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Haymaker in Costa Mesa

Long Beach's Haymaker is playing the Westside Bar & Grill tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Normally I'd post this on the day of the show, but I hate last-minute notices, so don't say you didn't have ample time. Haymaker is a four-piece that plays twangy Americana rock that sometimes gets labeled alt-co ... More >>

What Is It Good for

Sandow Birk goes to war

The Cobain of His Existence

About a Son’s Director Portrays the Late Nirvana Front Man Through Other People’s Music

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Various Artists, Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Barsuk)

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just . . . old

Non-Fortunate Son:

John Fogerty should be bigger than Neil Young

I Hear the Train A-Comin

Johnny Cash, 1932-2003

Wronging Our Writes

Johnny Cash, 1932-2003

Take the Skinheads Bowling

Johnny Cash, 1932-2003

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

If its the last thing the Dibs ever do

Hits!: Second Spin's Top 10 This Week

​Top 10 selling records from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 at Second Spin in Costa Mesa. The shop specializes in a wide variety of used music and movies. And it's one of the Internet's largest buyer and seller of used CD's, DVD's, and video games. Here are the big music sellers for the past week:  1) Ph ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Cold War Kids on Friday at the Wiltern, Los Angeles

The Hype: Armed with their superb new EP, Behave Yourself, Long Beach-based Cold War Kids (featured in current OC Weekly) kicked off a short tour at the Wiltern with a highly anticipated sold out show. Hordes of fans wrapped around the LA venue, huddled together in the chilly temperatures in the ... More >>

See You At The Liquid Aloha Fest! Two Guns' Kevin Poush Is Definitely A Pineapple Pizza Man

MySpace / Jennie Warren ​To celebrate the 14th anniversary of OC Weekly's annual summer guide, we're co-hosting a party with the Kona Brewing Co. at The Strand, 500 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach on Saturday, 3 to 8 p.m. It's all ages, and free--so you have no excuse to miss it! There ... More >>

Five Ridiculous Music Lawsuits to Top David Byrne's

​ David Byrne celebrated a legal victory this week against former Florida governor Charlie Crist, who used Byrne's song Road To Nowhere in a campaign last year without permission. Along with pocketing an undisclosed sum of cash, Byrne's victory led to Crist releasing a stammering, videotaped apo ... More >>

They Will Get By: Five Questionable '80s Comebacks from '60s Artists

Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector​Rock and roll is a tough and fickle business. One minute you're on top of the world and the next you're on top of a float, blowing kisses to strangers in Branson, Missouri. In between, anything goes. Tonight, Eddie Money, a singer no stranger to the ups and downs of ... More >>