Articles By: Jeff Vincent

Free Comic Book Day with The Do-Its

Free Comic Book Day with The Do-Its

May 3, 2013 3:19 pm

Look! Up there in the sky — it’s a bird, it’s a plane… It’s Free Comic Book Day at The Comic Bug!

Sippin’ on American Ear Whiskey with The Thirsty Crows

Sippin’ on American Ear Whiskey with The Thirsty Crows

April 25, 2013 3:01 pm

Familiar faces, new band, and a stiff glass of American Ear Whiskey… The Thirsty Crows descend upon the South Bay.

Tending to the dream in Joe Firstman’s Garden

Tending to the dream in Joe Firstman’s Garden

March 15, 2013 4:53 pm

What is it to be living the dream?

Windmills and Giants: Hang Dog Expression debut LP

Windmills and Giants: Hang Dog Expression debut LP

February 22, 2013 10:24 am

As an outsider having come to know and enjoy this band well enough to share good laughs and cold beers in between sets over the years, I’ve absorbed sufficient perspective to determine that Hang Dog Expression is a total labor of love; but with considerably less emphasis on the labor than the love.

Easy Reader & Dirty Hippie Radio present…

Easy Reader & Dirty Hippie Radio present…

February 21, 2013 5:00 pm

Easy Reader and Dirty Hippie Radio have teamed up to co-procure and co-present some local shows, beginning with a monthly gig at Saint Rocke which kicks off next Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.

Cab 20 drives to tighter sound in phase 3

Cab 20 drives to tighter sound in phase 3

February 15, 2013 4:00 pm

It’s Valentine’s Day again, and this time around let’s be sure your arsenal of love is fully equipped to knock the socks clean off that special someone.

Goodbye Richie & The 99%…and hello Hollow Legs

Goodbye Richie & The 99%…and hello Hollow Legs

February 7, 2013 3:53 pm

Even really big acts get the band name blues.

A band called Froth

A band called Froth

January 27, 2013 4:32 pm

It really began as a joke.

Dirty Hippie Radio: The 1st Annual Party with Darty

Dirty Hippie Radio: The 1st Annual Party with Darty

January 3, 2013 9:27 pm

“My mom was a pretty popular lady,” says Bubba McMacken of local punk-reggae band Special C.

Long ride atop The White Buffalo

Long ride atop The White Buffalo

December 6, 2012 3:28 pm

When Jake Smith first spoke out in song with a voice evocative of what Eddie Vedder and Richie Havens’ long lost son would sound like, little could he have foreseen the long ride he’d be taking with his new job.

Sand Section goes back to their musical roots

Sand Section goes back to their musical roots

November 26, 2012 12:52 am

Manhattan Beach’s Sand Section’s new album digs back to the band’s musical roots.

Hapa returns to Redondo Beach

Hapa returns to Redondo Beach

November 5, 2012 8:45 am

If you’ve ever listened to Hapa, considered to be the most successful group from Hawaii in recent history, you’ll have undoubtedly felt an inexplicable depth living within their music.

Sing On Leon: Leon Russell plays Hermosa Beach

Sing On Leon: Leon Russell plays Hermosa Beach

October 19, 2012 3:30 pm

You’re on stage in front of thousands of people.

Soul Kitchen to Jazz Kitchen: Robby Krieger of The Doors plays Saint Rocke

Soul Kitchen to Jazz Kitchen: Robby Krieger of The Doors plays Saint Rocke

October 12, 2012 5:36 pm

“You know that it would be untrue.

Monkish Brew Co.: Belgian by way of Scotland

Monkish Brew Co.: Belgian by way of Scotland

October 11, 2012 11:29 am

Monkish Brewing Co. is one of the newest microbreweries in Los Angeles to call the South Bay its home.