LAAND Presents: Lowertown w/ Micah Preite at The White Schoolhouse

Lowertown finally caught their breath. Over the last few years, the New York-based duo of Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg was teetering on the brink. From constant touring and a separation from their label to creative frustrations and an unhealthy attachment to one another, their artistic partnership and, more importantly, their friendship were on shaky ground—especially since these experiences were colored by the disorienting intensity of their late teens and early 20s. It became clear that the two had to revisit their roots.

Those roots sprung in Atlanta, Georgia, in the forests, in the soon-to-be abandoned venues, in makeshift punk communities, but their roots also strengthened somewhere else entirely: on the internet. The band grew up on Tumblr fanpages, Reddit forums, digital spaces that had not yet been corporatized. They were able to observe and take part in music, anime, and film fandoms that grew stronger in these ungoverned places. So much so, that the fandoms leapt from the virtual to the physical, bringing people together to meet at concerts, coffee shops, and conventions to discuss their obsessions and connect over shared interests. During the pandemic, they watched these spaces change, become commodified, and disappear; people no longer had these physical spaces to be solely amongst friends with shared interests where communities and fandoms could strengthen. Out of this vacuum, the Ugly Duckling Union was born.

Inspired by the conceptual creativity of bands like Gorillaz and the emphasis on the communal concert experience of Fugazi, Lowertown’s new album, fittingly titled Ugly Duckling Union, is the conceptual world of Dale the duckling protagonist and his companions as they attempt to band together to defeat LBH, a tyrannical media corporation set on separating and isolating in their pursuit of control.

Ugly Duckling Union was fully written, recorded, produced, and mixed by Osby and Weinberg, and that insular, hands-on ethic is something they cherish—and has never waned. Although Lowertown are the sole caretakers of their art, their new album title is a celebration of the meaningful community they’ve built. “Our home has been the people who make us feel understood, and the music that makes us feel understood,” Osby explains. “I feel like Avsha and I have just been two misfits doing stuff together, and I feel like this music is for people like us—it’s for the misfit toys.” There’s a lot of freedom in being an outsider, and that’s ultimately what Ugly Duckling Union is about—finding and freeing yourself through community. And what could be more freeing, self-confronting, and funny than making a beautiful record with your ride-or-die, misfit-toy best friend?

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Micah Preite is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, jazz guitarist, and producer. Inspired by Daniel Rossen, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, Elliott Smith, and 20th- century classical music, he blends cinematic arrangements with intimate, electronically processed acoustic layers. In September 2022, he self-released his debut album, producing and performing every instrument. A prolific collaborator, Preite produced Kate Davis's 2024 Anti Records singles, played guitar on Mustafa’s 2024 Dunya (Live) video featuring Daniel Caesar, co-produced and co-wrote several songs on Ralph Castello’s 2025 album Hope, Alaska, and contributed guitar to Quinine’s 2025 Paper Doll. In 2025, he released several singles and is working on his sophomore album.

Local support TBA.

https://www.lowertown.band
https://micahpreite.bandcamp.com

Doors at 7, music at 7:30.

$20

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ACCESSIBILITY: There are 2 stairs to enter the front doors of the White Schoolhouse. Once inside, there are half-staircases up to the bathrooms and down into the concert area.

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