"Record companies want bands to make the same song 12 times and call it an album," sighs Cavil At Rest singer/guitarist Taylor Rice. "I think... More >>

Drew Danburry of indie folk-rock band Drew Danburry/Fatal Fury and the Lasercats grew up in Orange County and has played more than 500 shows in... More >>

A couple of weeks ago in these pages, I declared Rx Bandits the best OC band of the last decade. Some hate mail ensued. It concerned the absence... More >>

When footage surfaced online late last month of Beyoncé's onstage tumble during the Orlando stop of her worldwide tour, most blogs and... More >>

This night clearly belonged to Slayer. But a caveat: I'm a dues-paying member of the Slayer fan club, and Marilyn Manson's songs have never done... More >>

A catfight broke out on a recent Wednesday night at Avalon Bar. One young woman talked shit to another young woman, and a beer bottle was thrown... More >>

Ron Kobayashi has managed to make a go of it as a rarity—a homegrown Orange County jazz musician. How long has the Ron Kobayashi Trio been... More >>

Growing up, Piers Brown enjoyed many "special occasions," as his artist father liked to call them. Huddled around a bonfire, the Brown family got... More >>

Sojourner is composed of three individually titled collections, one EP, a DVD, a poster and a small medallion that can be carried around by fans... More >>

Tobin Prinz can't play drums for shit and Suzi Horn's the Meg White of bass, thunking out one or two notes a song with a shaky aplomb. But that... More >>