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With the kind of picturesque, coastal views Southern California boasts, it’s pretty surprising that Ohana Fest remains the first and only beach-side music festival to emerge in recent memory. Placing stages and fans about as close to the water as possible without jumping on surfboards and rafts, the festival will be returning in early September […]

Social Distortion came out Sunday night to do the first of three nights at the Observatory in Orange county. They were celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of their self-titled album. People of all ages showed up from eight-year-olds to sixty-something-year olds. Mike Ness hit the stage wearing a Jerome’s boxing t-shirt, bearded and obviously fully tatted. […]

The second day of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival saw a larger turnout than on the previous day. By 3 PM, the park was packed — Saturdays always tend to me the busiest and most ambitious day for most festival-goers. Before Saturday, I thought North Carolina folk rockers The Avett Brothers weren’t festival-headlining material. It […]

Grimy Goods contributor Mark E. Ortega is embarking on a six-week music festival tour around the United States. That all begins with Shaky Knees Music Festival this weekend in Atlanta, and Mark has a preview of the festival below. Let’s face it: there are an insane amount of music festivals these days. After seeing the […]

The annual psychobilly/rockabilly music festival, Hootenanny has yet another great lineup of bands and artists featuring Social Distortion, Face to Face, Old ’97s, Murder By Death, Nashville Pussy, Phil Alvin & Exene Cervenka, Wheeler Brothers, Roger Alan Wade, Lindi Ortega, Bloodshot Bill, Gamblers Mark, The 454s, Custom Made Scare, Vinnie & the Hooligans, Not In […]

There’s a big show coming up this Saturday, Oct. 22 at Irvine Meadows / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater featuring Social Distortion, Avett Brothers, Face to Face and Suedehead. Tickets to this rockin’ event are $48 but thanks to our friends at Live Nation we have a few pairs of tickets to give away! Doors are at 6 […]