From Paradigm Winter 2021, Issue 6.4

Noteworthy

Scoops and updates from bands around town.

Yōkai

HOMETOWN: Members hail from throughout the Los Angeles area, including Compton, South Central, Lakewood and Huntington Park

MEMBERS: 

▶ Jairo, drums

▶ Dony, guitar

▶ Johnny, guitar

▶ Héctor, bass

▶ Dani, vocals

WHAT’S IN A NAME:

“Yōkai range from malevolent to mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who meet them.” —Héctor

UP NEXT: 

The band recently finished recording some new tracks at The Pit Recording Studio in Van Nuys with Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, God’s Hate) that will be released in early 2022. 

The band’s also booked shows in January in Los Angeles and a February trip to play in Mexicali, Baja California. 

FIND US HERE: 

▶ Instagram @yokaihc

▶ Music: Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp

HOMETOWN: Whittier

MEMBERS:  

▶ Javier Sanchez, drums

▶ Eric Ledesma, bass/vocals

▶ Andrew Richards, guitar/vocals

WHAT’S IN A NAME: 

“The band [was] named after a favorite mission Andrew used to love to play on ‘Skate 2.’”

UP NEXT: 

▶ New single “Risk It All” now out

▶ “Coming next, we’ve got a lot of recording planned ahead of us to finally drop some heat we’ve been working hard on!”

FIND US HERE: 

▶ Instagram @rooftopriotofficial

▶  Music: iHeartRadio, Google Play, YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify