Waiting for the fall with Savage Republic

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Savage Republic came out of the tunnels in 1981, and if they had been from a city with a more established vocabulary, they would have been a no-wave band. But they were from Los Angeles—one of the proud outsider bands that took a push from punk [...]

Josh One contemplating ‘Tolerance’

PHOTO by ZACK PIANKO
Josh One moved to California as a little kid from Louisiana and found it slow right from the start: “I was like, ‘I learned this last year!’” he laughs now, remembering crash disillusionment in fourth grade. And he may well have recalled how it felt to be out front [...]

Is the Long Beach Gay Pride Parade only worth it if you’re gay?
Despite minoring in women’s studies at Cal State Long Beach and ranting feministically in the Daily Forty-Niner, it was only a few weeks ago that I had my first drink at Que Sera. Surprised? Apparently, you’re supposed to be. But although my feminism [...]

Death and distance and the Holy Kiss

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
San Francisco’s Holy Kiss are led by Leucadian singer/writer Matty Rue Morgue, who as a teenager observed through binoculars the coroner vans leaving Heaven’s Gate, and who now as a young man (in severe clothing) leading a band (also respectfully severe) finds continued and sophisticated inspiration [...]

As has been much noticed around town, Crystal Antlers had their van and its complete contents stolen after their Prospector show last Thursday (the day after their Howlin Rain show last Wednesday) and although they soldier on with borrowed or newly begged gear, the traumatic effects persist. Tonight the big-hearted folks at Que Sera will [...]

Rob Walsh drags it out to report:
An accidental afternoon nap led to me waking up and desperately pedaling down to the Que Sera to catch Wednesday night’s ’secret’ loud rock show with Howlin Rain, Crystal Antlers, the West and CB Brand. I arrived to catch the tail end of the West’s spirited but ultimately ho-hum [...]

The light pours out of Pop Noir

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
Pop Noir got prenatal chemistries cured in the purest Mancunian solution—dad Steve graphicked album covers for Joy Division and more adorably Jilted John and then transferred via ordinary respirative function the actual air particles of Manchester primetime into the most fundamental biological processes of twin sons [...]

Many thanks to Katie + Robert @ Que and Jonny from Crystal Antlers for implentmentizing circumstances encouraging this bizarrely awesome show: Howlin Rain is Ethan from Comets On Fire (greatest human rock band of the west) and Joel from Drunk Horse (also greatest human rock band) doing some Deep Purple/Doors + CCR heavy chooglin’ rock [...]

Daniel de Boom recovers from a long night and reports from Saturday night at the Prospector and beyond:
I woke this Sunday morning to find my hands and wrists smeared with blotchy ink like stamps in a passport. The original destination Saturday night was the Prospector to see the Paperplanes unveil some new tunes from their [...]