Get to know the band with a heavy sound, and even heavier themes. Taarkus is an ascending doom metal band from the L.A. area consisting of Stephanie Sallee (vocals, flute), Emma Maatman (organ, backup vocals), Zak Esparza (lead guitar), Greg Howell (guitar), Anthony Tetrow (bass), and Ricky Mendoza (drums). The sextet uses the haunting conduit of sludgy, psychedelic metal to …
Everybody get Danger (us) Grapevine’s new single “Danger (us)” offers a buoyant perspective of a tricky situation: finding yourself confusingly enamored with an unavailable stranger. The band is cognizant of its influences such as Shannon and the Clams, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Jefferson Airplane while remaining uniquely transcendent. Evocative front woman Karina Lopez (vocals) weaves a relatable narrative of …
Songs To Smash Fascism To It seems like every passing day there is something bigger and more insidious to rise up against, but really what it can be boiled down to is antisemitic, anti-black, misogynistic, xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic, white nationalist, regressive fascist politics. If you’re gonna run around punching nazis it’s best to have a great soundtrack to enhance the …
Frontwoman of Grave School & Sheer is a Badass Angel and Here’s Why Simi Valley has something in its water–perhaps literally. It was mere miles away from a massive nuclear meltdown in the late 50’s. There are allegedly still places that are not safe for humans, it’s got caves tucked away in the dried up hills in which Charles Manson …
Most of us have that one song that sends us over the edge. This is the story of one of those songs. Welcome to Noise Complaints. LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It For six years I worked at an educational non-profit, and every year we would hold a few retreats for teachers to spend several days in Long Beach, CA …
Making sonic magic through their tight knit music scene I had the pleasure of sitting down with the band Losing End of Ventura County. We sat baking in a car that could double for an oven and chatted after their practice in Simi Valley, California. Even though I came to the studio armed with a six pack, they were well ahead of …
Editor’s Note: “The Night the Starman Fell” is a tribute series compiled and edited by Music Editor, Elise Hillinger. The following is a tribute submitted by Karl Fink. CASE FILE – 1.0utside We all know by now that David Bowie has died. One could say he had predicted his own future cult status with his final work Blackstar, or perhaps …
Editor’s Note: “The Night the Starman Fell” is a tribute series compiled and edited by Music Editor, Elise Hillinger. The following are photos submitted as part of our tribute to Aladdin Sane. Mega-star(man) David Bowie was known for many talents, but the one that resonates the most was his ability to reinvent himself. He morphed from Ziggy to the Thin …
Editor’s Note: “The Night the Starman Fell” is a tribute series compiled and edited by Music Editor, Elise Hillinger. The following is a tribute submitted by Amanda Egger. While the misfits of the world mourn the loss of their hero, David Bowie, I’m still trying not to implode over losing my father 6 days before Christmas. My father was invincible. …
I sat on this piece too long. I’m sorry, but it hurt. Nary a single human living on Earth (not ruling out nearby planets) in the last half-decade has been able to get away with not having a personal relationship with David Bowie. An artist so dynamic, so profound and far-reaching, so incredibly influential, he touched countless people in as …
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