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San Francisco Giants: Mid-Season Report

By Jacob Sprecher If you were trying to sum up with one word the first half of the season the 2012 San Francisco Giants, well, I’m not ...

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High Sierra Music Festival 2012

By Spencer Rouse Time to pack up your animal costumes, glitter and hula hoops and make the trek up ...

Sleepy Sun

By Jacob Sprecher Dabbling in a mixture of hard rock and psychadelia is a tenuous tightrope. The peaks are ...

I Went Down to the Place By the Sea

By Jacob Sprecher A few years ago a good friend of mine gave me any extra copy of an ...

Gipper Goes Pink

By Emerald Behrens Who wouldn't want an 18-inch pink bust of Ronald Reagan in their living room? Frank Kozik, designer ...

The American Institute of Marital Sanctity

by Jacob Sprecher I’m not really sure what to make of President Obama’s recent statement in support of same-sex ...

Allo Darlin’

By Jacob Sprecher Oh, the sweet lullabies of an English voice sung in the key of pop. Well, Elizabeth ...

Escape the Fate

By Eric Wendt Escape the Fate is a paradox. They have rabid, die-hard fans the world over, yet many ...

AWOLNATION

By Melissa Hahn With the aptitude to go viral on the Internet these days, word of mouth and YouTube ...

First Impressions of Morocco

By Jacob Sprecher Though I’ve done plenty of traveling in the past, I’ve never officially left the Western world. ...

Eligh & Amp Live

By Eric Wendt Eligh and Amp Live might just be the peanut butter and chocolate of hip hop. Both ...

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Get Smart, Stupid: Cesar Chavez Day Is No St. Pat’s

By Jacob Sprecher Last week I happened to read an extremely unfortunate opinion piece in The Orion. Titled “Sombreros, ...

Pinching A Loaf At The Bar

by Jacob Sprecher If you’ve ever been drinking at the Banshee downtown—or rather, if you’ve ever had many drinks ...

The Pawns of Comedy

By Alfredo Camacho I felt a bit foolish once the reason behind the name for the Pawns of Comedy ...

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Jane’s Addicted To Dough

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Diego’s Umbrella Could Totally Take Gogol Bordello In A Fight

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Brooke Hogan Got Naked For Her Dad’s B-Day

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Review Round-Up: Sweet and Sour Edition

Lamb of God Resolution Roadrunner Few bands, if any, match the raw intensity of Lamb of God, and their newest album, ...

A Friendly Chat With Chris Conley

By Brian Leak Chris Conley has been in the music scene since he was roughly 14 years old. As ...

The Growlers @ Origami Lounge

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Standard Fare: Out of Sight, Out of Town

Standard Fare Out of Sight, Out of Town Melodic Back for a sophomore effort after the delectable delight of 2010’s The ...

Terry Malts w/The Hambones @ Duffy’s Tavern

Wolves in the Throne Room

By Eric Wendt For people unfamiliar with Wolves in the Throne Room, diving into their oeuvre might feel kind ...

Hi-Ho! Hi-Ho! An interview with Mike Coykendall

By Jacob Sprecher Mike Coykendall is a name that very well deserves to be on the tips of Americana ...

Beats Antique

By Tommy Diestel Not familiar with Beats Antique? First of all, shame on you! Second of all, here’s a ...