[TOUR TALES] Mikal Cronin’s US Tour As Told By Chad: Part 2

[TOUR TALES] Mikal Cronin’s US Tour As Told By Chad: Part 2

June 13th 2013 Suburban terrain, night sky, I am  running down the streets, jumping over fences, snarling and spitting. A passer-by appears and murder rapidly fires through my mind. He gets away, but I notice a man at a bus stop. I move slowly towards him and fire my first...
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[FOMO-GRAPHS] Jubilee Fest Day One

[FOMO-GRAPHS] Jubilee Fest Day One

Sometimes I drink so much that I give myself FOMO, because I’m like, “I was there, but I don’t remember anything. Did I miss a lot of stuff? Hello? Does anyone remember anything? Did I pee in public? Did anyone even wake up yet? Nevermind.” And then I realize that everyone was blacked out because...
[TOUR TALES] Mikal Cronin's US Tour As Told By Chad: Part 1

[TOUR TALES] Mikal Cronin’s US Tour As Told By Chad: Part 1

June 6th 2013 I wake up to a clicking that sounds as if someone is consistently cracking their knuckles. I poke my head up from my make shift pillow with rolled up towel (for extra support of course) no ones moving, no one’s cracking and I lay my head back down to immediately hear the...
[ROSES ARE RED] A Short Story/Poem Thing About Catching Up

[ROSES ARE RED] A Short Story/Poem Thing About Catching Up

Um, so, yea, as we mentioned a few weeks ago, we post poetry-type-stuff here sometimes (especially when we haven’t had the time to do a full feature and are transitioning into working from home). If you’d prefer to just read my essays about sex, relationships, and music, that’s okay too, I won’t be offended. Enjoy?...
[CULT TALK] Moses Campbell Makes Sad Songs For People Of All Ages

[CULT TALK] Moses Campbell Makes Sad Songs For People Of All Ages

(all photos by Rick Rodney) When I was in high school I started an on-going document of all of my most favorite sad songs (yes, a document, this was pre-playlists, I actually carved it into several slabs of stone and they were very heavy especially when I had to carry them to school barefoot in...
[CULT TALK] Cornered By A Drunk Girl: Isabel Talks At Peace (UK)

[CULT TALK] Cornered By A Drunk Girl: Isabel Talks At Peace (UK)

(all photos by Isabel Arcelia Trujillo) Peace (ed note: the UK one not the Vancouver one, whom we also love dearly) was the first act on the last day of Sasquatch, a 4-fucking-day-long festival. It was raining and everyone was wearing ponchos. The Canadians had gone home because they don’t celebrate Memorial Day. All of...
[FREE WEED'S FREE TEXTS] "Last Night My Pignite Evolved Into An Emboar"

[FREE WEED'S FREE TEXTS] “Last Night My Pignite Evolved Into An Emboar”

Introducing our newest column, Free Weed’s Free Texts, which was born of a text convo that I had half-asleep with Rikky Gage of White Fang/The Memories/Gnar Tapes/best jean vest game in the biz. Here’s the latest in free texts from Free Weed:  
[TRUE STORY] How Therapy Made Me Crazy

[TRUE STORY] How Therapy Made Me Crazy

At the risk of sounding dramatic (who am I kidding, I’m basically an honorary theater geek minus the billowy blouses and pirate hats), I think I’ve overdosed on therapy. As I result, I’m finding it increasingly more challenging to relate to, tolerate, or even surface-level enjoy the company of other lesser-psychoanalyzed individuals. This isn’t so...
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[CULT TALK] Tijuana Panthers Like Music, Love Bananas

(group photo by Nathaniel Wood, live photos by Rick Rodney) Here are some things you will not learn about Tijuana Panthers from this extraordinarily well-thought-out and well-executed interview: childhood friends Daniel Michicoff, Chad Wachtel, and Phil Shaheen are kind of the unicorns of garage/surf punk/whatever-the-fuck-adjective-is-hip-now scene. They are well-groomed and polite and clean-looking (I didn’t...
[BABY STEPS] How To Blend In At A Hardcore Show

[BABY STEPS] How To Blend In At A Hardcore Show

Over the weekend I flew to New York with my boyfriend, the lead singer of legendary LA hardcore band Strife, to attend a two-day festival at Webster Hall, which he was invited to be a part of. As the title of this article indicates, today’s tutorial is about how to blend in at said show...
[FREE WEED'S FREE TEXTS] "Princess Leia Worried About Han Solo"

[FREE WEED'S FREE TEXTS] “Princess Leia Worried About Han Solo”

Introducing our newest column, Free Weed’s Free Texts, which was born of a text convo that I had half-asleep with Rikky Gage of White Fang/The Memories/Gnar Tapes/best jean vest game in the biz. Here’s the first in what will hopefully be a series of many (because I’m lonely and like getting texts):     Related:...
[TY'S TUNES] Faust "The Sad Skinhead"

[TY'S TUNES] Faust “The Sad Skinhead”

“Ty’s Tunes” is our new weekly column from Ty Segall, musician, cat-father, and future President of the Universe. Each week Ty will put you on to a song you HAVE to know about to make your life feel complete (unless you’ve already heard it, in which case congratulations you’re cooler than us. Here’s a cookie)....
[TRUE STORY] I Got Dumped And Then Went To A Danny Brown Concert

[TRUE STORY] I Got Dumped And Then Went To A Danny Brown Concert

(photo by Sara Nataf) Being a girl at a Danny Brown concert is rough. The day after his show in New York, all I kept reading about was how the world was clutching its collective pearls over the crowd chanting “Suck his dick” at Kitty Pryde during her set. I was there. Let’s talk through...