Dinos and Dark-Wave: Soft Moon + The Light Asylum at LA's Natural History Museum

Friday night, the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History held another edition of their "First Fridays" event. While we feel a major cultural institution could get a little more creative with the series name (the appellation is so common it gets its own wiki entry), it's hard to complain about a party where bands play amongst dinosaur bones and dioramas. San Francisco's Soft Moon and Brooklyn's own Light Asylum brought their dark-wave sounds to the live stage for a sold-out crowd, which included more than one toddler. At one point, a congratulatory "Good job, Dad!" emitted from a little voice next to us in the photo pit, directed at Soft Moon's synth player. We clapped in wholehearted agreement. Check out our pics from the evening.