I had a hard year. I was laid off, lost my healthcare and my dog. My wife left me and took our kids and the…
Call me old-fashioned, but I remember a time when being a gatekeeper meant something. Back in my day gatekeepers were the guards, the bouncers. As…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A new app called Sentry is being labeled as the industry’s “Indie Shazam” and is capable of identifying a song and…
You know what really pisses me off? These Johnny-Come-Latelys who show up in this fandom that me and my friends slaved over cultivating for the…
So many people around here think that the scene just appeared one day and has been magically going strong ever since. But what you have…
Local bands have always had to swim through the treacherous waters of small-town scene politics before getting their shot at performing in front of a…
Look, I know that these days everyone goes around acting like they’re President of the Sodom and Gamera fan club. I see their merch everywhere,…
We could tell the instant Jacob Spivey walked into Sunnyside Music that he didn’t know a single thing about records. Right off the bat, he…
I was at this show last night and this totally lame poser in a totally lame poser band was playing his bass with a pick!…
I am so goddamn sick of seeing fake gatekeepers on the internet telling people they aren’t real fans of something, because they are gatekeeping all…
LOS ANGELES — Recent labor statistics show the number of gatekeeper positions available in the United States dropped 30% between 2016 and 2017, and is…