Devo, Descendents, Stars head North by Northeast 2011

By Derek Staples on April 20th, 2011

Canada’s answer to SXSW.

South by Southwest 2011 adds Widespread Panic, Black Lips, Okkervil River

By Alex Young on February 3rd, 2011

Wavves, Kylesa, Times New Viking, and 1400 others, too.

CMJ Music Marathon 2010 drops second round of names

By Chris Coplan on September 22nd, 2010

CMJ = Carpal tunnel Music Jam.

South by Southwest 2010 adds anyone and everyone!

By Alex Young on January 8th, 2010

The Magic Numbers, Alberta Cross, The xx, Rhymefest, Efterklang, Califone, and more! Many many more!

Climbing Tape Deck Mountain

By Chris Coplan on September 7th, 2009

Put on your best hiking boots and get ready to weather the treacherous sonic terrains of San Diego-based Tape Deck Mountain’s debut album. The brainchild of San Diego native Travis Trevisan, the effort, titled Ghost, is the band’s cleverly crafted premiere of its full-length mid-fi noise. To elaborate, the LP gives equal playing ground to [...]