Bobby Bray is a vocalist/guitarist native to San Diego, one of two members of The Locust who remained from the band’s inception in 1994 to present day, throughout the acclaim, the ire, and all the absurdity in between. Aside from establishing himself in a band named after apocalyptic insects, Bray has also played the role MORE…
Sometimes the best art holds a mirror to our ugliness—and in that ugliness we see beauty. Becky DiGiglio and Justin Pearson’s collaborative art book, Born Upside Down, pairs photography (DiGiglio’s) and caption writing (Pearson’s) to reveal the grime and rot of life in America. Flying saucers and corpse saviors are set alongside ghosted structures and MORE…
On Episode 2, Justin Pearson and Luke Henshaw talk to Sonny Kay, a multi-faceted artist whose work spans from playing music (Angelhair, The VSS) to putting music out (via his creation of GSL) to presenting/advertising music visually, creating flyers and designing album art for bands such as The Mars Volta and The Locust. The three MORE…
Beginning with a music career in San Diego which included titles of distinction such as cross-dressing dancer for Optiganally Yours, drums for Thingy, Followers, and Goblin Cock, bass for Alpha Males and, simply, “everything” in Schlag-Schlag, Brent Asbury has experience in most musical areas and genres. Since his time in California, he took up producing MORE…
August 10 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory August 11 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl August 12 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee August 14 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar & Grill August 15 Houston, TX Warehouse Live August 16 Austin, TX Emo’s August 18 Tucson, AZ The Rialto Theatre August 19 San Diego, CA The Observatory North MORE…
In the spirit of Providence, Rhode Island’s penchant for odd musical offspring, The Chinese Stars were Eric Paul, Craig Kureck, V. Von Ricci (who took over for Richard Pelletier), and Paul Vieira. Made up of members from acts such as Arab on Radar, Athletic Automaton, Mahi Mahi, and Six Finger Satellite, this band took their MORE…
Cult and Culture returns, having mutated into its first full-length form at Penguin Studios in collaboration with Luke Henshaw. Episode one of the newly structured podcast features local booking legend Tim Mays, owner of The World Famous Casbah and music promoter of over 30 years. Topics ranging from skinheads to fabric stores are covered in MORE…
DEAD CROSS RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ON AUG. 4 VIA IPECAC RECORDINGS and THREE ONE G. PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE HERE. Dead Cross, the SoCal band featuring Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk), Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox, Head Wound City) and Michael Crain (Retox, Festival of Dead Deer, Kill the Capulets) MORE…
Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Planet B have teamed up to release this free split 7”. The legendary turntablists, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, is a DJ crew currently made up of the incredibly influential artists D-Styles, Shortkut, and DJ Qbert. The trio recently released their LP, The 13th Floor, which features one of the tracks off of MORE…