A basement interview with local Cal band Loose Leisure Preslee Vanlandingham April 8, 2023 Interview, music It’s Friday night and I’m walking down the street looking for the address that lead vocalist and bass guitarist John Forbes sent me. My friend and I pass by a house that emanates a cover of Childish Gambino...
Let’s go!!! Matt and Kim with Beach Goons at the Regency Ballroom Stanley Quiros November 7, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Matt and Kim’s breakout album GRAND (2009) just turned ten years old, and to celebrate, the duo is touring the album in its entirety, including tracks never before part of their live shows’ repertoire. On M...
Weezer delivers a performance for the ages. Mark Selden April 17, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews As I walked into the Oracle Arena, legendary alt-rock band The Pixies were playing the opening notes of “Cactus.” I had made it just in time for the show. I was shocked that a band as big as The Pixies was ...
The Pixies in bloom: An essential band makes its presence heard at the Fox Rebekah Gonzalez December 15, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos About two months ago, as I skimmed through a classmate’s short story, I came across a line that read, “Outside there is a boxcar”, and without thinking twice, the small jukebox in my brain began blasting ...
Arroyo Seco Weekend Meaghan Allen July 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Running for twenty-five miles along the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County is a strip of water called the Arroyo Seco, meaning “dry stream” in Spanish. As a seasonal river, the Arroyo S...
Comedian Chris Hardwick launching ID10T Festival at the Shoreline Edfil Dulay June 7, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Music, comedy, comics books -- need I say more? Chris Hardwick's ID10T Festival (June 24 - 25) is everything you and your inner-nerd have been waiting for. Not only will the festival feature big name headlin...
The B-Side picks, South by Southwest Ally Mason March 13, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Mixtapes, Previews, Staff Pick As South by Southwest officially enters its thirty-first year, I enter my twenty-first, and our paths finally collide. Growing up, my dad promised to take me to the Elysian musical free-for-all in Austin, Texas...
An evening with Weezer at Slim’s Edfil Dulay November 7, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Fond reminiscence and good vibes were all that the audience felt at Slim's this Sunday when Weezer played two different sets that spanned across their entire discography. Even before doors opened, fans had a ...