Brett Callwood

Nardcore and More at Alex's Bar: Nardcore, for those new to the term, simply means hardcore punk music from Oxnard, plus Silver Strand Beach and Port Huenem...

The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones) Ivan Julian gets Sticky: Former member of Richard Hell's Voidoids, Ivan Julian, told us about his l...

From Coi Leray to the Dwarves: The 138th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic mus...

From the Locust to Planet B and Back Again: Justin Pearson of the Locust, Planet B, Dead Cross and more told us about his experience on a bill with Fantomas...

Cherry Vanilla's Life of Pork and Punk: Cherry Vanilla is one of those people with a name super-familar to those close to the punk scene of the ‘70s (both in th...

Weird Sisters are Doing it for Themselves: The term “safe space” might be used as a pejorative at times – a device for mockery by the right. But fuck them, what...

TSOL and Dwarves Go Old School for New Year: There’s a punk mega-bill at the Regent, as Long Beach veterans TSOL join forces with Chicago punks the Dwarves....

Sullivan King Reigns Supreme: Electronic/metal genre-bender Sullivan King is preparing to release new album Thrones of Blood in March. This should be a big ...

Nardcore Night in Long Beach: Oxnard takes over Long Beach, as Alex’s Bar welcomes a nardcore extravaganza. There’s some debate over the legitimacy of the c...

Coi Leray Gets Wasted: Multi-platinum rapper Coi Leray has released a "R&B banger" of a single, called "Wasted." It's been another great year for Ler...