Past Stories
A New Formula
Photo by Angel Ceballos
Minus the Bear returns with a different take on its original sound
Erin Tate is the drummer for Minus the Bear, an indie-rock band from Seattle, Wash. Since the release of the band’s first album, High...
A Thing That Just Fits
Photo by Pamela Littky
Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown form one super trio
There’s not much of a chance you’re going to hear Sam Brown take the mic on a Divine Fits song anytime soon. The drummer, for…
Life’s A Risk
FIDLAR showcases its love of drugs and skating at Pappy & Harriet’s
The world of four beer-fueled musicians playing a show in the depths of the desert can be summed up by their band name; F*%k It Dog, Life’s A…
Electronic Dance Explosion
The Presets head west to kick up some heels
Sydney-based duo The Presets have returned to America to tempt dance floors and alt rock radio playlists alike with its third studio album, Pacifica. After touring for a couple years ...
Take Note
Kaki King doesn’t consider herself a “god” of any kind
Whatever you do, please don’t tell Kaki King that she’s a guitar god.
In 2006, the venerable magazine Rolling Stone gave props to the native Georgian by naming ...
Optimism at its Best
Photo by Marco Rapisarda
The Crocodiles keep the vibes positive and gear up to rock The Glass House
The video for the song “Endless Flowers” by Crocodiles is a nostalgia-drenched visual time trip into the teen idol hits of...
Variety Can Go A Long Way
Photo by Chris Crisman
Dr. Dog has evolved as music has and it’s not looking to slow down
It’s been 13 years and seven albums for retro rockers Dr. Dog, and the Philadelphia-based six-piece isn’t showing any signs of slo...
America’s Indie Darling Returns to Pomona
Jenny Lewis tells her life story and pays homage to Rilo Kiley
In 2005, a group of surgeons or rather interns lit up the small screen paving way for a hit that is now going on eight years. As the…
From East to West
Alex Brown Church tells the story of how he came to Sea Wolf
When Alex Brown Church wrapped up his time at NYU’s film school, he followed the path of aspiring filmmakers before him and headed west. Already familiar with…
Diving Back In
Photo by Corinne Buchanan
Abandoned Pools returns at the request of fans
It’s been seven years since Tommy Walter dove into making music under the name Abandoned Pools. The former Eels bassist started Abandoned Pools after l...
Born Punk, Die Punk
Photo by Daniel Pitout
For Seth Bogart, there was no question he would be in a band like Hunx and His Punx
There are many reasons why a young man in this modern era would decide to be the lead…
California Born and Raised
Photo by Jason Thrasher
For local artist David Lowery a show in the desert is like coming home
David Lowery is a successful performer who is very familiar with the business of making music and the fame and fortune that…
909 and 951 Love
Curtiss King
Noa James brings music and fashion to the IE
The IE don’t get much corporate love, so Noa James and some his friends in the 909 and 951 one are doing it for themselves.
A well-regarded underground rapper…
This Ain’t No Throwback
Photo by Tina Tyrell
Twin Shadow is a culmination of George Lewis Jr.’s many influences
George Lewis Jr. might look like Hall and Oates’ lovechild, sing with Morrissey’s hypnotic baritone and play synth-loving pop as if ...
It’s Where the Heart Is
Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom finds her way back home
Arrow, the latest album from roots rockers Heartless Bastards, starts off with a punch to the gut so beautiful, it’s completely welcome. Opener “Marathon” is...
From the Heart Not the Head
There’s no doubt about it, Saint Maybe is young but talented
Falling off the edge of a cliff is rarely ever a good thing. But in the case of Oliver Ray, you could say that painfully traversing down a Guatemalan…
Kismet Connections
Davey Warsop of Suedehead networks his way to the top
Davey Warsop believes in fate. The British bandleader who heads up mod/R&B revivalists Suedehead, named for a ’70s sect of mods who favored Northern Soul and dogtooth ...
Tree of Life
The Lunar Atlantic is all about the things that happen to you before you die
Austin White, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Lunar Atlantic, met drummer Elias Texel in the second grade, but it wasn’t until shortly after h...
Turnin‘ Up The Desert Heat
Photo by Jim Goodrich
Beachwood Sparks brings its indie roots to Pappy and Harriet’s
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Gram Parsons famously married what was then traditional, straight-forward Buck Owens-style country musi...
ReFresh Your Body and Mind…
Graphic Design by Jacob Eldred
Four years of beats from around the world and art from around the corner
Music, food, art and good vibes from all around; that is the feeling that embraces you at the Pomona Art Walk…
“An Evening” With Katy Goodman
Photo by Magda Wosinska
La Sera’s as legit as it gets
Katy Goodman’s solo project, La Sera, was something of an accident. The redheaded bassist for Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls hadn’t ever spent much time writing her...
Give Me Five
Tijuana Panthers | Photo by Jaime Shaheen
Ace Hotel teams up with Origami Vinyl for three days of summer bliss
It’s a sweltering hot day, and you’re torn: Should you spend a lazy day lounging poolside, or hitting up stores...
The Devil in the Details
Photo by Matthew Rodgers
Anthrax would love to thrash and burn—Mitt Romney!
Twenty-one years ago, Anthrax joined Slayer and Megadeth on the epic Clash of the Titans tour, an arena-filling thrash metal fest that certainly cla...
Keepin‘ It Indie
Deborah Iyall plans on selling out—venues that is
Deborah Iyall describes her own music with all the appropriate adjectives. “Poetic. Passionate. Danceable. Personal. Fearless. I’m influenced by new wave and punk . . . bu...
Mother Funker
Photo by Will Thoren
After decades of decadence, George Clinton is ready to get his groove on again
The story of George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic is populated with larger-than-life personalities, epicbattles with d...
Music for all Soundscapes
Fool’s Gold gears up for Pomona’s Second Annual Full Moon Block Party
Fool’s Gold is a Los Angeles group that combines traditional African rock and roll, modern world music and the energy of American pop to make its own a...
Pelican Might Not Nest in the IE but It Sure Does Like Coming Here
Metal, post-metal, showgaze, shoegaze metal? What? Bands are continually crossing genres and then crossing those genres. And while it makes things interesting, it’s becoming really hard to tell someone what a band sounds like...
Of Its Own Design
YACHT believes in free Wi-Fi and finding its own path through life
The nature of humanity, reality and the universe are huge themes for the average band to tackle—but nothing about Portland-based electronic duo YACHT seems at...
