88rising's Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival (HITC) returned to Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on August 8, 2026, for a full day celebrating Asian music, art, and culture. With KATSEYE and XG headlining and a stacked lineup from top to bottom, the one-day festival packed in more unforgettable moments than most multi-day events manage to. If you weren't there, here's what you missed. Photo Cr.: Glenalyn Ann 1. The Festival Returned to Its One-Day Format, and It Hit Differently...

The fin.'s Sunday evening show in Los Angeles for their Somewhere Between tour was just one of those nights. Relaxed, dreamy, and perfectly calibrated for the end of a weekend, the Japanese duo created something that felt less like a concert and more like a shared experience with everyone in attendance. Photo Cr.: Glenalyn Ann The fin. is a two-piece indie band from Japan, formed in 2012 by vocalist, songwriter, and producer, Yuto Uchino, and drummer/bassist, Kaoru Nakazawa. What started as a...

The Observatory in Santa Ana was entirely something else last night for hemlocke springs’ the apple tree under the tree tour. Long before the doors opened for the evening, fans were lined up dressed head-to-toe in electric colors and elaborate outfits that felt straight out of a storybook. The theme was "neon fantasy," and the crowd delivered without hesitation, filling the venue with an energy that felt like stepping into another dimension before a single note had even been played. Photo...