onto a makeshift stage inside Oblivion, a Highland Park shop with a rack of surfboards propped up against a wall painted beach shack white and a cascade of houseplants falling over the front entrance. It’s a tiny space, where the crowd is gathered between racks of clothing and tables of accessories, while the sound board is set up behind a changing room curtain.
Leather Strip Live, Bleak Week Movies, Tarot Festival and More Happening in L.A. 5/29/25 - 6/04/25

1 month ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

I’m not DJing this week, but there are a few special events happening that I think you should know about. Leather Strip is playing Los Angeles on Saturday night *and* it’s a vintage Zoth Ommog set. I Speak Machine and Damascus Knives are opening, plus there will be DJ sets from Joe Virus (The Church, Dallas) and Industrial Nova (Oakland/SF). This is an L.A. Industrial show that’s happening at Slipper Clutch, which is pretty small, so, don’t snooze on getting tickets.
Beatique Mix May 2025 Feat. Ora the Molecule, Sally Shapiro, Sextile, Confidence Man and More

1 month ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

Earlier this month, I caught Ora the Molecule play at El Cid in Silver Lake. It was such a fun show. The crowd grooved throughout the duration of her set and, by the end, had formed a conga line that snaked around the small dance floor. Ora the Molecule is Norwegian DJ Nora Schielderup’s Italo disco alter, a theremin-playing intergalactic Raffaella Carrà whose songs are simultaneously cheeky and sincere.
Maria Somerville Brings Luster to Los Angeles on Saturday Night

1 month ago | beatique.net | Liz Ohanesian

Bird songs open Luster, the sophomore album from Maria Somerville and her debut full-length with venerable indie label 4AD. Their chirps, taken from a field recording at the singer/producer’s home in Connemara, Ireland, slowly give away to a kind of ethereal ambience with Róisín Berkeley on harp and Henry Earnest on guitar. Somerville, who also hosts “The Early Bird Show” on NTS, self-released her debut album, All My People. In between the two albums, she moved from Dublin back to her hometown.