Congrats are due to the Stockton’s Justin Vallesteros and Frankie Soto – also known as the indie act Craft Spells - for earning praise and recognition from online critics across the country, including Pitchfork. The Chicago-based music site, which has been credited with helping to break Modesto Mouse and Arcade Fire, featured the duo’s track “Party [...]
The L.A. indie band 100 Monkeys will perform Jan. 24 at the Plea for Peace Center in Stockton, according to promoter Middagh Goodwin. Click here for more about the show. Band members include Jackson Rathbone, an actor who “Twilight” fans may recognize as Edward’s adopted brother Jasper Hale. (Note: That information came from IMDB. I [...]
The most influential indie band to emerge from Stockton will release a best of compilation in March. “Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement” will drop March 9, according to a post on Matador Records’ blog. The post also has the cover art for the compilation, which will be a 23-track double album spanning the [...]
I had hoped, by now, to have a review of the new split seven-inch from Travis Vick and not an Airplane, “The City That Sleeps/Black Sheep.” However, when I came home from Saturday’s release party at Deva in Modesto with the album, I realized that the seven-inch adaptor for my turntable was missing. My search [...]