Email Author TAYLOR HAMBY

2012 Stories by TAYLOR HAMBY

• Why So Nervous?

  published May 24, 2012

  It's summer. You can stay out later, get hammered, and sleep in without worrying about having to endure your first class of the day with a... More >>

• Record Store Day: Good for Only a Few Stores?

  published April 19, 2012

  "Before we got involved, it was dead," Michael Kurtz says. "We reinvented the vinyl industry." Record Store Day, of which he is co-founder and... More >>

• Black Vinyl Limited Is Spun Out

  published February 16, 2012

  You need to do two out of three things to be on John Lucero and Drak's new record label: You have to drink or skateboard or be punk rock.... More >>

• Zappa Plays Zappa

  published February 9, 2012

  The life of a famous musician's child is an odd one. You're rich, famous by association, and always in a shadow. What happens when your father is... More >>

• Where's the Band?

  published February 2, 2012

  Fans have practically begged Dustin Kensrue of Thrice for a follow-up to his 2007 debut solo album, Please Come Home. It's seriously that good.... More >>

• Cadillac Tramps

  published January 19, 2012

  Legal problems, drug problems, health problems—the Cadillac Tramps have seen it all yet they're still up-and-shit-kicking. The OC... More >>

• Bands That Should Be Huge in 2012

  published January 12, 2012

  Who will be 2012's Young the Giant? There's no denying the Irvine band formerly known as the Jakes had a stellar 2011, playing... More >>

• Belgian Classics

  published January 12, 2012

  Belgians do three things well: chocolate, beer and lace. Indeed—Belgians are the OGs of fine beer. Even their monks brew some of the world's... More >>

• Shen Yun

  published January 5, 2012

  Boo on Communism. The Communist Party of China flushed 5,000-plus years of Confucius-isms, Taoist musings and Chinese historical relics down the... More >>