Subject: Omaha

• UCI Anteaters Can't Eat Selves Out of Four-Run Hole

  OC Weekly intern David Nicolas reporting . . . UC Irvine's baseball team was enjoying a dream season. They even got to host the NCAA regional tournament leading up to the College World Series in Omaha. What could possibly go wrong?Three words: this past weekend. And three more: University of Virginia. For the first time this season, the Anteaters were shut out, sustaining a 5-0 loss Saturday at the hands and able gloves of Virginia's Cavaliers. That forced a win-or-die, Sunday double-header for

  June 1, 2009

• Rilo Kiley

  October 31, 2002

• Darn It, There are Still Some Single Gay People

  March 11, 2004

• This Hole-in-the-Wall County

  Orange Countys 74 Greatest Holes-in-the-Wall

  July 15, 2004

• Last Night: The Faint, Kool Keith, Passion Pit at Grove of Anaheim

  Last Night: The Faint, Kool Keith, Passion Pit at the Grove of Anaheim, Nov. 3, 2008. Better Than: "The Jagermeister Music Tour" with Hinder, Trapt and Revelation Theory at the Grove the night before. Well, I'm sort of guessing, but I feel pretty confident. (How great is it that those bands are sponsored by Jagermeister? Talk about knowing your audience.) Download: Any of The Faint's albums. They're all pretty sweet. When it was first announced, the idea of New York rapper Kool Keith (under

  November 4, 2008

• Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008

  Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the fact that the alb

  December 19, 2008

• Great Shakes

  Bobcat Goldthwait's back onstage, whether he likes it or not

  February 7, 2008

• A Little Bit More

  The Good Life

  October 25, 2007

• Letters

  "You had me with you until your last paragraphy where you wrote: 'His balls were much, much bigger than any of ours.' "

  October 25, 2007

• TONIGHT: Black Lips at Detroit Bar

  We've been writing a lot lately about shows that aren't happening at Detroit Bar, but hey, here's one that is! Atlanta's Black Lips, known for their raucous live shows and being kind of...gross (what with the peeing and the vomiting on stage), are playing the Costa Mesa venue tonight. $15, Omaha's Flowers Forever and Fullerton's The Living Suns open.To whet your appetite a bit, here's a rather tame video of them doing "Bad Kids." Thanks, Internet!

  April 15, 2009

• Ladytron May Be Dark and Moody, But Don't Call Them Goth

  April 23, 2009

• Kids in the Hall

  July 27, 2006

• CD Review Review

  February 23, 2006

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  August 25, 2005

• Faux-Hawk Nation!

  June 16, 2005

• Live previews

  November 4, 2004

• Live Previews

  October 28, 2004

• Skie Do

  October 30, 2003

• 'It's About Your Own Journey'

  May 15, 2003

• You Dont Know

  December 19, 2002

• Barrels of Fun!

  October 10, 2002

• No Escape

  May 30, 2002

• New Music

  May 30, 2002

• Wings of Desire

  August 30, 2001

• Johnny Jones

  August 16, 2001

• Going Ballistic

  March 15, 2001

• A Love/Hate Thing

  September 16, 1999

• The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan

  October 24, 1996

• Slideshows: The Faint and Ladytron at the Grove of Anaheim, Protest the Hero at Chain Reaction

  How was your weekend? Really? To shreds, you say? Well, us, we took in some shows, like the Faint (from Omaha!) and Ladytron (from Britain!) at the Grove of Anaheim on Saturday night (read Ned Raggett's interview with Ladytron here) and Canadian prog metal dudes Protest the Hero at Chain Reaction on Sunday.If, however, you're somehow still skeptical and are looking for photographic evidence that we were, indeed, at these shows, well, we've got that covered, weirdo: look at Fever Dragon's Ladytro

  April 27, 2009

• ALSO TONIGHT: Brimstone Howl at Avalon Bar in Costa Mesa

  DJ Oldboy usually brings a band with him to his regular Thursday night gigs at Avalon in Costa Mesa, but typically someone from the local scene. Tonight, it's Omaha blues-rockers Brimstone Howl, one of Oldboy's personal favorite bands. As he says, "Shit like this never happens to me, but I guess pushing yourself and diggin' through the trenches gets you somewhere." Apparently, they're going to be recording at The Distillery Studio in Costa Mesa soon, so it's sort of a "welcome to OC for a little

  April 23, 2009

• Folk Duo Azure Ray Hold On to Their Once-Dormant Partnership

  July 16, 2009

• Saturday Night: Azure Ray, Tim Kasher, Janu and the Whalesharks at the Glass House

  Last Night: Azure Ray, Tim Kasher, Janu and the Whalesharks at the Glass House, Pomona; July 18, 2009.Better than: The quesadilla at nearby Juan Pollo (seriously, it's not very good).Snubbed song: "New Resolution," from Azure Ray's 2003 record Hold On Love.Brought back to life after nearly six years of multiple solo projects and collaborations (see Doug Wallen's article from last week's Weekly), LA-by-way-of-Omaha-by-way-of-Athens dream-pop duo Azure Ray returned to Southern California Saturday

  July 21, 2009

• Last Night: Cursive at the Glass House

  Last Night: Cursive, Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band and Box Elders at the Glass House.Better Than: Spending one more night sulking about Michael JacksonDownload: Cursive's latest album, Mama I'm Swollen (released March 10, 2009 on Saddle Creek Records)In the life of a mildly experienced music writer, Monday night concerts tend to fall into one of two categories. "A", you get to watch a band try to curb their disappointment as they emerge to an apathetic crowd of 50 in a room that holds 500 in an e

  June 30, 2009