Buddy Guy The Couch House 7/25/2017 On Tuesday evening, Blues fans from throughout Orange County packed The Coach House for a chance to see Buddy Guy, one of the few remaining old guard blues legends. What many of them got was an evening full of surprises, including some old-world wisdom, a cast of new characters, […]
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OC Punks Rally to Support Gabby Gaborno at GabFest
In the last 12 months, no local punk legend has gotten more attention than Mike “Gabby” Gaborno. Unfortunately for the charismatic frontman of the Cadillac Tramps and Manic Hispanic (along with his current project, Santos Y Sinners), the attention hasn't been so much on his music as it has been on saving his life. We've […]
Foxy Shazam's Alex Nauth Talks About the Time He Found Entire Pizza in His Pants
Cincinnati's Foxy Shazam is in the middle of a busy 2012. They released their fourth LP, The Church of Rock and Roll. The glam rockers bounced around the major label circuit for years before landing on I.R.S./EMI in 2011 and are having their greatest success to date. Catching up with the band before their stop […]
Destruction Explains the Legacy of Teutonic Metal
In the early '80s, when thrash came into its own here on the West Coast with Metallica and Megadeth bearing the torch for the North American metal revolution, bands like Destruction, along with contemporaries Sodom and Kreator, were finding ways to make Black Sabbath/Judas Priest-influenced rock harder and faster in their native Germany. Dubbing themselves […]
Free Ticket Tuesday: Aziatix at the Glass House, Sashamon at the Coach House and Atomic Punks at the House of Blues Anaheim
This week we're giving away five pairs of tickets for Asian-American boy band Aziatix at the Glass House on Friday, three pairs of tickets to Hawaiian reggae star Sashamon at the Coach House on Sunday and 10 pairs of tickets for Van Halen-endorsed cover band the Atomic Punks at House of Blues Anaheim on Saturday! […]
Gregory Alan Isakov Says Horticulture is a Lot Like Songwriting
Gregory Alan Isakov is a singer-songwriter from Colorado who puts together delicate melodies that are also–at the same time!–lushly layered and well thought out. “I probably listen to too much Leonard Cohen,” Isakov says over the phone from Colorado while trying to sort out his influences. “I like jazz a lot, John Coltrane and […]
Alma Desnuda: “We're not just a band. There's something bigger that we're creating here”
The music of Alma Desnuda can most succinctly be described as “California acoustic soul,” but what the laidback San Francisco-based band really aims to play are songs that make you feel good–and maybe even do good. UC Irvine alum Paul Suhr is a founder of the cajón-tapping, bass-plucking, message-bearing quartet, which performed on the John […]
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[UPDATED: No Winners Yet!] Free Ticket Tuesday: Young Dubliners at the Coach House
Update: We don't know if you guys spaced out or what, but we haven't gotten any entries to our Young Dubliners contest; they play at the Coach House on Thursday and we're giving away five tickets! Tweet at us or comment on our Facebook page! Get your fill of St. Patrick's Day shenanigans with Celtic […]
Sean Wheeler on Being a Crybaby and How They Turned X's John Doe into a Fan
Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss represent two eras of punk rock. Schloss gained his punk success in the early stages of the Los Angeles scene as a bassist for the Circle Jerks. Wheeler is the rowdy frontman of Throw Rag, which formed in Salton Sea, California during a subsequent wave of punk in the early […]
Aimee Mann to Play Coach House (Plus: Five Best 'Portlandia' Cameos Inspired by Mann)
Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann, whose soulful piano torch songs dripped with emotion in the 1999 movie Magnolia, will be touring the West Coast this August. Her musical journey will see her playing, of all places, zoos in Seattle and Portland, but the tour will start right here at Orange County's Coach House. Mann is currently working […]
Free Ticket Tuesday Wednesday: The Dan Band and Kora
Because I was terribly ill and felt like I was close to death yesterday, it's Free Ticket Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Mostly because I couldn't let this week pass without a mention of the Dan Band, who are performing at the Grove on Saturday. We're giving away two pairs of tickets to the show that […]
Free Ticket Tuesday Friday: Old 97s and Don Carlos
Today is Friday, and we we we so excited for the weekend. To make this day even more fun fun fun fun, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to two shows on Sunday: the Old 97s at the Coach House and Don Carlos at the Galaxy (with Badfish, The Badfooters and Jah Mex […]
Free Ticket Tuesday: '90s Nostalgia for Everyone–Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Ed Kowalczyk
at the Galaxy Concert Theatre on Friday and Saturday or Ed Kowalczyk of LIVE at the Coach House tomorrow. ] Just tell us what part of the '90s you miss the most in the comments box. Leave your real name and email address, and you get a chance to win a slew of tickets!
Adam Merrin of the 88 Gives Good Advice: Stay True to Your Music, Don't Try to Fit into a Scene
You could say that the 88 is the ultimate indie pop act, a shining example of a band making a living playing shiny, happy pop music (read: no day jobs needed) without skyrocketing to fame, pandering to crowds or being a household name. They release their own albums, tour at their leisure, are full time […]
John Mayall: Blues' First Bona Fide Rock Star
At 76, blues rocker John Mayall shows no signs of slowing down. In the last year he started up a new band with guitarist Rocky Athas from Texas, Greg Rzab on bass, and drummer Jay Davenport, released his 57th album, and launched tours in both the U.S. and Europe. The era of Mayall began back […]
Five Songs That Get Comedian Heather McDonald In The Mood
Although Heather McDonald has a steady gig as a writer and producer of E!'s show Chelsea Lately (where she does a spot-on mimic of celebs such as Drew Barrymore, Celine Dion, The Kardashians, Amy Winehouse, Renee Zellweger, The Octomom, and various Real Housewives), she hasn't stopped doing stand-up comedy. She performs at the Coach House […]