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  • Album Review: Goon

    Album Review: Goon

    For Valentine’s Week, take a listen to the 47-minute sonic tragedy that is Tobias Jesso Jr’s only LP release.

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    Alex Bires

    February 15, 2022
    Album Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized
    adele, alternative, amy allen, breakup, fka twigs, florence and the machine, indie, LANY, piano, rock, shawn mendes, tobias jesso jr., valentines day, valetines
  • Album Review: Kid A Mnesia

    Album Review: Kid A Mnesia

    In combining two iconic albums into one package with a disc of bonus tracks, Radiohead give the listener a musical reissue with an artistic, unique mode of consumption.

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    Sagan Davison

    February 11, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews
    alternative, art rock, compilation, experimental, experimental rock, idm, oxford, Radiohead, reissue, rock, The Smile
  • Album Review: Mortal Glitch

    Album Review: Mortal Glitch

    With over thirty releases under his belt, percussionist Mike Kuun explores new sonic territory with his latest, a blistering 13-track, nineteen-minute effort.

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    C.S.G.

    February 9, 2022
    Mini-Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews
    2020, electronic, hip hop, industrial, mini-album, mini-LP, MLP, nah, noise, one-person band, worship gallery
  • EXCLUSIVE: Honeyboys debut album release planned

    EXCLUSIVE: Honeyboys debut album release planned

    With a key appearance already booked at May’s Shabang Festival, Honeyboys expand upon an already big 2022 with the announcement of their debut full-length.

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    Alex Bires

    February 8, 2022
    News, Release Announcements, slo
    alternative, announcement, cal poly, exclusive, honeyboys, indie, indie pop, pop, release, san luis obispo, slo
  • Live Review: Blackwater Holylight, All Them Witches

    Live Review: Blackwater Holylight, All Them Witches

    Opening for All Them Witches on their tour of the West, Portland’s Blackwater Holylight rock San Francisco’s historic Fillmore with a set that showcases their shoegaze side.

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    James Chrasta

    February 7, 2022
    Live Shows
    all them witches, blackwater holylight, blues rock, concert, doom metal, heavy metal, heavy psych, jam, jam band, live, metal, psychedelic, rock, san francisco, shoegaze, show, stoner metal, stoner rock, the fillmore
  • Album Review: A La Mar

    Album Review: A La Mar

    Drawing from a wide range of influences from South America and beyond, Colombia’s Vicente García paints a picture of loneliness on his sophomore LP.

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    Stephanie Enzminger

    February 6, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized
    2016, afrobeat, alternative, bachata, colombia, dominican republic, folk, latin, love, pop, reggae, sad, ska, spanish-language, vicente garcía, world
  • Album Review: Flight of the Conchords

    Album Review: Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchord’s eponymous debut album is comedy music for the ages. Full of hilarious jokes and eclectic musical styles, this record showed just how brilliant comedy music can be.

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    Nick

    February 5, 2022
    Album Reviews, Reviews
    2008, alternative, comedy, eponymous, flight of the conchords, folk, hiphopopotamus, indie, New Zealand, novelty, review, rhymenoceros, soundtrack
  • The Ever-Evolving SLO Music Scene: A Video Story

    The Ever-Evolving SLO Music Scene: A Video Story

    Reporter Alex Bires gathers a variety of interviews across the eclectic SLO Music Scene, digging into the most important adaptations made in response to COVID-19. (Photo credit: Andy Sherar)

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    Alex Bires

    February 4, 2022
    News, SLO Shows, Uncategorized
    cal poly, interviews, live, local, san luis obispo, shows, slo, video
  • SLO Shows: Shabang 2022 Lineup Announced

    SLO Shows: Shabang 2022 Lineup Announced

    Icons TV Girl and STRFKR christen the return of San Luis Obispo’s formerly biannual indie pop festival, set for May 13th and 14th. The lineup also features several local rock acts.

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    James Chrasta

    February 2, 2022
    News, SLO Shows, Uncategorized
    2022, central coast, college rock, dance, disco, festivals, house, indie, indie pop, indie rock, lineups, psych, psych rock, psychedelic rock, rock, san luis obispo, shabang, slo, strfkr, tv girl
  • Past Where They Paint the Houses

    Past Where They Paint the Houses

    While Tweez isn’t a classic on par with Spiderland, it still deserves to be examined and remembered. Cover photo from Touch and Go Records.

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    nick

    January 31, 2022
    Retrospectives, Uncategorized
    atomizer, Big Black, Breadcrumb Trail, Louisville, math rock, no wave, noise, noise rock, post-punk, punk, punk rock, rock, Skag Heaven, Slint, Songs About Fucking, Spiderland, Squirrel Bait, Steve Albini, Tweez, Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
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