The Blank Minds are a local rock/ska/pop band from Los Angeles. Combining funky bass lines, passionate vocals, catchy guitar riffs, and groove driven drum beats, The Blank Minds provide an up-beat, alternative pop/ska/rock music experience. Composed of 4 music-obsessed, hard-working, 18-year olds, The Blank Minds are trying to make waves through the local music scene in […]

This past Sunday Nothing and Souvenirs took advantage of their night off of their current tour with AFI and treated Fullerton’s Slide Bar with a FREE SHOW. Opening the night was Open Door Records’ and Socal Natives Modern Color. Enjoy the coverage below:

The news broke the other day about an emo music festival to be held in Santa Ana California featuring Morrissey, Descendents, AFI and tons more. Many thought this horribly designed flier to be a joke and deemed it “too good to be true”.  Some have gone as far as saying this lineup is so good they […]

We are proud to bring you an exclusive stream of “The Grandest Slams” – the debut album by Boise ID’s baseball-themed punk rockers, Urban Outfielders! The album comes out this Friday via Hidden Home/Ronald Records and the band will be celebrating with a show – er, game – at the Olympic Venue in downtown Boise the same […]

Last month I was given the opportunity to go on tour with In Her Own Words  and sell merchandise. I’ve known the boys in IHOW for quite a while now, but I never spent 7 consecutive days with them. Here are 3 reasons I learned while on tour for why you should listen to In Her […]

  Iris Jupiter is Orange County’s newer sad-boy-power-pop-shoegaze? group and their 2017 West Coast Tour kicks off on New Year’s Day. Supporting the release of their Self Titled album through Open Door Records, the band is touring cities to Bellingham, WA and back home before the official release date on January 13th. SHEER, NOYES and BLIVET […]

I have been very busy editing a documentary about going to mars called The Mars Generation.   This is my top 10 list. Jeff Rosenstock – Worry. (Best Overall Record) A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Best Non-Punk Record) Beyoncé – Lemonade (Best Visual Record) Kendrick Lamar […]

On the first Tuesday of every month, The Echo in Los Angeles hosts an alternative event called Emo Nite, but you probably already knew that. This week, I was invited by Such A Mess to shoot them headline the night. Here is their opening song of the night