Words by Russ SkelchyPhoto by Alejandro Lomeli In the hierarchy of music scenes in California cities, Sacramento often lags behind the massive urban sprawls of the Los Angeles/Southland […]
Health or Wealth? ”Coins” by Cowboy Clean Out Today
Words by Willa Rudolph “Coins” by Cowboy Clean, Matt Leibowitz’ second single from brand new project, is out today – calling upon sounds from Depeche Mode, Scissor Sisters, […]
Songwriters’ salon meets herb-enhanced community-building at launch of “Harmonic Ontology” live music series
The philosophical concept of ontology is all about how we relate to one another as social animals on the most fundamental of levels, and the very nature of […]
Dear Banshee’s smoldering “Smell the Smoke” feels apropos to the current moment
Words by Jason LeeBand photos by Nicole Schlaeppi Not since Stephen Malkmus left “Harness Your Hopes” off Pavement’s Brighten The Corners LP in 1997 thus relegating the song […]
Analog on the Aux: Aux Blood’s Bonus Tapes
Words by Willa Rudolph New York City’s own Aux Blood, who were ranked 6th hardest working New York-based band of 2023 by Oh My Rockness with 21 total […]
Rotten Apple To The Core – The Dutch Kills’ Debut EP The Rot
Photo by Shoshana Ehrenkranz / Words by Willa Rudolph New York City based punk band, The Dutch Kills, who lie in the vein of Bikini Kill and PJ […]
Rob Lanterman drops 2 unlikely-to-be-forgotten tracks from upcoming Knock on Wood EP
“I’ve been trying not to dream / trying just to sleep (enough)”“It’s like a dream / but I can’t go back to sleep” — Rob Lanterman Words by […]
Lunar Ash @ Schubas (1.27.24)
Lunar Ash released their debut album, Rosa & The Red Thread, back in October. The latest video from the album is for the single “Tomato Cheeks”. The band […]
Meviu§ continues tradition of year-spanning singles, plays Alphaville on Feb. 8th
Words by Jason LeePhoto by Kaz Yabe I wanted to be physically erased and start over again. I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to be […]
Capital Soiree “Kerosene”
Capital Soiree have released a video for their latest single, “Kerosene“. The single was released back in November and is the follow-up to band’s 2023 EP “Reruns“.
Los Black Dogs “Sweet Lips”
Los Black Dogs released their latest single, “Sweet Lips“, last month. This was the first new music from the group since the release of their 2022 self-titled full-length […]
Eevie Echoes locates the essence from within on debut LP
Words by Jason LeePhoto by Human Flower Productions Eevie Echoes & The Locations‘ debut full-length The Cons Of Being A Wallflower (produced by live sound engineer, drummer, and […]