Reviews

by Jessica Nguyen On April 18th, the Electric Factory contained a crowd full of metal fans and I felt right at home as soon as I walked through the door. Three bands in front of Sevendust set the perfect tone to amp up the crowd. Stolen Babies put on an entertaining show and then Read More

Willie Nelson and Family Let’s Face The Music And Dance Reviewed by Jane Roser     Willie Nelson, the bandana-wearing, pot smoking, actor, activist, singer-songwriter rebel of outlaw country music has done it again. If you expected a twangy, whiskey-laden album of Read More

by Matt Kelchner About half way through his set, Huntington Beach native Matt Costa jumped down off the stage, guitar in hand, to join the crowd in a roaring rendition of “Ms. Magnolia”. While still playing, Costa ran upstairs to overlook the rest of his band from the balcony of Read More

Autumn Electric Make Me a Tree Reviewed by Brian Hanshaw     This album has a little bit of everything, and it has a very indie/alt rock kind of feel to it.  It sounds like something you might hear on a college radio station and the band did a very good job in composing Read More

Kid Cudi Indicud Reviewed by Evan Kramer     “Mark my words, Indicud will be the greatest album ever made. Know that I’m not lying”, Cleveland rapper, Kid Cudi, tweeted on October 2nd, 2012. Indicud was definitely one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums to Read More

D’Nero Story of a Young Boss Reviewed by Andi Bricklin Note: I may say things in this review that the artist may take as a compliment, but is not meant as such in any way possible. First, this record not only takes rap back 20 years (and not in a cool retro way like RunDMC Read More