Mac DeMarco pulls as many heartstrings as he bends guitar strings in his newest album “Another One,” released on Aug. 7. While his previous efforts have touched on coming-to-age themes, this album explores the myriad of emotions that accompany love. From what it’s like to be in love to what[Read More…]
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The Yeezus and Mary Chain Show
Eleven years ago, when FYF Fest started out as a small hardcore and punk festival in Echo Park, with a bill full of thrashy guttural performers such as Wires on Fire and The Mean Reds, nobody would have ever guessed F*ck Yeah Fest would one day be headlined by a[Read More…]
Let’s talk about mental health
The giant swirl of stressors facing this generation of college students, from drowning pools of student debt to the overwhelming blasts of information, is driving what Psychology Today” has declared to be a “College Student Mental Health Crisis.” Every student should be aware of the signs of mental illness and[Read More…]
Tacography of Long Beach
Diligent investigative reporting has uncovered that, as of the writing of this article, the number of taquerias in Long Beach currently stands at 47. My intentions are to review them all. Make no mistake: This isn’t one of those wimpy best-of listicles. No readers, I will be patronizing every single[Read More…]
Dispatches from the 2nd Annual Big Bites Bacon Festival
12:03 p.m.: About forty people, myself included, are penned in by stanchions, forming a zig-zag line; we’re all sweating like pigs and salivating like stray dogs outside a butcher’s window. The tantalizing scent of hot bacon is swirling around us, and just beyond the heads in front of me, I[Read More…]
Preview: FYF Fest
Folks, FYF Fest is less than three weeks away, and what better way to expend all that extra energy you’ve been saving up by watching Netflix non-stop all summer long. So wipe the drool from your mouths and sleep from your eyes and join us. Here is who the staff[Read More…]
Unforgettable ‘Amy’
On screen we watch her looking painfully nervous. Awkwardly standing in a dimly lit studio next to one of her heroes and a legendary jazz singer, we watch as she stops her side of the duet abruptly. “I’m sorry…I’m sorry,” she says to Tony Bennett like a child in trouble.[Read More…]
Run The Jewels: Re-Meowed
Cats rule the Internet, but are they taking over the music industry too? In Sept. 2014 rap duo Run The Jewels, which features Killer Mike and El-P, launched a Kickstarter campaign to remix “Run The Jewels 2” with all cat sounds. Yes, cat sounds. Beats on the tracks are expected[Read More…]
Sublime with Rome’s new album is sub-standard
So there I was again, 3 a.m. and like the chronic insomniac I am, I was prowling around my apartment, looking for something to keep me mind whirring. I was patiently awaiting the sandman, when a blast from my middle school past, “Summertime” by Sublime crackled through the speakers. Now[Read More…]
Fear the Reaper: Delirium and indigestion at the First California Hot Sauce Expo
Soon after arriving at the First Hot Sauce Expo, I’m drawn to a group of people circling a pingpong table. There, two men square off in what looks to be an innocent game of beer pong. As I get to the front, the winning shot falls in. Cheers all around.[Read More…]