Interview with Chris Shiflett
While most fans’ experiences with Chris Shiflett involve the guitarist rocking out with the Foo Fighters or getting his punk on with bands like No Use For A Name or Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, he’s now revealing a different side through his Chris Shiflett and the Dead Peasants solo effort, exploring his long-time [...]
Album Review: Audra Mae – The Happiest Lamb
In 1939, Judy Garland sang the subtle sounds of Oklahoma longing, while breaking golden ground in her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Nearly 70 years later, Audra Mae, a country songstress and grandniece of Garland, is following her own yellow brick road to infinite success in the field of folk and country [...]
Joe Sib’s California Calling: A Story of Growing Up Punk Rock @ Largo
While December 27th, 1981 meant little more than a day home from school for most children, in Northern California it would be the biggest day of young Joe Sib’s life. On that date Sib’s father would convince his son to spend 15 minutes inside the gates of Winchester Skate Park. The experience lead the future [...]
Mikiel’s Top 15 Albums of 2009
I usually let my great writers handle the writing on the blog while I just sit back and bring in content, but they all felt like I should be a bigger part of the blog especially when it comes to lists like these, so I decided that they were right and began my first blog [...]
The Revival Tour @ El Rey Theater
There were moments during the Revival Tour that I seriously regretted the two large waters I drank before the show. Eight uber-talented artists playing music for 4 straight hours was not something my full bladder was prepared for, but the show started with everyone performing together so they didn’t need any time between sets to [...]
