Free Energy was a hard act to follow, but considering Mates of State have quite a few years on them, their set was less than what was expected. Continue Reading

Vans Warped Tour, the summer festival notorious for underagers who bring their parents along and, of course, mediocre pop punk. Continue Reading

Here We Go Magic's "Pigeons" is no sophomore slump: if anything it's more like an entirely new debut. Continue Reading

Heady slo-fi avant-garde art pop gone wrong, with zero consistency and zero ear appeal, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's "Before Today" is the most overrated album of the year. Continue Reading

Tokyo Police Club's "Champ" is a top contender for my album of the summer this year, and I have a feeling it may be yours too. Continue Reading

The show where everybody and their little sister is there. Walking into Shoreline Amphitheater for this year's Live 105's BFD I had the same pout as everybody else (besides the crazy FlyLeaf fans) that the lineup was less than desirable. This however, turned out to be a reasonably decent show, despite the mass amounts of hackeysack games being played (poorly) around the venue. Continue Reading

Every so often a show rolls through town that puts the entire San Francisco bay area into a frenzy. LCD Soundsystem at The Fillmore was that show. Continue Reading

It's tough to stay on top of every band all the time, fortunately for you The Owl Mag has you covered! These are the top bands you should get to know this month. Continue Reading

2010 - the year of the second album, and Miniature Tigers will be falling in line with their sophomore album. Continue Reading

The last day of Coachella is always bittersweet, with the lack of energy and dehydration everybody is laying around the grass telling all their friends how badly they don't want to go home. Continue Reading

The peak of Coachella bounded upon 75,000 attendees (about 15,000 more than previous years) as day two got underway. Continue Reading

With the 'Doe Deer' 12 inch vinyl EP release today for Record Store Day (4/17) the new Crystal Castles single from the forthcoming second self-titled album has bee released along with it. Continue Reading

The most awaited day in April has arrived- the first day of Coachella. After a sleepless night at the Filter pre-party I chose to go with the unpopular choice of going early, and good thing too considering most who showed up later got stuck in Slowchella when the fest ran out of wristbands and traffic was standstill. Continue Reading

Considering the possibility of "This Is Happening" being the last release from LCD Soundsystem, they sure as hell are going out with a bang. Continue Reading

With help from big time Grammy winning producer David Bottrill, the updated "Circa Survive" has about 15 times more depth than anything released from the band previously. Continue Reading