.Mat Weir

Santa Cruz County natives Tegenkamp and Aaron Alden think California’s Central Coast should have its own comic con—so they started the Surf City Comic Con.

Last year Skinny Lister released their sixth studio album, Shanty Punk. It’s 11 tracks range from beautiful–like the lamentful yet inspiring “Broken, Bruised & Battered”--to the blistering like “Unto The Breach.”

What makes Militarie Gun interesting is their willingness to push the musical boundaries. While some of their songs lie within the realm of hardcore, many...

Nonprofit puts guitars in future musicians' hands

Otoboke Beaver creates tightly wound songs that blast through genres and time signatures like a tweaker shuffling Spotify. 

...they’re a massively heavy band with seriously precise musicianship ...

The Pickups’ early work is predominantly in the shoegaze category... However, with each release they branched out into other genres of music

There aren’t many bands who naturally ooze coolness quite like The Kills, the minimalist indie sleaze duo made up of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince.