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MONOGEM - Soy lo que soy

The first track en español for MONOGEM’s Jen Hirsch, “Soy lo que soy” is an anthem for identity for the American artist of Mexican heritage. Meandering through the soft, druggy haziness of its dreamy prose and slow, stalking beats, Hirsch’s vocals have a percussive quality on the track jumping from an oozing gentleness to the staccato of her sharply-enunciated delivery. Translating to roughly, “I am who I am”, Hirsch had this to say about “Soy lo que soy”:

"The beginning of a new era. A time where I feel comfortable to explore my Mexican heritage through my art. The song describes the feeling of change; almost a catharsis”

MONOGEM’s bilingual track is followed by her lofty ode to love “So Many Ways” and its subsequent remixes. You can get familiar below:

“So Many Way” (Original Mix)

“So Many Way” (Penguin Prison Remix)

“Soy lo que soy”

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Black Lightning Episode 1 Soundtrack

“Strange Fruit” by Nina Simone

“Telepathy’- XP Beats

“Blicka Blicka”- Rome Fortune

“100%”- Monogem

“Love”-Rome Fortune

“Blood On Me”-Sampha

“I’m Just Sayin” Ramaj Eroc feat Hona Costello

“Walk On By”-Isaac Hayes

“Lazaretto”-Jack White

“Aint No Love In The Heart Of The City”- Bobby “Blue” Bland

“A Sign Of The Times”- Gil Scott Heron 

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Nilüfer Yanya- Baby Luv

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/16-11/19/17)-

Thursday

British singer Nilüfer Yanya is playing The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever with Monogem opening

Array @The Broad is screening the film Daughters of The Dust at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with a conversation to follow with directors Julie Dash and Ava DuVernay

Writer and artist Marisela Norte will be giving a walk-through of Hammer Museum's Radical Women exhibition (free)

Tennis are playing at the Fonda Theatre with Wild Ones

Hauser & Wirth are screening German artist Andy Hope 1930's Vertical Horizon (free but register)

There are still tickets available for Metronomy's early (6pm) show at The Regent Theater

Beach Slang are playing at the Echoplex with Dave Hause and The Mermaid and See Through Dresses opening

Friday

The Underachievers are playing a $10 show with Warm Brew and Injury Reserve at The Novo

Surf Rock Is Dead and Sarah Chernoff are opening for Shout Out Louds at the El Rey Theatre

LA Zoo Lights, the annual holiday celebration at the zoo in Griffith Park, begins tonight and runs through 1/7

Curls are playing with Hibou and Suncruiser at the Moroccan Lounge

There are still a few tickets left for a midnight screening of Pulp Fiction at Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema

Egrets on Ergot, Bastidas!, and Sister Mantos are playing a Solidarity with Mariachis' Rent Strike Benefit Show at The Smell

Saturday

REDCAT is hosting an all day Symposium on Mike Kelley's Kandors, currently on view at Hauser & Wirth (free but ticketed)

The Great Los Angeles Walk returns for its annual cross city trek, this time taking Beverly Boulevard (free)

Jackalope Art and Craft Fair returns to its outdoor Pasadena location (also Sunday)

Vulture Festival LA is bringing numerous celebrities to the Hollywood Roosevelt for ticketed events including Issa Rae, Jill Soloway in conversation with Lena Waithe and more

Gary Numan is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Me Not You opening

Daedelus, Mono/Poly and Free The Robots are playing a show at Union Nightclub

Sunday

Pasadena's wacky annual Doo Dah Parade returns with after parties to follow (free)

Window dresser, cultural critic, author, and creative ambassador-at-large for Barneys New York, Simon Doonan, will be discussing Mundo Meza in conjunction with MOCA's exhibition Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., at the West Hollywood Council Chambers

Baio and Teen Daze are playing an early show at Zebulon

Ibeyi are performing with TheMind at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel

Tony Molina, Faith Healer, Toner, and Cecil Frena are playing at The Smell

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Monogem’s sultry brooding new single is named 100%, but it’s clearly 150% opulent and 200% glamorous when it comes to its intoxicating magnificence. Jen Hirsch, the golden voiced singer songwriter behind the Los Angeles based project, is preparing to release her sophomore EP on May 19th. 100% is its slow simmering title track, a cinematic swirling electro pop/R&B affair heavily inflamed with broiling desire and restless anguish. Kiesza-like classy heat and Jessie Ware-like silken allure bedeck this steamy knockout. Monogem explains that her new single is about the “push and pull between the head and heart, and trusting your instincts to get what you want.” You can pre-order Monogem’s new EP, here, and receive 100% and prior single Wild as instant grat tracks.

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MONOGEM : WILD