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LISTEN: Ian Jones Shares New Single “Rollin”

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Ian Jones, MARK LANEGAN, Mt. Rainier, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Tom Petty, Washington, Waylon Jennings

Debut full-length from Northwest Americana troubadour, Results Not Typical, due April 7th

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk Rock

WATCH: Big Stir Records Share Classic Popsicko Video

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, 2023, Big Stir Records, California, Popsicko, Santa Barbara

Limited edition vinyl of the band’s 1994 LP Off To A Bad Start available on April 28th

Folk Rock

LISTEN: Jeff Larson Sings Tim Hardin

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, California, If I Were A Carpenter, It'll Never Happen Again: A Tim Hardin Tribute, Jeff Larson, Melody Place, Reason to Believe, Tim Hardin

“If I Were A Carpenter” included on forthcoming tribute EP out March 17th

Indie Rock

LISTEN: Nadu Shares “What Kind Of Man”

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Japanese Breakfast, King Krule, Los Angeles, Nader, Nadu, Sarah Register, Snail Mail

The L.A.-based artist’s new album, 16, due out on March 3rd

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Cruising The California Coast With Glen Phillips

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments California, Compass Records, Glen Phillips, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, There Is So Much Here, Toad The Wet Sprocket

Catching up with the Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman on his latest solo journey

Punk Rock

Tijuana Panthers: Long Beach Punks Growing Old Gracefully

September 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2022, California, Chad Wachtel, Dan Michicoff, Halfway to Eighty, Innovative Leisure, interview, Long Beach, Phil Shaheen, Tijuana Panthers

The band’s new album, Halfway to Eighty, out now on Innovative Leisure

Alternative Rock Rock

Counting Crows Come Around to California With Nostalgic Butter Miracle Tour 2022

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Leena Tailor 0 Comments 2022, A Long December, Adam Duritz, Butter Miracle, Butter Miracle Tour 2022, California, Come Around, Costa Mesa, Counting Crows, Jennifer Aniston, Round Here, Tour, U.S. Tour

Adam Duritz and Co. deliver premium fan service on hit-packed set in Costa Mesa

Pop

ALBUMS: Springtime In Cinerama

April 23, 2022May 7, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, April March, California, Cinerama Dome, In Cinerama, Los Angeles, Omnivore Recordings

April March records don’t arrive as often these days as they did in the late ’90s, but the quality remains

Hip Hop Rap

WATCH: The Manifestation of Wildchild

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Big Daddy Kane, California, Fat Beats, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Guilty Simpson, Hip-hop, Lootpack, Madlib, Manifestin', Miles Brown, Murs, Omowale, Oxnard, Police Brutality, POS, Ras Kass, Sadat X, West Coast, Wildchild

The onetime Lootpack MC recounts his police brutality experience on first single off his new album Omowale

North Americana

LISTEN: Bob Sumner Romanticizes His Childhood

November 16, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Bob Sumner, California, Erik Nielsen, Joshua Hyslop, Song Premiere, Tegan & Sara

Longing for sun-baked beaches and leisurely family drives, Bob Sumner revisits a leftover from his 2019 debut long-player

Indie Rock

Miracle On 8th Street: American Music Club’s Everclear at 30

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alias Records, American Music Club, Bruce Kaplan, California, Danny Pearson, Engine, Everclear, Mark Eitzel, Mike Simms, The Restless Stranger, United Kingdom, Vudi

Beloved by rock critics and record store clerks across the land, the fifth AMC LP remains an essential listen

Pop

California Dreamin’: Van Dyke Parks On Orange Crate Art

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, California, George Gershwin, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, The Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks

An exclusive interview with the Maestro of California pop on his mid-90s masterpiece with Brian Wilson

Records Retail

Amoeba Music: America’s Biggest Independent Record Store Faces the Future

May 6, 2020August 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Amoeba Gig, Amoeba Music, Berkeley, Black Flag, Bobby Womack, California, Los Angeles, Marc Weinstein, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, record stores, Records, San Francisco, Solomon Burke, Thelma Houston, Todd Rundgren

As the embattled California chain loses its Hollywood hub, its important to remember how important this mecca is to music fans