Subject: Mika Miko

• Butt Rockin' Boat Ride on 02/08

  Long Beacher Jeff Phifer reviews Friday's Friendly Neighbors, Ashtray Babies, Vomit Bomb & Bad Parents show at Alamitos Harbor. Also see Fever Dragon's fabulous photos. There is a new band night in Long Beach called the Butt Rockin' Boat Ride and it's harder and faster than any other night! This baby is leagues ahead of any other venue on the mainland and Friday's “punk rock night” is not to be missed. I can't imagine what people walking by must think when they see a bunch of young punks ha

  February 11, 2008

• Win Tickets for YACHT and Mika Miko at OCPAC

  Quirky Portland electro-pop thrillers YACHT and spunky LA punk funsters Mika Miko are playing Samueli Theater at the Orange County Performing Arts Center Thursday June 26, and we have two tickets to give away. First person to comment to this post will win them. Here's a video of YACHT's “I Luv a Computer” to whet your appetite.

  June 25, 2008

• Last Night: Yacht @ OCPAC

  Last Night: Yacht at the Samueli Theater on June 26, 2008 Better Than: Playing Dance Dance Revolution and it burns more calories then Wii Fit. Download: See A Penny (Pick It Up) from their album I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. Is it art? Is it electro? Is it electro art? I'm not quite sure, but I do know that last night was an infectious dance party in the form of Yacht sailed into the Samueli Theater with support from Mika Miko. Club soda, red telephone microphone, beach ball, saxoph

  June 27, 2008

• We Have the Van

  June 23, 2005

• soundDowntown Set Times Announced

  soundDowntown is almost here - as in, tomorrow. If you haven't yet read Chris Ziegler's article on how the event came together, why here it is! Even better, full set times have been posted on the official Web site, and we've got them after the cut. "DJ Pubes" is performing, so I'll recommend him most highly of all.

  November 14, 2008

• First Crop of SXSW Acts Announced, OC/LB Bands Conspicuously Absent

  A certain music festival and conference held annually in the sleepy hamburg of Austin, Texas announced their initial slate of performers this year, and there's not an Orange County or Long Beach band among them. We had several acts in last fall's CMJ Music Marathon, so this is kind of a bummer. Keep in mind, though, that they only announced a little under 140 bands (I counted!) today, and there are plenty more to come--South by Southwest usually hosts about 10 times that.As usual, it looks to be

  January 8, 2009

• Eclectic Music Company strikes again!

  No one does weird ambient sounds quite like the folks running Eclectic Music Company. We don't give them enough credit for that on this blog. But they're probably too "underground" to care anyway, so I think it evens out. But once a month, inside the dark reaches of the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, swells of synthesizer bliss, dissonant guitar and mechanical-sounding V-drums rattle the art on the walls. Putting together a string of avant garde noise rock acts from OC and beyond is

  March 26, 2009

• Sea Legs

  June 19, 2008

• Live Review

  Fast Times
  Lifetime with Mika Miko and Shook Ones
  Chain Reaction, Anaheim

  February 22, 2007

• Excessive Punctuation Marks

  Gravy Train!!!!

  July 26, 2007

• Bumping Your Noggin

  The Blood Brothers

  April 19, 2007

• Screw the Industry Weasels

  Think small (bands) and youll have a good time at SXSW

  March 15, 2007

• The Feminine Mystique

  How Mika Miko carve out their pony thrash

  February 15, 2007

• This Is the Voice

  The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight

  September 28, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 25, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 18, 2006

• Live Previews

  January 6, 2005

• Zulu Spelled Backward

  November 11, 2004

• Tough Choices: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera vs. Crystal Antlers, Mika Miko and Audacity

  ​Sure, at first glance, these shows tonight don't appear to have a lot in common with each other. And uh, well, maybe they don't. But they both have strong local ties, which is potentially the most important thing.

  July 29, 2009

• Long Beach Bands Scheduled for Saturday's FYF Fest

  ​There's a three-day weekend coming up, y'know. (Whee!) So what better way to celebrate the day of our nation's labor to drive uptown to Chinatown and partake in some musical entertainment?This year's FYF Fest (formerly the F Yeah Fest), takes place this Saturday at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, and features not only headliners like Black Lips (who just played Detroit Bar a couple of times in the spring), hilariously off-beat Adult Swim comedy duo Tim and Eric and No Age, but also sever

  September 2, 2009

• The Burger Records Guys Are Opening a Store Full of Vinyl and Cassettes. In This Economy?

  October 1, 2009

• Fullerton's Audacity Start US Tour This Week

  ​Though Fullerton's Audacity called Orange County's music scene "a joke" in a recent interview with the District, we still heart them and their sloppy poppy ways. So it's cool to see them about to embark on a 15-date national tour, starting this Thursday in Tucson, AZ, and joined by a variety of opening acts. They're also hitting three spots in Texas, Memphis, Philly, DC, two NYC dates, Chicago and a bunch of other stops. They're going to be busy dudes! Also cool: this tour poster, lovingly re

  August 4, 2009