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Signing Story: Kian
When you’re on a roll, you’re on a roll. 2018 was a fantastic year for Australian artist Kian, who won the triple j Unearthed High competition in the summer (designed ... -
Stormhouse at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA
Material: Punk rock can sometimes appear to be fighting its own internal battle. On one hand, the genre can offer up some of the most inventive, eclectic music that rock & roll has produced—from ... -
Signing Story: The Bonfyre
We have to be honest––interviewing an artist who not only uses The Bonfyre as a musical moniker but actually goes by the name in conversation can be a little disconcerting. ... -
Hardship Anchors at Alex's Bar Long Beach, CA
Material: Just the name Hardship Anchors generates the sort of images and ideas that work as the ideal descriptor for this band’s music. Sailor Jerry tattoo art and muscle cars, greased hair and pin-up ... -
Neverwonder at Dipiazza's in Long Beach, CA
Material: It’s an odd name, Neverwonder, and yet it’s oddly appropriate because you never have to wonder what this Los Angeles based band is about. The brainchild of the two brothers who make up ... -
Signing Story: I Don't Know How But They Found Me
Bassist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter Dallon Weekes has managed to fit a hell of a lot into his career to date. From 2009 until 2017, he was a key member of Panic! ... -
Live Review: Devil Season at the Wayfarer in Costa Mesa, CA
Material: Long Beach’s Devil Season are one of those bands that are wonderfully tough to classify. It’s tempting to throw the label “punk” at them, and there are certainly elements of Bad Brains, plus ... -
Eric Church: So Much More Than Your Typical Outlaw
Country singer-songwriter Eric Church isn’t keen on the much-overused tag “outlaw,” but sometimes the dusty trucker cap fits, so it’s best to grin and wear it. With a sound that ... -
Live Review: Chief White Lightning at The Wayfarer in Costa Mesa, CA
Material: Occasionally, while doing this sort of work and listening to new music every day, we stumble across the sort of artist who makes us feel like we’re at ground ... -
Live Review: Swami Lushbeard at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, CA
Material: Opening up a three band bill on a Saturday night at Hermosa Beach’s prime rock & roll venue, L.A. rockers Swami Lushbeard have the advantage of presenting the only ...
