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Signing Stories: Madison Ryann Ward
It would be disingenuous to suggest that the U.S. suffers from a shortage of quality, soulful singer-songwriters. In fairness, you can find them in every city, in every dive bar ... -
Live Review: Jesika Von Rabbit at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA
Material: Between 2000 and 2013, Joshua Tree-based band Gram Rabbit, fronted by the inimitable Jesika Von Rabbit, did a startlingly good job of blending pop-electronica with dusty, rootsy Americana and ... -
ODESZA: Six Years Together, A Moment Apart
Just before graduating from Western Washington University in 2012, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight—known respectively as Catacombkid and BeachesBeaches—formed the electronic duo ODESZA. The self-released debut album, Summer’s Gone, dropped ... -
Live Review: Rats in the Louvre at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA
Material: Long Beach punks Rats in the Louvre originally formed when frontwoman Cruz wanted to play old Bikini Kill favorites, and that makes complete sense. Sharing sensibilities with Kathleen Hanna’s ‘90s ... -
Signing Story: Shame
At 19, one might imagine that the members of London band Shame had never heard of 1970s post-punk Gang of Four, from Leeds, U.K. If they haven’t, then the work ... -
Signing Stories: Caroline Rose
It’s telling that this is Caroline Rose’s second appearance in the Signing Story section of this magazine. Back in April 2014, she had just signed with Little Hi!/Thirty Tigers, and ... -
Signing Story: Dee-1
Hip-hop, at its best, shares storytelling sensibilities with genres such as folk and blues. It can be a means to express struggle and triumph, hope and hopelessness, and basically what’s ... -
X Ambassadors: Straight Outta Ithaca
X Ambassadors formed in the Upstate New York town of Ithaca in 2009, though the three current members––Sam Harris, his brother Casey Harris, and drummer Adam Levin––were playing together for ... -
The Eulogy at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA
Material: Hardcore punk, by its very nature, isn’t for everyone. These are the people who looked at what the original punks were doing and said, “No, it needs to be ... -
Live Review: Take Offense at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA
Material: The men of hardcore punk/thrash metal crossover band Take Offense seem to be very proud of the fact that they’re from Chula Vista, but then that’s no surprise. Being ...
