Review: Kurt Vile: b’lieve i’m goin down…

Kurt Vile is the King of bedroom rock grooves. His music can do everything from helping you doze off into a transcendent sleep, to just enjoying and soaking in the music alongside the people you love most. Vile is able to bring out some kind of unspoken feeling that connects everyone who listens to him.

Review: Le Butcherettes ‘A Raw Youth’

Hearing the names Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Iggy Pop, and John Frusciante associated with one album is enough to get any rock n roll lover’s ears to perk up. Le Butcherettes have all three of these incredible musicians working on their album, and the album is everything you could hope for. A Raw Youth is the third

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Review: FIDLAR ‘Too’

FIDLAR is music for the 16 year old kids who wear ripped up jean jackets, drink gross cheap beer, and smoke cigarettes because they think they look cool. They’re angsty and all they want is for some musician to yell at them, so they can mosh and get all their built up frustrations out. Trust

Review: Tijuana Panthers ‘Poster’

A band like Tijuana Panthers can only come from a state like California. Not just California, but from a beach city in Southern California. The graceful garage pop band is slowly taking over the very popular garage scene that is abundant right now, and they are doing it with every trick and trinket they have

Interview: Shannon and the Clams

Shannon And The Clams is a band for everyone who loves 50’s doo-wop, surf rock, and garage rock. The band consist of three members; Shannon Shaw, Cody Blanchard, and Nate Mahan, the trio came together to create a sound that tend to music lovers with all kinds of taste. Their music is dreamy and relatable

Review: The Sorcerers ‘Self-Titled’

If you enjoy having your brain stimulated by new and bizarre noises that are unique to almost anything you have ever heard, than The Sorcerers just might be the band for you. They are making a buzz all the way from Leeds, and have finally come out with their long awaited and well received, debut

Swahili Blonde “Deities In Decline” EP (Review)

When I first heard about Swahili Blonde I thought to myself, “oh great another LA band who is trying to do something experimental.” Not surprisingly, I judged too quickly and came to discover something that was much greater than I had ever anticipated, with a lineup of musicians that could never make bad music when

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Ten Must-See Acts At 2015 Treasure Island Music Festival

Festival season is a time that people live for, worship, and work endless amounts of hours throughout the year in order to be able to afford it. Treasure Island is the San Francisco based festival located on the eponymous island in the bay that has the honor of closing out the season for us. It

Review: Tame Impala ‘Currents’

The long awaited Australian gift to the world, “Currents” by Tame Impala has officially been released. Kevin Parker the man behind the music, with his John Lennon like voice, and his experimental grooves and hooks, has created something that veers far from the typical Tame Impala sound we have come to know and love. For

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Make Time for Masked Rockers PPL MVR

This has probably been my greatest and most cringeworthy find of this entire year. Outside of Fartbarf. The one and only PPL MVR are three dudes dressed up in primitive Chewbacca-esque outfits, playing hard rock and constantly tweaking with autotune. They came out of nowhere from a planet far far away and are making people