Get to Know The Internet
Fuzzy power chords, sunny melodies, and lo-fi production tactics get mixed and mangled by these Santa Barbara shoegazers.
Year: 2014
City College’s Sprawling Impact
Democrats flip-flop for Measure S.
Get to Know swordthrume
Emotive, naturalistic, and evocative, swordthrume’s productions are fully capable of standing alone.
Get to Know Vamp
Dark, brooding, and eerily appealing, Vamp is making a vie for Tom Waits’ next-of-kin.
Politics and Money
Take a few minutes, and read the text of Measure P in your Voter’s Guide.
How ’bout Them Dodger Dogs?
The Dodgers are defeated, gay marriage wins, and finding hope in the craziest of places.
Los Stellarians
SA Martinez’s latest outing is breathing new life into some Cali soul’s deepest cuts.
Mångo Mångo
We fell hard for these synth-toting newcomers and their fluid mix of smooth disco and catchy dance beats.
volume 28, number 456, Oct. 9-16, 2014
13 of Santa Barbara’s Best New Bands
Get to Know The Caverns
From Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd, this young trio is making us rethink the term “cover band.”
