In the third installment of Cult and Culture (with a particular emphasis on culture), Justin and Luke interview musician Jung Sing (Silent, All Leather, Maniqui Lazer). Residing in Mexicali, Sing offers the insightful perspective of a Mexican citizen whose life is closely entwined with the United States- having close friends and family, visiting, and touring MORE…
Death Eyes “Si La Revancha Fuera Una Opcion” 7″ EP out today on limited edition color vinyl, limited to 200! Pick up a copy before it’s gone! Death Eyes first came to be in January of 2014, a merging of members from San Diego bands Rats Eyes and Death Crisis (hence the name) in order MORE…
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…