Real Scenes: Los Angeles | Resident Advisor

RA goes beyond the sunshine and the sprawl to explore LA’s underground scene. LA’s reputation precedes itself. Around the world, Hollywood looms large, presenting America’s second-biggest city as a land of palm trees, red carpets and celebrities. This couldn’t be further than the truth. As Mahssa Taghinia of Mount Analog puts it, LA is a “geographical memoir, there’s no truth or falsehood really, everybody’s idea of LA is very personal.“ There is an escapist bent to the place, and many artists find a small