Feature Photo: In Memory of Those Lost

Students Ross Hale, Mike Vos and Sean Nicholas (L-R) help to plant a liquidambar tree in Little Acorn Park as a memorial to the four people killed in last Friday night’s deadly car crash. The three were roommates of Chris Divis, a victim in the tragedy.

Film Review: “Black and White in Color”

A Mira Erdevicki documentary, it primarily takes place in the Czech Republic, where Vera Bila and her band Kale struggle to make ends meet with part-time jobs while trying to book gigs, do publicity spots and find time to rehearse.

Aceyalone | Accepted Eclectic | Project Blowed

Aceyalone exists as the greatest emcee on earth, as well as one of the most underappreciated. If you’ve ever checked for the L.A. underground, you know the stats: one-fourth of Freestyle Fellowship, head of the Project Blowed workshop and album of the same name, and lyrical author of All Balls Don’t Bounce and A Book […]

The Ataris | End is Forever | Kung Fu

I like punk rock, but any good punk ass knows there are types of the music for different moods. The Santa Barbara quartet The Ataris seems to gear their punk toward the relationship inept. The band’s latest album, End is Forever, dives headfirst into a spiral of failed love affairs, broken hearts, loneliness and teenage […]

Rainer Maria | A Better Version of Me | Polyvinyl

Intimacy is the art unique to the musical trio. Named after the famous German poet, R.M. Rilke, Rainer Maria consists of a couple plus one other guy. Arguably emo, Rainer Maria makes songs about emotions not yet given names by whoever the hell invents names for those kind of things. On “Hell and High Water” […]

Self Scientific | The Self Science | S.O.L. Musicworks

Back in 1998, when the hip hop independent 12″ trend was still relatively young, and I could afford to spend money on records I had never heard before, I came across “Return” from Self Scientific. Although it was my first listen to the group, it was its second single. What I heard sent me on […]

The Causey Way | Causey vs. Everything | Alternative Tentacles

Are reviewers somehow honor bound to play into bands’ gimmicks? It seems sycophantic to do so, which means I guess I’ll be a stick in the mud (shtick in the mud?) and declare straight off that members of Man (Or Astro-Man? – pretend space aliens) and Servotron (pretend evil robots) have combined to form a […]

Living End | Roll On | Reprise

In the tradition of other Australian bands, Living End’s second album Roll On falls short of its self-titled debut. Released back in ’97, that album went five times platinum down under and made a dent in the U.S. charts with its single “Prisoner of Society,” a pop punk crossover hit that widely received radio play. […]

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