Positively State Street
If Thursday night’s show at the Santa Barbara Bowl was any indication, regional venues, bookers, and promoters are doing a great job at ignoring a mostly untapped musical market.
Positively State Street
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Positively State Street
While Crosby, Stills & Nash and Brandi Carlile spent their recent time in Santa Barbara representin’ for the good ole U-S-of-A with their similar but divergent forays into American folk rock, last week’s offerings from Club Mercy took a decidedly different-and undeniably worldly-approach to things.
Positively State Street
BACK TO THE BEACH: Last year, twin brothers Joshua and Jeremy Pemberton, the up-and-coming masterminds behind Twiin Productions (twiinproductions.com), attempted the near impossible: throwing a one-off festival the likes of which Santa Barbara rarely sees while the Bowl season was still going strong.
Major League
Thanks in part to the fine folks at VH1-and the speed at which the industry now works-it seems that in the lone week since I’ve last written, not one, but two Santa Barbara staples have hit it big.
Flying High
For anyone who was paying attention between 2001 and 2007, it comes as no surprise that Santa Barbara’s own Tommy Cantillon has resurfaced.
Hello, Kitty
Say what you will about the venue, but the folks behind The Wildcat‘s ongoing Tuesday night music scene are sure working hard.
Open Season
With the Santa Barbara Bowl season officially off and running-and rumors of a late September Spoon stint still swirling around as of Monday-it seems that all signs are pointing to my favorite time of year.
Take Back the Nightlife
Now that the pre-Coachella indie rock influx has come and gone, it seems a good deal of our hometown heroes are crawling out of the woodwork.
Springing Forward
It seems this year Santa Barbarans finally decided to stop squabbling over whether or not their eco-conscious forefathers “invented” Earth Day, and just start enjoying it.
What’s Shakin’
I admit I tend to shy away from bands that choose to arbitrarily screw around with English-grammar constructs, but a job is a job, so I swallowed my pride and took a listen.