Healing Force of the Universe

{'description': '**Lila Forde**, **Alycia Lang**, **Karli Fairbanks**, and **Joshua Thomas** each bring distinct yet deeply personal approaches to songwriting, united by a shared commitment to authenticity and craft.\n\n**Forde’s** “Americana soul” blends jazz, R&B, and folk into a warm, genre-fluid sound, culminating in her debut *VESSEL*, a record rooted in intuition, vulnerability, and self-trust. **Lang** similarly embraces fluidity, with *Speak The Word To Hear The Sound* moving from sharp,

{'description': '**Kendall Jane Meade** is an LA-based solo artist and founder of the band Mascott. In addition to Mascott, Meade has contributed to albums or performed/sung live with Sparklehorse, Helium, The Spinanes, Lloyd Cole, Gramercy Arms, Anders Parker, Stars, and many more. The first Kendall Jane Meade album, *SPACE*, is out now on Mother West.\n\nIndie alt-folk singer-songwriter **Amy Jay**’s songs are like plastic knives—pliable, yet cutting. She is a master at exploring what makes th

{'description': '**Leifur James** performs live for his LA debut at Healing Force of the Universe.\n\nBuilt around modular synthesis and drum machines, the show expands beyond song form, reworking and sampling material from across his catalogue into a rhythm-led live performance.\n\nOver the past few years, James has built a reputation as one of the UK’s most distinctive voices in electronic music, selling out the Barbican and Village Underground in London with statement shows across Europe. His

{'description': 'The German word “Sammelsurium” describes a hodgepodge, jumble, or motley collection of miscellaneous things.\n\nEnchanted by countless types of musical traditions and innovations, this collective embraces any and every type of sound and welcomes you on a trip around a colorful and limitless world of music through a blend of original compositions and free improvisation.\n\nMathias Kunzli - Drums/perc\n\nYoshie Fruchter - Oud/guitar\n\nEylem Basaldi - Violin\n\nDavid Tranchina - B

{'description': 'Lauded for his work with Here We Go Magic and under his alias Art Feynman, Luke Temple brings his signature off-kilter grooves to **Luke Temple & the Cascading Moms**. Their debut album *Certain Limitations* (the whole album is great; we love "I Can Dream," "I Will Not Kill") blends intricate guitar interplay and a propulsive rhythm section, drawing from Dire Straits and The Velvet Underground with a subtle ECM-inspired jazz touch. Formed serendipitously in Los Angeles with coll

{'description': 'In this special duo performance, **Jim Campilongo** and **Adam Levy** share the stage for an evening of inventive guitar music and spontaneous interplay.\n\nCampilongo is widely celebrated for his singular Telecaster style—blending country twang, jazz sophistication, and fearless improvisation into a voice that’s unmistakably his own. Levy, known for his work with artists including Norah Jones and Tracy Chapman, brings a warm, melodic approach rooted in jazz, folk, and songwrite

{'description': '**Joel P West** will be back with his band to celebrate the new album *"Persimmon"*. They will share lots of songs from the album, plus some favorites from past releases. Joel\'s music is lush and folky, with heartfelt lyrics and odes to the natural world.\n\n**Connor Gallaher** will open with an improvised set of pedal steel wizardry.\n\nThe first twenty pre-sale tickets will include a Persimmon Lyric + Photo Book.\n\n$18 adv + DICE fees / $23 at the door\n\n($13.50 for Initiat

{'description': '**Omar Velasco** is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose music blends modern folk, soul, and roots rock with a deep sense of honesty and emotional searching. Born to a Mexican mother and Jewish father and raised between California and Mexico, he spent years working as a collaborator and sideman with artists including Jonathan Wilson, Jenny O., and Mia Doi Todd, and has toured internationally, opening for My Morning Jacket and Father John Misty.\n\nSeeki

{'description': "Sid The Cat Presents\n\nAnjimile\n\n5/12/2026 at Healing Force Of The Universe\n\nAnjimile (ann-JIM-uh-lee) Chithambo has forged a distinctive musical path characterised by unflinching introspection and deep honesty. Emerging from Boston’s vibrant indie scene while studying at Northeastern University, Anjimile captivated audiences with earnest songwriting, delicate sonic textures, and performances that felt like prayer and celebration.\n\nCritical acclaim quickly followed; 2020’

{'description': 'Sid The Cat Presents\n\nJustin Nozuka\n\n5/15/2026 at Healing Force of the Universe\n\nFresh off his sold out European and North American tour, Justin Nozuka is riding the momentum from his 5th studio album, “Daydreams & Endless Nights”. Born in New York City and raised in Toronto among a family of musicians, Justin reached global success with the RIAA gold certified albums “Holly” and “You I Wind Land and Sea”, the latter debuting at #1 on the Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums cha

{'description': 'The night begins with **Breezers**, the Los Angeles-based project of Evan apRoberts and Melissa Louise Castellano. Drawing on decades in the West Coast music scene, their songs are shaped by the vastness and romanticism of the natural world. With roots in bands like Tales and the Silver Lining and collaborations alongside folk luminaries like Michael Nau, Joel Jerome, and Kath Bloom, Breezers open the evening with grounded, intimate harmonies that feel windswept and timeless.\n\

{'description': '**Joel Jerome Morales** has probably finished a new song in the time it took to read this sentence. Music is just in him all the time, and as someone with his own recording studio, he gets to make whatever sounds he hears in his own head whenever he wants. There’s no telling what might happen in the Psychedelic Thriftstore - the name of both Jerome’s recording studio and label - which is why the South Bay native and current NELA resident is a much-loved semi-legend, both for his