Mike Huguenor is the former frontman of Shinobu, the now defunct San Jose indie rock band with a range self-described as “simplistic to annoying.” Within the scene however, they’re considered “unsung punk rock heroes.” But if you take a look at Huguenor’s output since the band’s dispersal, it’s obvious that he’s worked…
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James Graham is not exactly holding up his role as lead singer of the Twilight Sad. The man known for songs like “And She Would Darken the Memory,” “I Became a Prostitute” and “Don’t Look at Me” sounds damned psyched on the phone as he crosses over the border from Canada into…
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A lot has happened to Derek See in the last year. It’s been about that long that since The Bang, the girl-group band he started with his partner Angeline King, broke up.
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Maybe it’s just a plot to keep American indie kids from getting even more depressed, but Scottish shoegazers the Twilight Sad had a hell of a time getting visas for their new U.S. tour, which comes to the Blank Club in San Jose on Wednesday, March 7. Things got so bad that…
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The night before Wallpaper played the Blank Club on Saturday, they were in L.A. With Wallpaper signing with Epic and on MTV, industry types are all over Ricky Reed right now. But halfway through the Blank show, he took stock of the situation and declared that “just like I knew it would,…
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It’s time to make this clear once and for all: Ricky Reed is not a joke. Ricky Reed is not a clown. Most importantly, Ricky Reed is not an act. “Ricky Reed is real.”
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Aaron Carnes on January 3, 2012
Language Arts Crew have been busy these days. Then again they are almost always busy, whether it’s live gigs, recording sessions or playing in one of their many other bands: Whiskey Avengers, Trashkannon and Insolence. To start off the new year, LAC are releasing Brand New Old Sh*t, Volume 1, a collection…
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2011 was a big year for Campbell’s Limousines. The electropop duo’s debut record, Get Sharp, was released by Dangerbird Records (home to Fitz and the Tantrums, Silversun Pickups, Ben Lee and others), they spent the summer playing festivals like Outside Lands and BFD, and, in an ironic twist, MTV played the video…
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