Why Devon Williams won’t give himself a break

PHOTO by EMILY ROSE
I’ve never met Devon Williams, but after just 20 minutes with him on the telephone, his earnestness is painfully (by which I mean to say commendably) clear: In these times especially it takes a measured disposition to commit oneself to ideals, and Williams seems to [...]

Thurs | Oct 2 | Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa

PHOTO by EMILY WILSON
Sparrow Love Crew could probably start a party anywhere, even in your grandparents’ living room: From the DJ’s first scratch, they’d keep the fun free-flowing until their collective wit was all rhymed out. And this is exactly what happened last Thursday at Detroit, as [...]

Schooled in Song II

Last year’s Schooled in Song benefit concert, organized by Long Beach Arts Council President Justin Hectus and held at the Carpenter Center, brought together some of the city’s most-loved musicians on stage in a living room setting to benefit arts and music programs for children in Long Beach schools. This year, the [...]

The Fling: Not the Loneliest Grapefruit

PHOTO by GREGORY J. AUNE
When we asked Long Beach foursome The Fling—Dustin and Graham Lovelis, Justin Ivey and Scotty Cantino—to share a little bit about themselves, the retro rollers (Chilton/Parsons/Lennon DNA absorbed through what must be some very ratty pairs of headphones) in turn asked their pal Bobby Double to [...]

The band’s new album Loyalty to Loyalty is out 9/23.

Rodi Delgadillo dedicates a song to you
It’s been nearly three years ago since Rodi Delgadillo and his wife left Long Beach for Japan. The Good Foot co-founder currently has a monthly night called “Grooving” at a bar in Osaka called Caliente. “The vibe is similar to the Good Foot but I play more reggae and [...]

DJ Angelina: You can take the girl out of the Good Foot–but you can’t take the Good Foot out of the Girl

After first assisting Dennis Owens behind the turntables when Good Foot DJ and partner Rodi Delgadillo moved away from Long Beach, DJ Angelina, aka Angie Lawson, was a regular DJ at the club.  In [...]

Ten years and 600 hours of dancing at the Good Foot

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
DJ Scott Weaver remembers the night six years ago when the crowd became the music. Asked to guest DJ at the Good Foot—the monthly soul club held every second Friday at Que Sera—he and fellow DJ Chris Hall had arrived at the [...]

Paul Sharar on the Replacements

FLYER by PAUL SHARRAR
I heard the Replacements’ Pleased to Meet Me for the first time in 1987. I was 14, a freshman at Miraleste High, and it would take two years for the band to catch me—to grab me and help me grow into the person I am today.
I had maybe [...]

AUGUST 28  SAMUELI THEATRE
Cheery audience sing-alongs, calls for hand clapping and impromptu choreography—bump up the set time by eight hours and this could have been a toddler bop show, the sort of thing that unbridled cynicism usually deflates but tonight was just my favorite bits of pop rock & roll, fully realized. The set began [...]