Jena Ardell

Story and Illustrations By: Jena Ardell

Each Halloween you see scads of folks wearing the same costumes. Last year it was the damn black swan, and meanwhile Slash and the LMFAO guys seem to turn up annually. So this year we're handicapping the proceedings. You can pretty much bet you'll see some of the following music-related costumes when you hit the town. And, just in case you want to jump on the bandwagon yourself, we've also included some pros and cons of each.

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Audrey Napoleon

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The LA-based DJ/producer Audrey Napoleon is one of the few females on the Identity Festival roster and in the electronic dance music scene today. Following the release of her debut EP Ornamental Egos in July, Audrey has been on tour for the past four-and-a -half weeks playing the album for fans and bringing her underground pop sound to the stage. She played at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana right before the legendary Eric Prydz took over OC on Wednesday evening. We caught up with her backstage before the show to talk about the tour, her fans and future projects.

"Art came to me as a child," says Napoleon. "I grew up in a very creative environment. My dad plays trumpet and drums." She used to sing and do performances at the mall and it was only natural for her to continue into performing and becoming an artist. "I grew up listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Kraftwerk," says Audrey. She explored progressive dance music, minimal and many other genres before arriving at her signature sound. "Underground Pop is the dark side of techno that I really love and everything I love about pop music fused together," explains Napoleon.

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Style has always played a major part in shaping Nick Waterhouse. The singer's retro geek chic look is in now, but that doesn't mean it was when he was growing up here in Orange County. In a story in this month's edition of GQ, the singer reveals he was bullied due to his appearance. "As a kid in Orange County, my look was such a radical thing," he told the men's magazine. "I was the only one wearing collared shirts, pegged pants, and leather shoes. I got accosted, beat up, called 'weirdo' and 'faggot.'"
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Alejandra Loera

PeaceTreaty

Sure, Ryan Jaso may always wear black, but he has been managing electronic music artists for over four years now. He knows not only what kinds of threads his DJs look best in, but also what styles the fans who come to their shows love most.

He took his rock-star sense of style and opened a store to let you get in on the look. If you want an evening filled with fashion, art and music then we suggest checking out the one-year anniversary of Lobby and official launch of www.lobbystoreonline.com at the Lab in Costa Mesa tomorrow from 6-10 p.m. The official after party will be at Ten Nightclub in Newport Beach with electro house duo PeaceTreaty. We met up with PeaceTreaty and their cute pug Ziggy at the Lab to shop and talk dance music.

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Jennifer Daking, Silver Lake Chorus Soprano, clothing designer, Boston Terrier devotee

When it comes to Coachella, what's better: 103-degree temperatures or a drizzley, windy, muddy polo field?

The latter is what many festival-goers might be facing this Friday: The forecast as of time of publishing is a high of 69-degrees with a 50 percent chance of rain.

And as Dennis Romero reported yesterday, while attendees are really only facing something like a tenth of an inch of rain, Coachella has never once been rained on since its conception in 1999.

So while bikini tops and barely-there shorts have been staples in years past, what's a gal to do when the hottest day--Sunday--is being predicted at a high of a (mere) 83-degrees?

We decided to take to Jennifer Daking, Silverlake-based co-founder and designer of All-Mighty, a clothing label featuring its own little pudgeball Boston Terrier mascot, for her top tips on what to wear for this year's unseasonal temps. Daking, a soprano, brought along the Silver Lake Chorus to chime in with their own rainy day favorites.

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Brett Byers

​This year's sold out Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida brought out 165,000 attendees from all over the world ready to enjoy their favorite EDM DJs and producers. Now that it's come and gone and we've nursed our epic hangovers let's take a look at the top 10 best and worst dressed party goers.

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Every Friday night at the Yost Theater, House of Dreamz hosts outrageous themed club parties. Among some of the past themes have been Neon Wonderland (Party Rock), 'All White Party, and most recently Lost Galaxy. Last night housed Princes leia's, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Yoda and many others.  Here are the best and worst costumes from this Star Wars themed party.More »

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There's a thin line between looking like a hipster clone at Coachella and looking like a damn fool. Low-budget chain shops like Forever 21 and H&M seem to be jumping on the Coachella fashion bandwagon. We're here to tell you that you don't have to spend cash (that can be used for food and gas) on new rags that are only going to get drenched in sweat and dusty desert air. Even if you're not a fashion maven, you can still make a fashion statement without looking like a reincarnation of a young Cosmo Kramer. What's wrong with turning a few heads? Plus when you look fashionably conscious it's easier to sneak into the VIP area.

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