Ladies and gents, it has arrived!
We present to you, the BROKECHELLA 2012 video. a complete representation of what the night was all about by the most badass production company out there, SHUTTEREYE.
Thank you to everyone who was a part of the MAGIC.
Our photo booth pics are now live!
Check out the limited selection on Facebook or all 1400 of them on Flickr
Here are some more quotes to give you a taste of what the experience was like!
Be sure to like cARTel on Facebook to stay in the loop for Brokechella 2013!
Coachella is not my idea of fun; it’s more my idea of let’s make Uncle Almie cry. There’s lots of people, dirty hot sweaty people, and you have to throw money everywhere. If you can rock it out there, by all means, have fun in the assy desert. But if you’re high maintenance and totally fucking annoying like I am, Brokechella is the chella for you. Not to say that Brokechella was annoying; it was crazy fun and chill at the same time. It was a bunch of people in a warehouse getting free stuff and getting photographed and dancing to random LA bands that should be crazy famous but aren’t and eating and drinking. Big thanks to Cartel: Collaborative Arts L.A. for putting together such a creative and spirited event.
-Almie Rose (Apocalypstick, Hello Giggles)
The festival celebrates the indie scene in the truest sense of the word…Design is a key aspect in appreciating the brilliance that is Brokechella. Using the large Studio Six01 cARTel managed to create a real sense of community for everyone that attended. Not only was there room to move around but plenty to see and do….Since the festival went from 4 p.m.- 2 a.m., it’s always good to provide distractions for the audience. In this case, cARTel went old school with a Ms.Pac Man machine, face painting, a shared art mural that everyone could contribute to and a DIY photo area. The DIY vibe was prominent throughout the night, even the DJ booth was held down by a bunch of bricks. It’s hard not to get the impression that if the party needed to be broken up for any reason it would take all of five minutes for the staff to pack everything into a bunch of trucks and leave…Brokechella gives the eccentric and eclectic of Los Angeles a place to go to enjoy great local music for next to nothing. Coachella was just the excuse; one gets the impression they would have thrown this party no matter what the circumstances.
What I loved most about the event besides the awesome up-and-coming musicians (Das Tapes especially), was the interactive art mural, unlimited drinks as lovable VIPs, and just meeting awesome nice people! By the way, Daren Criss from GLEE was apparently in attendance as was a spongebob squarepants pinata. There was never a moment during the evening that I didn’t enjoy an artist’s music!
One of the best received bands at Brokechella just began their tour of the East Coast Thursday night in Washington DC and they continue tonight at The Better End in NYC’s West Village. We are *huge* fans of yOya and encourage all of you Brokechella attendees to spread the word to your East Coast based friends! If tonight is too short notice, next Wed, May 2nd, yOya will be appearing in Brooklyn.
4/28 ❯ New York City, NY
with: Juice, XM
The Bitter End
147 Bleecker St New York City, NY 10012
11:30pm 21+ $10*****
Wed 5/2 ❯ Brooklyn, NY
with: Rotten Sons, Special Envoy, Cheer
Spike Hill
186 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
8:00pm 21+ free
We also recommend checking out Rawkblog’s fantastic shots of some of the bands performing!
My photos from Brokechella are up on Rawkblog. They came out nice, I think.
The final live mural, created by Noah Silverstein and added to by hundreds of Brokechella fest goers.
The one guaranteed parting sensation of Coachella — more than sunburn, tinnitus or the suspicion you’ve seen a ghost — is mortal terror at your credit card statement afterward. If that was enough to keep you at home this year with the common people, the folks behind Saturday’s second annual Brokechella still want you to have some late-April-festival memories.
The debut of the tongue-in-cheek rebuttal to the Indio festival drew close to 500 people last year. This year’s installment is set to eclipse it, with a nice crop of L.A. rock acts, including Infantree, LA Font, Rumspringa, Big Moves and yOya at the downtown art studio Six01.
Admission will just set you back a five-spot.
Will a spectral Biggie Smalls appear there to do “Juicy” in rebuttal to Tupac’s desert resurrection?
Maybe, but probably not. But for locals frustrated with the high cost and logistical overhead of doing Indio right, this will be much more easygoing.
We may not have a spectral Biggie, but we do have *something*….be sure to head to Amanda Wallace’s photo booth when you arrive to find out what!
Four hours to go…
Our pre-sale tickets are officially SOLD OUT.
If you haven’t purchased a ticket, that doesn’t mean you can’t get in, but it does mean that you might have to wait to do so. We can’t promise wait times, but we can promise that we’ll try and get you in as soon as humanly possible. So come on over and we’ll get you in as soon as we can!
If there *is* a wait, we hear there may be some fun happenings by the line courtesy of Hermosa Kustoms and Tango Mango….
Also keep an eye on our Twitter during the event for updates!
Teehee! Brokechella, and specifically Shuttereye’s Brokechella teaser, on the tv! Skip ahead to 1:22 to hear what the NBC newscasters have to say about us :).
24 hours to go….
[Installation Preview from Marissa Perry)
Attention Twitter, Foursquare and Facebook users! This one’s for you.
Check in or tweet during Brokechella tomorrow and get some funtime Broke giveaways.
Need to have a lie down after dancing crazy for hours upon hours at Brokechella? Fear not! We have a bunch of giant Popchips bean bags for your relaxing convenience.
And yes, the insides *are* filled with giant Popchips.
#shhhh #letmehavemyfantasies!
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Meet our other savory food vendor, the fabulous Mucho Perro, a cARTel staple! Beef, turkey and veggie dogs, Columbian style. If you’ve never had a hot dog with bacon, cheese, potato chips, pineapple sauce, ketchup mustard, pink sauce and cilantro sauce, now’s your chance.
Aside from beer and wine from Imperial and the Santa Monica Co-Op, Brokechella will also feature a super special Jarritos Sangria to help cool you off until the sun goes down.
BROKECHELLA 2012 FUN FACT.
We’re working with the Yellow Taxi Cab of Los Angeles, who will have cabs parked and circulating the area starting around 9 PM- So carpool, take a cab/bus/metro over and party silly and take a cab home, leaving the roads safe. #ThisPSAbroughttoyouby
Pre-sale closes tomorrow early afternoon. grab them now at www.brokechella.com!
