Collaboration is growing in power within our society. Our world is getting smaller, and we’re better off for it. We come together to provide aid to a country in desparate need, or come together to deliver or receive musical presents, which is at the heart of our humanity. It’s been less than one year since […]
Football, football, footblah. There’s certainly a buzz about Superbowl Sunday, and while we can all appreciate funny commercials (hopefully 2009 will prove to be better than past Superbowls), the thought of getting cool new clothes for free could send many hearts racing faster than a Hail Mary Pass. This Saturday there’s another party in town […]
Where did we make a wrong turn in rock ‘n’ roll where tours are now sponsored by Kellogg’s Cocoa Puffs and Giranimals? How did everything become so pretty and clean? What happened to dirt under the nails, sticky floors and cig butts in the beer? When did we experience a shift in the universe where […]
L.A.’s Silversun Pickups have been on the road for a number of weeks now, traveling the country with Viva Voce from Portland and another outfit, The Kingdom. The show Tuesday night at hi-dive makes it number 25. Only three more gigs to go before CMJ, according to Dave Dupris, their smiling, curly haired and oh-so-friendly […]
Rather than immediately immerse in the orgiastic crowd in the Hi-dive, I entered Sputnik bar first, and found co-owner Matt LaBarge polishing off a quick bite. Matt had just seen Har Mar Superstar’s sound check, and he leaned in, as if he had been made privy to a lascivious secret (I think it was so […]
