Get to Know Maru
What happens when you mix two of the music scene’s brightest young bands? In this case, a throwback to all that was good about ‘90s alt-rock.
Year: 2014
The Music Issue
Get to know 14 of Santa Barbara’s brightest new musical acts.
Get to Know Afishnsea the Moon
Prepare to groove long and hard with these Carpinteria retro-rockers, who are trance-channeling Cream for the next generation.
Get to Know Derek Jennings
Brazen heart-on-your-sleeve lyricism is just one of the reasons we fell hard for this Ventura County singer-songwriter.
Pacific Haze
From Jerry Garcia to Gregg Allman, this Carp quintet is worshiping at the altar of the blues rock heroes.
Who’s Smoking Loco Weed?
Anti-Measure P propaganda’s predictions are pretty preposterous.
Get to Know Lucy Langlas
There’s an ineffable quality to Lucy Langlas’ folky finger-plucked guitars and sweetly timid deliveries.
Why Dudley Is ‘No’ on 47
Santa Barbara DA bucks liberal reformers on prison measure, as Brown battles diaper dads.
Leslie Westbrook
Author and radio producer Leslie Westbrook said she was “surprised and pretty darn excited” when she learned she’d won a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
Get to Know Mexico City Blondes
Allie Thompson’s woozy vocals prove to be the perfect foil for shimmering keyboards and funk-tinged guitar work.
