Email Author ERIN DEWITT

2008 Stories by ERIN DEWITT

• Cool Kids

  published June 12, 2008

  probably the most logical tactic to milk every last cent they can from the tweeny-bopper phenomenon that is High School Musical , the... More >>

• Painted Faces

  published June 5, 2008

  Did you go to Glam last week, only to find an empty venue where masses of scantily-clad barely legals once writhed and freaked without abandon?... More >>

• Spring Fever

  published May 29, 2008

  Heralded by The New York Times as being just as important "to the 20th century as Beethoven's Ninth is to the 19th," Stravinsky's unique... More >>

• For the Birds

  published May 22, 2008

  There's something about middle-aged white guys and country music that just goes together as naturally as Makers Mark and American Spirits. Oh,... More >>

• [Locals Only] A Kiss Could Be Deadly

  published April 17, 2008

  Flowing in the vein of the Sounds, Shiny Toy Guns and the Lovemakers, Huntington Beach-based quintet A Kiss Could Be Deadly (AKCBD) target the... More >>

• [Locals Only] Crystal Antlers

  published April 10, 2008

  Long Beach's Crystal Antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible build-up of noise and melody that so many others have tried to... More >>

• [Locals Only] Paperplanes, Rhinestone Republic (Cougar Trap)

  published March 27, 2008

  Being the ethical and fair music critics we are at the Weekly, it'd be unjust to place any presumptions on a band we've glowingly... More >>

• Time Warp

  published March 27, 2008

  What do you do if your band hasn't had a hit in, say, two decades? And what happens if you're still hanging onto those glory days when Spandex... More >>

• Mummy’s the Word

  published March 27, 2008

  Celebrating the end of the Bowers' intriguing exhibit "Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt," the museum will host a decadent... More >>

• O Canada

  published March 20, 2008

  There's something enticing about the Canadian music scene right now. Leading the pack of innovative sound machines such as the Stills, Plants... More >>

• Beat Happening

  published March 13, 2008

  Hearing a name like Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, an unsuspecting schmo might guess they were a classic-rock band from, say, 1972? This... More >>

• [Locals Only] Vendetta Valentine, There's Nothing Safe

  published February 28, 2008

  Without any label support, Santa Ana-based Vendetta Valentine are enjoying airplay on KROQ and are being wooed by MTV, whose representatives... More >>

• Holla, We Want Pre-nup!

  published February 7, 2008

  THE RITZ Listen up, ladies: The Ritz isn't some elementary, basal place for beginning gold diggers, nor is it for silly... More >>

• [Locals Only] Inkblots

  published January 31, 2008

  They did the LA thing for a while, but rock quartet the Inkblots have come to their senses and back to Santa Ana to play a chain of Orange... More >>

• [locals only] Fuji Minx

  published January 24, 2008

  Misfits individually yet a skilled assemblage together, members of Fuji Minx traveled the globe in search of an outlet to express their... More >>

• Songs He Sings

  published January 10, 2008

  If you've never heard of Matt Costa, then you've probably been living under a rock . . . in Riverside. With unforgettably upbeat and quirky... More >>

• Call in Sick

  published January 10, 2008

  Isn't Sunday supposed to be a day of rest? With so many bands, DJs and people who don't have work on Monday (or at least not too early on... More >>

• Spirit Tuesdays

  published January 10, 2008

  With the recent departure of the almost-totally sucessful Spin Tuesdays at the Block of Orange (seems that the venue, Lucky Strike, was lacking... More >>

• Bunburying

  published January 10, 2008

  Since debuting at London's St. James Theatre on Valentine's Day in 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest has proved to be one of those rare... More >>

• Venom, Venom

  published January 10, 2008

  Since Cobra Starship's 2006 breakout hit "Snakes On a Plane" for the film of the same name proved to be the only decent thing about that movie,... More >>

• Rock of Love

  published January 10, 2008

  Square cut or pear shape, these rocks don't lose their shape! Diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend but a key facet to any serious gem... More >>