There is no shortage of great “horrible show” stories scattered through music history, but seldom does an overwhelming air of pathetic fallacy begin to loom even before any of the bands scheduled to play step foot onstage. That's exactly what happened...
Awrightcha mooks, Yeah, dat's right, I'm a day late, I get it – are ya shakin' junky? Didja miss me or didja jus' miss what we both know yer sniffin' for? It don' matta really, I don' plan on holdin' out on ya, i's jus' fun...
The Decemberists have announced the March 13, release of We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), a twenty-track live double-album (and triple-vinyl set) culled from the band's 2011 tour supporting their chart-topping, Grammy-nominated album The...
These days, it seems rare to come across a new band who has reached national recognition without going in front of a panel of judges during prime time television. That seems to be the new American dream: Line up, prove that you want it most and get handed over to a...
I'm a big fan of standup comedy. At the same time, I've rarely been to a standup show; or rather, I've never been to a standup show I've actually wanted to see. My only forays into the standup scene have involved comedy clubs with mostly atrocious acts...
Southern California punk quartet Retox recently wrapped their tour supporting Japanese noise legends Melt Banana, and will be hitting the road again for a string of California dates in mid February in support of their recently released debut record, Ugly Animals....
Happy New Year ya mooks! So how's things in yer life junky? Ya made it through the holi-daze, ya bounded ova da new year hump an' survived ta see anotha one, how da ya feel? Me? I feel great! I'm countin' tan lines from my trip downta Costa Rica an'...
After the ball dropped last night, it didn't take long for people to start making promises and resolutions to change their behavior in 2012. Most people usually resolve to change the way they eat, change the way they do business, quit smoking, quit drinking or quit...
The funny thing about any band's “glorious return to active duty” is that, after the initial shock and joy subsides, that's when the real work starts; that's when people start to look past the initial frenzy and excitement of a legendary band...