Basking in Cayucas (Great Scott 7/3)

By Neil Patch Photos by Daniel Schiffer Cayucas’ brief bio on their Secretly Canadian label page explains that the band’s name is “the monikered homage to a sleepy little seaside town in San Luis Obispo County, troche California.” “That town, discount Cayucos, cialis ” writes either Andrew or Katie The SC PR Rep, “has hardly changed […]

The Great Googa Mooga (Prospect Park 5/17 – 5/19)

By Neil Patch Photos by Daniel Schiffer While rain ultimately defeated Prospect Park’s Great Googa Mooga in its second year of existence, and it successfully demonstrated a model of how to combine a neighborhood community festival with wider regional (and perhaps national) attention. Googa Mooga bills itself as an “amusement park of food, salve drink […]

INTERVIEW: A BRIGHT CONVERSATION WITH BLEACHED

Los Angeles sister-duo Bleached have been punkin out for quite some time now, but just released their debut full-length Ride Your Heart, on April 2nd. Jennifer and Jessie Clavin dig through crates of 70’s garage rock LP’s to cut and paste and smattering of nostalgic guitar-driven influences on their new album.