In a little coffee shop on the cool side of Costa Mesa, CA, Caleb (vocals, guitar) of My Pet Saddle, his girlfriend and I sat together on a sunny Saturday afternoon. After they ordered their food, I had a little bit of time to squeeze in a few random questions before his tuna melt was
So on my search to locate another band, I was lucky enough to catch The Growlers set- and I was not the only one, it seems the majority of FYF had now gravitated toward the goth-infused surftastic tunes. The tracks had guys and dolls braving the heat and tempting sun-stroke in search of a dance
An hour into FYF- meaning two and some odd hours in or around the festival itself and Laurel and I are on our way to meet up with Will and Abe from Lower Dens (Jana Hunter, Geoff Graham, Abram Sanders, Will Adams) post their performance! We didn’t fully realize exactly how many people were indeed
Photo By Scott Bell Violent Kin (S.J. Kardash, Maygen Kardash) is back on the scene with their EP Velvet Hideout and though it keeps the elctro pop rock hybrid we know and love from their Bitter Blood CD- something changed dramatically with the new EP- reflected in their much darker tunes and tracks. I was
When I first heard Los Angeles group Gamble House’s music, I was vaguely reminded of the soft yet driving acoustic folk-pop of Grizzly Bear. But the group is so much more than just akin to an already-established band: what started as a one-man endeavor by Ben Becker (pictured third from left) has now blossomed into
So we get to FYF Fest pretty early on- determined not to miss a moment of my third straight consecutive festival weekend. Apparently we had the same mentality as virtually every other inhabitant of now sweltering sunny SoCal- because the line was endless- and that was just to get in. There I was battling tooth
Over the past few weeks, for one reason or another, I’ve delivered a series of artists who have either the prefix or surname of ‘Wolf’ to you. At least for another week, this trend continues. Brooklyn-based Jim Wolf is a different breed from the others. For starters, Wolf is a singer/songwriter whose lyrics tackle the
MeTalkPretty has a hard-edged sound and a powerhouse female vocalist to rival any rock band I know. Their debut EP “We Are Strangers” is now available on iTunes and the band will release their first full-length album this fall. Vocalist Uliana and guitarist Leon took a break from their busy schedule on the Vans Warped
I made a little star by Thee Oh Sees‘ name when making my must-see list for FYF Fest tomorrow after listening to their latest album Warm Slime. There was something about their edgy, willing-to-try-everything-yet-gloriously-well-put together sound that was incredibly appealing to me. I skimmed through 2008′s The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In
When Eric Joyce answered the door in nothing but bell bottoms and a couple necklaces- I knew this was going to be like no interview I’d conducted before. I’ve done the backstage thing, the dressing room thing, the street-side thing- and sometimes it’s just cool to kick it at the band’s makeshift L.A. home. In