Local Natives – Café Amarillo//When Am I Gonna Lose You
Three years have passed since their 2016 album ‘Sunlit Youth’, and the LA…
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Spanish Love Songs
I don’t think a week has gone by where I haven’t got a request for these guys, so I finally did myself a favour and checked ..
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Joe Normal & The Anytown’rs “Entering Anytown U.S.A.” EP
JOE NORMAL AND THE ANYTOWN’rs are located in Los Angeles, but Joe is originally from New Jersey and you can fee lt in the songwriting. ..
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Clikatat Ikatowi
Clikatat Ikatowi were a four-piece post-hardcore/emo band from San Diego, California that formed in 1994 and broke up in 1997. They were ..
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John Henry West
John Henry West were a five-piece hardcore band from San Francisco, California that began in 1992 and broke up in 1993. They released one 7″ ..
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Elle
Elle are a four-piece screamo band from Oakland, California that began in 2015. They share members with other Bay Area legends Beau Navire, ..
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Carry On
Carry On were a five-piece straight edge hardcore band from Atascadero, California that formed in 1996 and broke up in 2005. They released ..
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Graduating Life
Graduating Life are an emo/indie/punk band Fresno, California. They consist primarily of Bart Starr (vocals/guitar) and drummer Logan Jensen, ..
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La Bella
La Bella are a four-piece screamo/hardcore band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 2011. They’ve only two albums in that ..
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Ghost Spirit / Frail Hands SPLIT REVIEW
Super excited about this new split 12″ featuring Ghost Spirit and Frail Hands, which is coming out August 24th. Both of these bands ..
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Just Friends
Just Friends are a 10-piece punk/funk band from California that formed in 2013. Thus far, they’ve dropped an EP and a very recent ..
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Inside Out
Inside Out were a four-piece straight edge hardcore punk band from Orange County, California that formed in 1988 and broke up in 1991. They ..
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Downcast
Downcast were a four-piece hardcore band from Goleta, California that were around in the early 90’s (unclear exactly what years). ..
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No Right
No Right are a four-piece hardcore band from San Fransisco, California that have been around since 2016. They’re a straight edge band ..
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Seapora – Per Angel
Taken from her recently released Seaflow LP, Seapora summons up hypnotic, chilled electronica…
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I’m Glad It’s You
I’m Glad It’s You are are a four-piece emo/indie/punk band from Redlands, California that have been around since 2014. They ..
7 years ago
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SeeYouSpaceCowboy
SeeYouSpaceCowboy are a five-piece band from San Diego/Los Angeles, California that formed in 2016. Now, I know I say this about a lot of bands, ..
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Boilermaker
Boilermaker were a three-piece post-hardcore/emo band from San Diego, California that were around from 1992 to 2002. They released three ..
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Slow Bloom – Hex Hex Hex REVIEW
Long-time friends of the blog Slow Bloom are back with a fantastic new EP, titled Hex Hex Hex. It was released on January 26, 2018 ..
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Benton Falls
Benton Falls were a three-piece (originally four-piece) emo/indie band from Santa Rosa, California that formed in 2000 and broke up in 2010. ..
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Second Story Window
Second Story Window (not to be confused with the band From A Second Story Window) were a four-piece hardcore/emo band from Del Mar, California ..
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awakebutstillinbed
What a hell of a way to kick the year off. awakebutstillinbed are a four-piece emo/indie/punk band from San Jose, California. Their debut ..
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Some Girls
Some Girls were a five-piece hardcore band from San Diego, California that formed in 2002 and broke up in 2007. Their members had all been ..
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Fury
Fury are a five-piece hardcore punk band from Orange County, California that formed in 2014. Their sound is pretty clearly rooted in early ..
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Operation Ivy
Does this band really need an introduction? They’ve been massively influential, become very well-known (partially because of their ..
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Pitchfork
Pitchfork (no affiliation with the website) were a four-piece post-hardcore band from San Diego, California that were around from 1986 to 1990. ..
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Despise You
Despise You are a four-piece powerviolence/hardcore band from Inglewood, California that were initially around from 1994 to 1996. During ..
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Movements
Movements are a four-piece post-hardcore/emo band from Rancho Santa Margarita, California that formed in 2015. Following an EP that garnered ..
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Live Review: The National at the Hollywood Bowl (10/11)
There is no band that’s taken for granted like The National. You can focus on their consistency and lose track of how the five-piece ..
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Cal Jam Offered Everything You’d Want From Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl is not shy with perspective. If you caught any of his rather good Sonic Highways miniseries, then you know that the ex-Nirvana ..
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Win tickets to Foo Fighters’ Cal JAM 17
Most bands mark the release of a new album with a record release show. Sometimes these are undersells where they’ll play smaller venues ..
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Evergreen
Evergeen were a three-piece emo/post-hardcore band from Southern California that were around for approximately 1993-1997. They were among ..
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Outside Lands 2017 Festival Review: From Worst to Best
Years from now, I suspect it will be impossible to contextualize the 10th anniversary of Outside Lands without mentioning another number ..
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NEW MUSIC: PRIESTS TO PILOTS – REMEMBER ME, WITH FAVOUR
Priests to Pilots are a 4 piece UK pop-punk band from London. The group has just released their debut EP, Remember me, with Favour, which ..
8 years ago
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Coachella 2017 Festival Review: From Worst to Best
As last year’s CoS Coachella reviewer Ben Wener noted, this year’s second weekend of Coachella will celebrate the 100th day of music ..
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The Best of the Tiny Fonts in Coachella’s 2017 Lineup
Best of the Tiny Fonts is a recurring feature in which our staff handpick the must-see smaller acts at all the major festivals. Another ..
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Ogre – Self Titled CS
I’d buy that for a dollar! Ogre by ogre
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Making a Better Album Out of Bruce Springsteen’s Human Touch and Lucky Town
When Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, he half-jokingly thanked his father for their complex and often ..
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Lewd Acts
Lewd Acts were a four-piece hardcore band from San Diego, California that formed in 2004 and broke up in 2010, before briefly reuniting ..
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Mom Jeans.
The requests are killing me. I can no longer deny the awesomeness that is Mom Jeans., who put out an incredible album last year that is right ..
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EXIT UNIT 7" ep
I rarely post newer stuff on this blog, but this 7″ is godly and deserves attention. You love Infest? Well then you need ..
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GRRL020: Staying safe, queer, and slutty with Oakland band Spray Tan
For episode 20, all three members of the self-proclaimed super queer, super slutty Oakland band Spray Tan–Andrea, Dorsey, and Lindsay–joined ..
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Apollo 69 – Best Gore
3 piece hardcore-punk band from fullerton, CA. looks like this may be their first album release and by golly its mad-rad. can’t find ..
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Generacian Suicida – S/T
4 piece kbd-style espanol punk band from los Angeles CALI. i actually got to seem them killin’ it, at beerland here in austin, tx back ..
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EP REVIEW | Maheekats – Songs From The Woods.
ARTIST: Maheekats RELEASE: Songs From The Woods RELEASE DATE: 26/05/16 RECORD COMPANY: Unsigned What do you get when you mix smooth soundscapes ..
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Highlight: Black Surf – ‘Sink’
For the lead single from an EP called ‘Let’s Pretend It’s Summer’, I’m pretty sure Black Surf couldn’t’ve ..
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TURMOIL Demo Tape (1990)
1. Brutal Agony2. Infernal Psychosis3. Judgement4. Worthless Soul This band was from the Bay Area and was originally called Apocalyptic ..
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GRRL003: media whitewashing and the New York music scene featuring Nina Herrera Merkur of My Own Confusion
About the Episode For episode 3, Nina of the bicoastal punk band My Own Confusion joined me over Skype to talk about the perils of gentrification, ..
9 years ago
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No Comment
No Comment were a four-piece powerviolence band from North Hollywood, California that were around from 1987 to 1993. They are considered ..