Night owls, insomniacs and graveyard shifters of Long Beach, it’s no secret that you’re shut out of many popular establishments because of the hours you keep. Now, just because you prefer the moon to the sun, fellow nocturnals, shouldn’t mean you’re not able to grab a tasty cup of coffee or[Read More…]
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Drunk on History
The cocktail has quite the tale to tell. And what better way to hear it than over drink? Bartenders and amateur cocktail historians Damien Montanile and Chris Dion led a boozy prohibition mixology class as part of the Art Deco Festival, which was held at the Queen Mary from Sept.[Read More…]
LB Folk Revival Fest: The foot-stopping barnburner returns
The Folk Revival Festival is bringing the jangle and twang to Long Beach for a third straight year. Showcasing folk, roots and bluegrass acts, the festival has grown exponentially since 2013, according to event organizer Shea Newkirk. Last year about 3,500 people showed up and this year they’re expecting a[Read More…]
The end of fiction genres?
CSULB alumni Christopher David Rosales has released his debut novel “Silence the Bird, Silence the Keeper,” which mixer called a “communal love child of Marquez, Bolaño, and Orwell, a child who inhabits an America that resembles Pinochet’s Chile, and yet feels uncannily (and frighteningly) familiar to present day Los Angeles.”[Read More…]
Review: Beach House’s ‘Depression Cherry’
Album: “Depression Cherry” Artist: Beach House Label: Sub-Pop Records Release Date: Aug. 28, 2015 Rating: 4.5/5 The best way to listen to Beach House is at night, darting down the fast lane, with every window open. After the Baltimore duo released their fifth album on Friday, I knew what I[Read More…]
Q-and-A with poet Dominic ‘Nerd’ McDonald
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Stressed students need look no further for the top five Happy Hour spots in Long Beach
49ers, we made it. The end of the first week of school is finally upon, and it is time to celebrate. What better way to ease the stress of new classes than Happy Hour? Long Beach is a cornucopia of groovy dive bars, pubs and cocktail lounges. For those looking[Read More…]
Looking beyond Fingerprints Music
I swear it’s true: There really are record stores in Long Beach not called Fingerprints Music. Now don’t get me wrong, I love me some Fingerprints as much as the next person, but sometimes… well sometimes you need something a bit more genre specific, especially when you’ve just got to[Read More…]
‘Kala’ marks the final chapter of Trevor Hall’s three-part spiritual journey
Classes and parking and buying books and lines, lines, lines everywhere can make the first week of school the most stressful on the calendar. If you are among the 37,500 students in need of some relief, look no further. Your therapeutic music go-to has come in the form of Trevor[Read More…]
Too ‘Tongue Tied’
We were all expecting so much more. The Fratellis discography has taken a dip with their newly released “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied.” After attempting to record the album in January 2014, the band threw a white flag and asked producer Tony Hoffer, who has previously produced records for Depeche Mode,[Read More…]