Over the course of 14 days, I got to see a lot of flat lands, deserts, and highways. Due to snow, and road closures, a lot of the scenery I had already seen on previous days. While seeing 7 states in 14 days was fun. I couldn’t help but think to myself (and...Continue Reading

Having already seen The Hundred Days and The Limousines, I arrived at The Independent earlier than usual to catch the opening band, A B & The Sea. A B & The Sea play catchy surf rock and they look damn good doing it! The San Francisco 5-piece asserts influences such as The Beach Boys and...Continue Reading

While on tour with I The Mighty, we visited a lot of states I never thought I would see. Never really wanted to see… but I learned a valuable lesson: When I told my friends I was going to Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska… I got the same response from a lot of them: (Sarcastic...Continue Reading

I love getting photos of drummers… but sitting in the dark 10 feet behind the lead singer makes getting a good shot really hard!!! A couple of months ago I purchased a GoPro camera to capture my notes at SF MusicTech. My friends made fun of me for using an HD camera (which is normally...Continue Reading

As I wake up on the floor of a random house in Spokane… I started thinking to myself how “rock & roll” this is!!! Last night we played a show at The Kave in Spokane. We had not scheduled a place to sleep after the Spokane show and before our 8-hour drive to the Seattle...Continue Reading

The Kave hosted Ongoing Concept, Doc Holiday, A Lot Like Birds & I The Mighty in Spokane, Washington last night. Spokane is the 3rd stop on our 7 state tour. We have had the opportunity to meet some really awesome local bands while touring through some really cool cities. It has been exciting to meet new...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago a friend put me onto I The Mighty, a Californian progressive/alternative rock band in the same vein as Circa Survive and Saosin. I initially assumed the band must be based out of LA as many other up and coming alternative rock bands are. It was refreshing to find that the four-piece...Continue Reading

[MAGGIE_ GUEVARA]:   “Tell me the story of how OVER THE FALLS came to be! Were you guys all friends before you formed the band? Did you all grow up together?” [Bret Fontaine _ Guitar, Vocals]: “Actually, we’re all from different parts of NorCal. I moved up to Santa Rosa in 2001 and was in a...Continue Reading

It’s every young aspiring musician’s dream to get signed to a major label and make records for the rest of their life–at least it used to be. However, most will never get there. People give up hope, they get beaten down by the music business, their songs or haircut don’t fit the times, no one...Continue Reading

Earth Snake prepares to release its newest album, The Knowing Experiment, on January 13th, 2012. The sounds of Earth Snake are progressive and in your face.  The mastermind behind all of the music is one person named Ed Stanley.  All of the instruments in his music are written and performed by him. Some of his songs are easily the...Continue Reading

Last night was my first Popscene experience and the indie club night certainly lived up to its reputation of fast times, good bands and lots of dancing. Indie pop darlings, The Frail started the night off right with a tight set played to a growing crowd. Vocalist, Daniel Lannon spent most of his time between...Continue Reading

Pictures In Sound are a progressive rock/experimental four-piece band based out of Los Angeles, California. The band released their self-titled EP online in October and have since been featured on Breakthruradio.com The 6 track EP was self-recorded and produced in the band’s rehearsal space with help from engineer Andrew Maltese of Speakeasy Studios. The EP...Continue Reading