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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 ...

Sleepy Sun

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

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 old KXLU compilation. ...

Tropical Popsicle

By Jacob Sprecher For the eighth largest city in the entire United States, San Diego tends to fly well under the national ...

Doooooooooog will hunt! An interview with Les Claypool

By Jacob Sprecher Of all the alternative bands to explode onto MTV and into the mainstream in the early ‘90s, you’d have ...

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 marriage. Anyone that’s ...

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. Eastern Europe, for ...

Texas

By Jacob Sprecher It’s earlier than I’d like it to be. Last night’s Terry Malts show was at Club DaDa in Dallas ...

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Music

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 ...