By Zooey Mae Diego’s Umbrella, the self-designated “Ambassadors of Gypsy Rock,” are fresh off their debut at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival. Described as a vibrant mix of Eastern European sounds and punk rock musicality, they’re bringing their uniformed goodness to towns near you to make love to your ear holes. Tyson and Ben, [...]
By Eric Wendt Any fan of punk rock could write a book about Agent Orange. For over 30 years the band has been bringing their fast, abrasive sound to eager ears the world over. Synonymous with skate and surf culture, Agent Orange’s DIY aesthetic has been aped by countless bands. And for good reason: they [...]
By Eric Wendt Goodnight Caulfield took a minute to grow on me. You can see their talent a mile away ( soaring vocals, seemingly endless melodies), but I tend to gravitate toward the face-melting side of the musical spectrum. But there’s just something about their hooky pop/rock that keeps me coming back. Maybe it’s the [...]
Since I’m sick of looking it up every time a band asks me, here is a fairly complete list of Chico’s press and radio contacts as of 4/15/09. www.Chicolist.com Chico Independent & Underground Music Scene Jason Cassidy, Arts Editor Chico News & Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928 Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2242; [...]
Luis Dubuc, the brains and brawn behind Texas’ The Secret Handshake, has been putting out some quality electronic pop-rock since about 2004, and it looks like there’s no stop to his current project anytime soon. Dubuc is just about ready to drop his latest release,y Name Up In Lights, which is set to come out [...]
Practice has gone smoothly down here in Rocktropolis, the new material is coming along nicely. Here, for your education, are some upcoming tour dates for Fortress Of Attitude‘s upcoming assault on the southwest. Upcoming Shows ( view all ) Mar 11 2009 8:00P The Good Hurt Venice, California Mar 12 2009 11:30P Hollywood Alley Mesa, [...]
Written by Dustin Bennett in November of 2008 The house was almost empty—random items strewn about, half-packed boxes and a few pieces of furniture still lingering. The setting very much fit the part of a house being moved out of. But on this particular afternoon, it also happened to be a very quiet, practical place [...]
If you’ve been hiding under a rock recently, let me give you a little insight into what’s absolutely raping the music industry at the current moment. No, this isn’t a Major v. Indie thing, it’s not about file sharing and it’s not about Chinese Democracy; it’s about the discovery of a piece of software generally [...]
Chico Punk podcast featuring Baghdad Batteries, Serfs, Shankers, Fight Music, Pintlifter
Filmed at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, as part of Guitar Magazine’s “Guitar Hero 06′ Contest”. Want more Powers? YES I DO! ABOUT: David Powers may have earned his stripes with raw guitar virtuosity – he was one of 3 finalists in Guitar Player Magazine’s “Guitar Hero 06′ competition – but impressing the [...]
