Valerie Magan

3 weeks ago | substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan

Opening track ‘Tears in My Pocket’, with its distorted, techno-pop, middle-of-dance-floor vibe, certainly calls for a full-throttle show, and she’s selling it. Taking the stage by storm after a 60-second countdown screen that glared saucy remakes of religious SALVATION billboards and flashes of “Friday’s” most ridiculous lyrics, Rebecca Black is going all out— she’s shuffling left, wiggling right, spinning round-and-round on a wheeled platform— and she has the glistening beats to back her up.

3 weeks ago | substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan

Flore Laurentienne is a timeless work of art. The Montreal-based string quartet, helmed by Mathieu David Gagnon, is all about finding beauty in the simple. The compositions— as verdant as their name suggests, dealing in expansive, spectral gestures— are hard pieces to categorize; “ambient” music doesn’t quite cut it. Live, they’re great. Not a hint of pretentiousness, but instead an aire of intimacy, a window that opens up and draws you in to the inner workings of Gagnon’s mind.

Sep 18, 2024 | substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan

Gallery: Inside The Marias’ sold out show at Radio City Music Hall

Jul 3, 2024 | greenpointers.com | Valerie Magan

Three things were unavoidable during this year’s LadyLand: ornate outfits, pulsing beats, and unapologetic joy. Held almost yearly in Brooklyn by NYC nightlife tour de force Ladyfag, this iteration was her biggest soiree yet—three stages full of both underground artists and seasoned pop royalty, a commingling of cultural mainstays and folks you’d find playing an irresistible warehouse party.

Jul 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Felicia LaLomia |Candace Davison |Valerie Magan |Kristin Salaky

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