The White Buffalo with Seth Pettersen Friday, January 20th - Club Mercy at the Soho Music Club - Santa Barbara, CA - $13 - 9:30 - 21+ The White Buffalo is quite possibly a legend in the making. A throwback to the time of hard touring, hard drinking artists who really lived what they sang about. Everything about him is big, from his imposing physical size to his amazing vocal range. He’s as comfortable playing in a dive bar…

So you're going to Coachella! If you're anything like me, you're probably stoked as a surfer staring at the perfect swell about seeing Radiohead live, but you're praying they don't imitate their latest release, The King of Limbs and leave the entire audience aurally blue-balled. You're searching through your Gmail contacts for that one chick who worked at the Fader or Puma or Skullcandy to try to get a +1 for that party at La Quinta where you get free…

Well, this show is already sold out, but can that really come as a surprise? The lineup is impeccably tiered: the much-acclaimed headliner Girls, who are still rather hot off their release second full length which ended up on many best of 2011 lists, preceded by quickly rising Real Estate, who are hard to google but easy on the ears, and up and coming opener King Krule, the deep-voiced crooner from south east London. Take in his accent and minimalist…

When I interviewed Bradley Carter and Sean Stentz of NO back in December, the band was still getting its bearings. The quintet had just released its debut EP, Don’t Worry, You’ll be Here Forever, and had admitted that not many people were familiar with the band—including friends and acquaintances—until right before the album release. The band had only played on legitimate show, at Silverlake’s The Satellite, and Carter spoke of hopes and dreams to tour across the country, and eventually…