On Thursday, November 7th at 1:30pm, Sly Ida hosts multi-faceted California based band, La Luz, for a very special in-studio performance and interview before the group plays the Great American Music Hall in SF later that night.
The band’s latest album, News of the Universe, embraces change through an exploration of beauty and darkness, inspired by personal trials and cosmic themes. Guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland‘s poignant reflections reveal a band in flux, balancing chaos and bliss in a way only they can.
Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, News of the Universe is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond current musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on News of the Universe, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful.
