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Signing Stories: N8NOFACE
Date Signed: March 2025 Label: Stones Throw Records Type of Music: Synth-Punk Management: Daniel Hall (Worldwide) Booking: Nick Storch Legal: Bryan Christner A&R: Peanut Butter Wolf Web: n8noface.la Anyone who ... -
DIY Spotlight: Heidi Vincent
Country-pop-rock artist Heidi Vincent received a favorable New Music Critique review in these very pages a couple of months ago, and for good reason. Authentic, quirky, and eminently listenable, hers ... -
Vinyl Minded with Baby Huey
Baby Huey The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (Rhino) Recorded 55 years ago in 1970, this is the only solo album by funk icon James "Baby Huey" Ramey, and ... -
Book Store: "Richard Manuel" by Stephen T. Lewis
The tagline to this weighty volume is, “His life and music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band.” That’s a fair synopsis. Additionally, the sleeve notes describe Manuel ... -
Book Store: "Chick Singer" by Lorraine Devon Wilke
Devon Wilke landed in L.A. years ago with intentions of becoming a singer-songwriter/rock star at a level that it would provide for her future. In some ways, it didn’t work ... -
Book Store: "Bobbito’s Book of B-Ball Bong Bong!" by Bobbito Garcia
This is interesting! Bobbito Garcia’s memoir takes a long, hard look at his life in basketball and music. A noted hip-hop radio host, Garcia spent the '90s as one half ... -
Book Store: "Tearing Down the Orange Curtain" by Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn
Respected journalists Jackson and Kohn dig deep into the Orange County punk rock and ska-punk scene, barely leaving a stone unturned. The likes of No Doubt, The Vandals, The Offspring, ... -
Book Store: "501 Essential Albums of the 1980s" Edited by Gary Graff
MC contributor Graff has played an absolute blinder here, working with a long list of esteemed scribes (Cary Baker, Rob St. Mary, many more) to compile the 501 essential albums ... -
My Favorite Album: Testors on Hendrix
Sonny Vincent of iconic N.Y.C. punks Testors told us about his Hendrix love... Sonny Vincent: I would definitely choose Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced and his entire artistic output. The ... -
Alien Boys Can't Do Without Their Gibson SG-1
Erin of Vancouver punk band Alien Boys told us about her love for her Gibson SG-1. Erin: I play a '90s era Gibson SG-1 through a modified Marshall JCM 900 ...
