We were hovering near a sausage stand at Qualcomm Stadium sometime during the third quarter of the Dec. 8 San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders... More >>

The Fire Ants Human Windchime (six-song EP) Few bands plunge deeper into pits of darkness than Fountain Valley art-rock trio the Fire Ants. Their... More >>

Mary Hansen loved touring in America—which is to say she loved American thrift stores, vintage shops, antique shops and used record stores;... More >>

Photo by James Bunoan You look like an idiot when you dance. Everybody does, except for Prince. And maybe Usher. But that's okay, says Costa Mesa... More >>

Photo by James BunoanThe Sharp Ease are an apocalyptically charismatic band for these apocalyptically Republican times By Chris Ziegler The... More >>

"Starting a set with an eight-minute instrumental—no wonder people threw cups of piss at them." —Stephen Egerton, guitarist for ALL... More >>

The Red 7's are no strangers to fear and anxiety. Take this line from "Dream Girl," one of their more unsettling songs, all about a psychotic... More >>

Photo by James BunoanA 16-year-old lad walked into Out of Vogue in downtown Fullerton recently and asked the friendly man behind the counter,... More >>

So I'm sitting on my roommate's bed, wedged between a limp pile of dirty underwear and a cockeyed row of those little airplane liquor bottles,... More >>

Photo by James BunoanTalking to Kat Griffin is like talking to someone who knows assloads about something you know nothing about, unless of... More >>