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The Royal Heist – Lock and Load

The Royal Heist – Lock and Load

A highly-volatile group of gentlemen from Los Angeles, The Royal Heist posses a unique swagger rarely seen in modern indie rock bands. Formed in 2005, [...]

Spider-Man Teams Up with Jedi Knights to Fight Crime

Spider-Man Teams Up with Jedi Knights to Fight Crime

The BBC reports that on Free Comic Book Day a thief attempted to steal a copy of the X-Men Omnibus (valued at about $147) from [...]

Show Review: Growing at Northern, Olympia 4/24/10
words and photos by Heather Schofner

Show Review: Growing at Northern, Olympia 4/24/10

Usually it’s necessary that I travel to Seattle or Portland to go to shows, but I found out that Growing would be stopping by during Arts Walk on their national tour. Growing actually formed in Olympia in 2003, later migrating east to Brooklyn. The band recently released their eighth album, Pumps, a sexy, throbbing affair that sounds like a couple of motherboards making sweet love to an Atari while an electric guitar plays with itself in the corner.

Declaime – Gangsta

Declaime – Gangsta

In preparation of his upcoming release, Declaime is proud to release the second leak off his album FONK, entitled “Gangsta.” True to Declaime’s self-proclaimed style, the track overflows [...]

PATCHES & GRETCHEN – Sugar Head Pie
reviewed by Ian Gollahon

PATCHES & GRETCHEN – Sugar Head Pie

Imagine a severely intoxicated young woman trying to sing along to Rancid’s “Ruby Soho.”  With a cigarette in her hand and a smile on her [...]

Premier of The Lights “New New” Music Video

Premier of The Lights “New New” Music Video

“New New” is the first single from Failed Graves, the third LP by Seattle’s The Lights, out now on Wäntage USA! The video is making [...]

Harlem – Friendly Ghost

Harlem – Friendly Ghost

Harlem are two parts Arizonian (Michael “Coomers” Coomer and Curtis O’mara) and one part North Carolinian (Jose Boyer). Harlem are currently based in Austin, Texas. With Hippies, [...]

Coliseum Heading Out on Tour This Summer

Coliseum Heading Out on Tour This Summer

Coliseum has a new record coming out on Temporary Residence this summer, and they’ll be bringing the sweet sounds of hardcore-punk across the land with [...]