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Blogs
March 19, 2012
Burgerama This Weekend: Not Bill Murray-fied, But You Can Still Pogo Til You Puke With Wavves, OFF!, Strange Boys and More
There's a very special moment in a musical career that happens only to the luckiest and generally most righteous people--the kind of thing that confirms not only that you've arrived, but that you're headed to even better places in the future. This is called the Bill Murray moment, because it's wh ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Local Record Review: 'Spare Parts for Broken Hearts' by Spare Parts for Broken Hearts
Spare Parts for Broken HeartsSpare Parts for Broken Heartshttps://www.facebook.com/sparepartsforbrokenheartsA little late with this review, perhaps -- the EP's been out for nearly a year, for a start. But Long Beach's Spare Parts for Broken Hearts have been revving up a bit for the journey to ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Odd Future Gives Pitchfork an Interview Guaranteed to Make You Feel Old
No act since Odd Future has gotten audiences this legitimately excited--in awe of their music as well as their stage antics and Internet popularity--in a really long time. Music journalists love them because they their songs are well-crafted, flow-driven, hook-laden hits. They're incredibly prol ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
OMD's Andy McCluskey Talks About SXSW Accident
Last Friday, electro-pop duo OMD played a show at Stubbs in Austin during SXSW where a camera boom fell into the crowd. Four people were injured, but after the band was told that the injuries were minor, the band went onstage to play a shortened set. Today OMD lead singer Andy McCluskey released ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
What You Missed: Disney-Inspired Burlesque, Girl Talk, Pet Days, SXSW Round-Up, Huy Pham Vigil
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyWhoa, Tink. Whoa.Another year, another Disney-inspired burlesque show put on by Peepshow Menagerie. What year would be complete without watching Minnie Mouse strip down to her nipple tassels? Girl Talk performed at the Fox Pomona Theater, while the OC Fairgrounds in ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Missives from SXSW: Exene Cervenka (of X) Sings With Old 97s, Thinks of Japan
Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Check out her complete tour diary archive here.Raven Lo ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
The Steelwells Eliminated From the 'Choose the Cover of Rolling Stone' Contest
Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Unfortunately, The Steelwells will not get to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. The magazine today announced the eight finalists who go on to the next round: Empires, Fictionist, Lelia Broussard, Mod Sun, The Romany Rye, The Sheepdogs, Skyler Stonestreet and Tha Boo ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Missives From SXSW: Exene Cervenka (of X) Blogs On the Road
Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Read Day One here. Raven LorthosArizona!I'm in Texas ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2011
Announcing: the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 SXSW Party, With the Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf, Wild Flag, Fishbone, and More
Ian S. Port/SF WeeklyWild Flag in San Francisco last NovemberIf you're one of the lucky few heading over to Austin in three weeks, it would behoove you to make an appearance at the 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, presented in concert with Frank 151. Who's going to be there? The Wu-Tang Clan, Fi ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
The Thing About the North Park Music Thing
The thing about the North Park Music Thing, explains founder Kevin Hellman, is that he wants the two-day festival in San Diego to be as regional as SXSW. And some day, maybe bigger. "The first year it was called North by North Park, but the folks in Austin (home of SXSW) threatened to su ... More >>
Music
April 8, 2010
Local Natives: Going Places
[Coachella 2010] Buzz band soars from OC squalor to the Coachella stage, with stops in Silver Lake, Austin and the U.K.
Blogs
March 25, 2010
Watch: Local Natives Perform for Pitchfork
Pitchfork's love for OC-turned-LA quartet Local Natives has been well-documented around here. So, too, has been the clutch of local bands who ventured to Austin last week for the South by Southwest festival. Here's a late-breaking melding of those two themes: Local Natives performing in some ru ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Universal Drops CD Prices to $10, Lady Gaga Sued for $30 Million, 'Runaways' Interviews, Alex Chilton Tribute at SXSW
Will you start buying CDs again if they're priced at $10 or less? Universal Music Group hopes so.Producer, self-proclaimed ex-lover, files lawsuit against Lady Gaga for $30 million--claims he basically created the Fame Monster.
Blogs
March 11, 2010
The Like on British TV's 'Popworld'
Ask any fan of retro indie pop band the Like (the LA act featured in the recent Weekly Mental Notes column) and they'll probably have no problem telling you how irresistible they are. Even sleazy radio jocks can't get enough of them. Back in 2006, band members Elizabeth "Z" Berg, Tennessee T ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Ice Cream Man Matt Allen Okay--Baby Ice Cream Truck Not So Much
icecreamman.comThe Ice Cream Man: Matt Allen.Since 2004, Long Beach's Ice Cream Man Matt Allen has made a career of giving away ice cream for free at music events nationwide. But news of a possible Ice Cream Man benefit this April at Alex's Bar suggested an emergency meaning it's time to give som ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
Q&A: Alex Knost on Tomorrows Tulips Signs with Papermade; Future of Japanese Motors and their Unreleased Album
Costa Mesa garage rockers Japanese Motors shocked the local scene when they informed OC Weekly last Tuesday that they were ditching their Jan. 20 gig with Vice label mates the Black Lips at Detroit Bar, canceling all upcoming shows including SXSW dates and going on "indefinite hiatus." Alex Knost ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Show Announcement: Junior Brown and Cowboy Mouth, Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana
Country singer-songwriter and guitar whiz Junior Brown will share the stage with New Orleans rockers Cowboy Mouth at Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana on Friday, January 8. Brown blew me away at SXSW in 2002 when he closed a solid set at Stubb's with an amazingly medley of rock and surf covers ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2009
TONIGHT: Local Natives, The Growlers, The Union Line Invade LA
The GrowlersLos Angeles! What's with that city? It claims to be all original and shiz, but look at LA's Oh My Rockness rundown for tonight. Four shows get billing. Two of them are dominated by OC bands. That's 50%!OC in LA option one: Local Natives, The Union Line, The Outline, and We Barbarians ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2009
Guest Blogger: Sameer Gadhia of the Jakes Shares Thoughts on First Night of eVocal Residency
Keith MayEach Tuesday in May, Newport Beach's the Jakes will be playing--along with a rotating cast of bands from OC and beyond--at eVocal. And also each week this month, Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of the Jakes (pictured) will be sharing his thoughts on the shows. Here's the first installment:BY SAM ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Slideshow: Autolux at Detroit Bar
I am lame. Among the lamest, really. I didn't go to Autolux at Detroit Bar last night, even though I had been planning on it for a while. The reasons aren't that interesting (I worked late and was really sleepy--see, told you, not interesting), but at least some people were cool enough to go, like p ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2009
TONIGHT: Iglu & Hartly at Detroit Bar
Rarely do albums get savaged the way Echo Park's Iglu & Hartly's debut, & Then Boom, has. Take a look at what NME wrote, in their glowing 2/10 review:"Until then, one thing is very clear: these bare-chested electro-funksters have birthed an abomination of a debut album, informed by all the m ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2009
TONIGHT: Eugene & the 1914 at the Prospector
There's not a lot going on around town these next few days, show-wise. Is it spring fever? The fact that everybody is at SXSW? Camping out to see Duplicity (OMG! Julia Roberts Clive Owen = Adorable!)? But there are a few shows here and there worth going to, like LA's Eugene & the 1914 at the P ... More >>
Calendar
March 12, 2009
Richard Swift
There's not a lot going on around town these next few days, show-wise. Is it spring fever? The fact that everybody is at SXSW? Camping out to see Duplicity (OMG! Julia Roberts Clive Owen = Adorable!)? But there are a few shows here and there worth going to, like LA's Eugene & the 1914 at the P ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2009
OC Bands hit SXSW
For those of you with cash to burn, there is no better excuse for a pre-summer sonic excursion than the arrival of South by Southwest. The ability to stumble around the Austin bar scene with a new noise at every turn has turned this Spring music festival into the beast that it is today after 22 year ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2009
Japanese Motors, Crystal Antlers Among OC/LB Bands Playing SXSW
Today is a day to very much live in the present, what with a historic event of some kind going on in Washington DC, but since we're obstinate like that, let's look a couple months into the future--specifically March 13-17 in Austin, TX, for South by Southwest.We wrote a couple weeks back about the l ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2008
OC, LB Acts Ready to Rock NYC, CMJ
Sorry, I was trying to set a record for most abbrev. in a blog title. The schedule for NYC's CMJ Music Marathon was announced today, and Long Beach's Crystal Antlers (pictured), Costa Mesa's Japanese Motors and Laguna Beach's Donavon Frankenreiter are among the performers ready to entertain music i ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2008
The Juan Maclean at Continental Room April 10
The Bizarre Love Triangle crew has booked DFA Records producer the Juan Maclean for a DJ set at Fullerton's Continental Room Thursday April 10. This New York musician—who used to play guitar in Six Finger Satellite—has great taste as a selector, if his set at SXSW I caught in 2006 is any ind ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2008
SXSW Day 4: Seeking the Elusive Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Bizarre Love Triangle crew has booked DFA Records producer the Juan Maclean for a DJ set at Fullerton's Continental Room Thursday April 10. This New York musician—who used to play guitar in Six Finger Satellite—has great taste as a selector, if his set at SXSW I caught in 2006 is any ind ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2008
What you missed over the weekend: Part XIII
Patrick Chavis got a taste of Pinoy pop culture at UCI Friday night, where he caught Bambu, Rhythm Natives and the Fighting Cocks. Pat also ran into a tagger who dreams of letters. Read his review and see some photos here. Rich Kane spent his Saturday morning reviewing the past week in the Orange C ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2008
A Thousand Knives At Detroit 3/5
Review by Jeff Phifer A Thousand Knives is the band that you haven't heard yet, but you will. The group’s very first show in LA resulted in an offer to play a party at the prestigious South By Southwest festival this coming week. A Thousand Knives brings a new sound that captures what's happeni ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
Crystal Antlers' Van, Gear Stolen
How many times have we heard this same exact story? Too many. Rising Long Beach rock group Crystal Antlers' vehicle, containing all of their equipment, was stolen last night. This always sucks, of course, but what's worse is that Crystal Antlers are slated to play the South by Southwest fest in Au ... More >>
Columns
April 5, 2007
Letters
'How DARE you call the film phony. This is a war against the Vietnamese community. We will organize a major protest against OC Weekly'
Blogs
March 18, 2007
SXSW: OC Weekly Cover Boys dios Tear it Up
Just returned from the dios set (see Chris Ziegler's 2004 cover story here) at the Chuggin' Monkey (located a few blocks from Mooseknuckle's and Uncle Flirty's Loft...seriously). Despite undergoing some lineup changes over the past few years, the band continues to amaze me with how ferociously they ... More >>
Music
March 8, 2007
Crash Course
Asteroid #4 speed toward your stereo
Blogs
November 22, 2006
Omar in Qatar
Last year Omar Chatriwala moved from Austin, Texas to Orange County to help get Squeeze OC off the ground. Recently he decided to move again, this time from Orange County to Qatar to help get Al Jazeera's English-language channel off the ground. Chatriwala's blog, OC in OC, is among the most popular ... More >>
Music
June 22, 2006
Name Dropping
Be Your Own Pet
Music
March 23, 2006
SXSW Report
Live Reviews from Austin's annual music fest
Features
March 24, 2005
Give Him Some Water so He Wont Die
South By Southwest by OC Weekly
Culture
January 20, 2005
Where Dank Lives
ASRs little bro, Agenda, does just fine hawking board-sports gear in a chilly warehouse
Music
March 4, 2004
Hater of Love
The joy and pain of discovering Grandaddy
Music
July 10, 2003
Stay Warm
The joy and pain of discovering Grandaddy
Features
April 3, 2003
The Starvations
Punk rock parking lot
Music
March 29, 2001
Accidentally Legit
Inside Americas most ostentatious, alternative music fest
Columns
March 29, 2001
Whooooooooooooo!!
We get our ass kicked at the SXSW schmoozapalooza!
Unknown
February 22, 2001
Cashed Out
We get our ass kicked at the SXSW schmoozapalooza!
Features
September 14, 2000
Supernova
We get our ass kicked at the SXSW schmoozapalooza!
Music
April 13, 2000
Earache My Eye!
We get our ass kicked at the SXSW schmoozapalooza!
Music
March 2, 2000
DIY or Die
The BellRays maximum rock
Music
May 27, 1999
Beach Fest 99, with a whole bunch of bands and a good, bloody fistfight
The BellRays maximum rock
Music
April 15, 1999
Tramps Reunite! Life Good Again!
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