This Isn’t Any Summer of ’69
On a rainy Monday night, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals played to a nearly full Arlington Theatre audience. Ryan Adams amazed the audience with his attitude toward his own problems and his personal thou...
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On a rainy Monday night, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals played to a nearly full Arlington Theatre audience. Ryan Adams amazed the audience with his attitude toward his own problems and his personal thou...
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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is currently displaying "Everyday Luxury: Chinese Silks of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)."
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After some discussion with my friends, it occurred to me it's tough to be a Canadian in an American institution.
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With all the new rock bands, indie bands, small rap groups, etc., it is hard to find a band to really like and follow.
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Final Fantasy consists of Owen Pallett, who adopted the name from the video game and has yet to have a copyright lawsuit on his hands.
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In the words of Reel Big Fish, "radio plays what they want you to hear / they tell me it's cool but I just don't believe it." Well in the case of many, they want to believe. Most people that live in I...
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Mickey Avalon, who describes himself as "the illest motherfucker from here to Vietnam," performed to a sold-out crowd at Velvet Jones on April 4. Young, up-and-coming rap sensation Shwayze proved that...
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Modest Mouse's newest album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, is one of those albums that inspires love and hatred at the same time.
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Sharing a name with Tom Kennedy Toole's novel, Neon Bible falls short of its predecessor Funeral, featuring more abrasive lyrics and a rather disappointing experimentation with new sounds.
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Bloc Party's new album, A Weekend in the City, is an overproduced attempt at becoming something more than Silent Alarm.
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Lets face it: It is nearly impossible to find small-label music in any big-name record stores.
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Mirah - a talented acoustic folk artist on the rise - played at UCSB's very own Hub on Feb. 11, serenading the crowd of roughly 400 people with her uniquely soulful lyrics.
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