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Tag: California

Fat Tony and Madeline Kenney are Chasing Beauty

Music
By Fat Tony | July 27, 2023
By Fat Tony | July 27, 2023

Fat Tony and Madeline Kenney are Chasing Beauty

The friends (and labelmates) talk LA-vs-the Bay, the natural splendor of California, their new records, and more.

On Finding a Friend Who Knows What You’re Talking About

Music
By Holiday Sidewinder | January 4, 2022
By Holiday Sidewinder | January 4, 2022

On Finding a Friend Who Knows What You’re Talking About

Pop musician Holiday Sidewinder celebrates Eve Babitz.

BarRoom Blitz: How are Free Drinks the Same as Music Business Nepotism?

Music
By Zachary Lipez | June 3, 2016
By Zachary Lipez | June 3, 2016

BarRoom Blitz: How are Free Drinks the Same as Music Business Nepotism?

Musician/bartender Zachary Lipez probably won’t give you a free beer, but he might play your band at his bar.

Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Jessica Pratt’s On Your Own Love Again

Music
By Carey Mercer | January 30, 2015
By Carey Mercer | January 30, 2015

Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Jessica Pratt’s On Your Own Love Again

Jessica Pratt’s second album is a total beauty. And not just because it illustrates the difference between letting yourself be and capital-B Being.

Harper Simon Talks the Growlers’ Chinese Fountain

Music
By Harper Simon | September 22, 2014
By Harper Simon | September 22, 2014

Harper Simon Talks the Growlers’ Chinese Fountain

The Growlers’ garage-psych might recall California hot rods and surfing, but it speaks to a disaffected contemporary counterculture.

Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks the Donkeys’ Ride the Black Wave

Music
By Craig Finn | June 4, 2014
By Craig Finn | June 4, 2014

Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks the Donkeys’ Ride the Black Wave

I was introduced to the Donkeys sometime around the release of their 2008 record Living on the Other Side. My friend John Darnielle told me abo

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