Subject: Tom Petty

• The Wildbirds and the Growlers, Detroit Bar, August 6, 2007

  The Wildbirds With their lean, snake-hipped, bejeaned bodies, lank hair and chiseled features, the Wildbirds have the classic 1975 rock look down pat. And their music follows suit: unapologetic rock and roll that screams Ford administration Rolling Stones/Aerosmith/Tom Petty. “421” is a hit single with the right monetary elbow grease behind it; “Shake Shake” will inspire much of its titular action; country-esque yearner “Suzanna” will cause a lot of lighter launching. All told, the

  August 7, 2007

• IKEY OWENS, KEYBOARD LEGEND

  June 29, 2000

• Clubbed!

  August 7, 2003

• Tom Petty & Jackson Browne

  August 18, 2005

• The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Good Die Young" -

  December 19, 2008

• Super Bowl Partying with Colorado's Underminer

  BY REX REASONSuper Bowl. SUPER Bowl. SUPER BOWL. You can try to escape this unique and uniquely American "holiday," but even if you ignore it, it hangs in the air. Since Super Sunday was the setting when I spoke with Jeff Reese of Fort Collins, Colorado's Underminer--in town tomorrow at Alex's Bar in Long Beach--we decided to embrace it and ask Reese for semi-quarterly updates as the game unfolded. "I'm actually looking forward to watching the Boss," says Reese. "There have been some good Super

  February 3, 2009

• [Sound Guy] Extended Remix Edition! More Summer Songs from Local Peeps!

  This beach is not actually in Orange County, but it's fun to pretend.The New York Times has long held the motto "all the news that's fit to print." And you know, sometimes, even here at OC Weekly, all the news just doesn't fit.So, please to enjoy some more summer songs picked by some more local music community notables that we didn't have room for in the print version (but are still great picks!) of this week's Sound Guy, which just so happens to be currently appearing in our lovely Summer Guide

  June 4, 2009

• [CD Review] Conor Oberst, 'Conor Oberst' (Merge)

  August 28, 2008

• Get a Whiff of Matthew Sweet's Smell of Excess

  August 21, 2008

• [Sprawl of Sound] More Than Bliss: Heru John Basil, Roxy Music

  February 14, 2008

• Do Look Back

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

  January 10, 2008

• Monday - 11/26

  Rock Star Karaoke at Slidebar, Christmas Tree Lighting at South Coast Plaza

  November 22, 2007

• That 70s Week

  August 26, 1999

• Aural Reports

  Puppets of Masters: Damage Inc ride Metallica's lightning

  August 2, 2007

• 'Free Avian!'

  The Wildbirds' rugged-outdoorsmen rock is built to blast

  August 2, 2007

• Die for Famous Country Singers Oil

  August 11, 2005

• Aug. 11 - Aug. 18

  August 11, 2005

• Hits!

  August 24, 2006

• Hits!

  August 17, 2006

• Doing It to Death

  August 11, 2005

• On the Way Down

  July 21, 2005

• Get Sick, Get Well. Hang Around an Inkwell

  February 17, 2005

• Eight Days

  February 3, 2005

• Joyful Noise

  December 23, 2004

• Future Now!

  July 1, 2004

• My Duet With Lucinda Williams!

  May 27, 2004

• Hair to kill for!

  March 25, 2004

• This Is Pop

  March 4, 2004

• Respect the Rear, People!

  February 12, 2004

• Best Entertainment, Nightlife and Music

  October 30, 2003

• I Hear the Train A-Comin

  September 25, 2003

• There is Nothing New but Dylan

  July 31, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  May 1, 2003

• Stuck in the Middle With You

  April 10, 2003

• Make Love, Not War

  April 3, 2003

• We Could Be Heroes

  February 20, 2003

• Nothing to Prove

  February 13, 2003

• Sonic Splendor

  November 14, 2002

• March of the Famous Peeps!

  May 23, 2002

• The Indigent Girls

  May 2, 2002

• Sound Salvation

  March 14, 2002

• We Gotta Get Out of This Place

  June 28, 2001

• Pot (Hed)

  November 16, 2000

• Willie NileBeautiful Wreck of the WorldRiver House Records

  August 10, 2000

• Masters of Snore

  March 23, 2000

• Stormy Weather

  December 2, 1999

• Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  ​Last Night: The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; July 29, 2009.Alternative rockers The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Vedera paid a visit to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Wednesday; entertaining a sold-out crowd of teenyboppers, college kids, and post-grads (although, surprisingly, there was a strong representation from the 30 crowd).

  July 30, 2009

• Kurt Vile Follows in the Footsteps of Dylan and the Boss

  August 20, 2009

• The '59 Sound in the '09 Summer

  School's out. The sun poked through the "June gloom" yesterday. And most importantly, our 2009 Summer Guide was released this morning. It's official, summer has arrived... and while our guide has an abundance of information for making this summer the best one yet, we couldn't include everything. So without further ado, let me recommend an album that needs to be part of your summer rotation: The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem.

  June 4, 2009

• Long Beach's Eugene Owens Parties Like It's 1914

  September 24, 2009