Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the City of Costa Mesa hosted an amazing three-day festival called, 60 & FABULOUS. Grimy Goods was there this past Saturday (June 29) for all the awesome live music action! We caught the iconic Eric Burdon & The Animals, along with Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, He’s my brother she’s my […]

Los Angeles’ fierce indie foursome The Soft Pack will be rockin’ the Echo stage on Thursday, June 27, one of only three upcoming Southern California shows.  The band released their album Strapped last year on Mexican Summer and you can scope out our review here, but don’t just stop there – shake it out with […]

Some great music events coming through Orange County of the late. Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the City of Costa Mesa is hosting a rad 3-day street festival called, 60 & FABULOUS. The three day event will take place, Friday, June 28  – 30 and will feature a killer music line-up, a classic car show — along with […]

L.A. based, indie post-punk four-piece The Soft Pack will be rocking the Echoplex on Saturday, October 20.   The Soft Pack round up the West Coast leg of their Strapped-On U.S.A. Tour on a high note, right here in L.A., in support of their September 25, 2012 album release, Strapped.  Crocodiles and Heavy Hawaii support for a night […]

Noise pop duo, Crocodiles, will be playing at the Glasshouse in Pomona this coming Friday, October 19. Touring in support of their new album “Endless Flowers“, these lo-fi guys are sure to put on an energetic show. Joining Crocodiles are fellow San Diego rockers, The Soft Pack, who are also touring in support of their […]

Strapped is an album largely compromised of past demos that stand as strong songs on their own, but suffer from zig zag tracklisting.  The Soft Pack seem undecided on whether or not to risk alienating their fans by completely abandoning their previous sound or to fully embrace their newer ventures. While it is refreshing to […]

Check out our photo gallery of day one of the Silver Lake Jubilee (Sunday, May 24). A lot of great bands up in the mix including: AV Club, Tremellow, NO, Silver Lake Contemporary Ballet with The Lonely Wild, Batwings Catwings, Eastern Conference Champions, Incan Abraham, Tearist, Abe Vigoda, Chasing Kings, Summer Twins, The Soft Pack, Gothic Tropic, Maya Jupiter, Aloe Blacc, […]

CONTEST CLOSED The FYF Christmas Party is this Saturday, December 11 at the Glasshouse & Aladdin Jr in Pomona. It’s only $12 to see a dozen bands and get your photo taken with an intoxicated Santa. But lucky for you our friends at Goldenvoice and FYF have have hooked us up with three pairs of […]

After first listen to The Soft Pack’s full-length debut, I had to double-check the release date. While they are a little late for the last garage rock movement with the likes of The Strokes and The Hives and are very late to be a part of 1960s surf-rock scene, they give a big ol’ tip […]

I remember catching the guys back in my San Diego days when they were called The Muslims. Looks like the chaps have done exceedingly well as The Soft Pack, playing shows all across the globe and touring with both the Breeders and Franz Ferdinand. The Soft Pack will release their self-titled, debut album on Kemado […]