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Fading Frequencies of Three Rivers, CA: Requiem for a Half-Century of Jazz? Three Rivers, California. A pinprick on the vast map of the Golden State, a community whose population could comfortably fit within a single bustling city block. Yet, for an astonishing fifty years, this unassuming locale has served as an improbable incubator, a tenacious host to the annual JazzAffair, a vibrant, if now potentially vulnerable, tradition of sound. To […]
Rebels & Rhythms Collide: A Rockabilly Riot in Las Vegas After a week-long WrestleMania in the city of neon lights, Las Vegas is turning up the volume and not turning back as the world's largest and most electrifying Rockabilly event storms into town! Welcome to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 28, where the heart-pounding rhythms, gleaming classic cars, pin-up glamour, and vintage thrills collide for four unforgettable days. Since its […]
Riot Fest 20 Features 20 Bands Playing 20 Full Length Albums Riot Fest is about to celebrate the festival's 20th anniversary this year, 20 bands will be playing 20 full-album sets, including headliner Weezer playing the complete "Blue Album." While Riot Fest has featured full-album sets in the past, organizers said this is the most they've ever had in a single year. The full-album sets will be: Weezer: "The Blue […]
Riot Fest 20 Lineup Has Been Announced! Celebrate With Us as Racketeer Radio KFQX Gives Our Listeners A Chance to Win A Pair of Passes Celebrating two decades, Riot Fest 2025 boasts a stellar lineup, including Blink-182, Green Day, Weezer, the Sex Pistols, Alkaline Trio, The Beach Boys, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, and The Linda Lindas. This diverse roster reflects the festival's evolution from a punk-centric […]
Salt Lake City's Dry Spell Gets a Repeal Salt Lake City. A place, let's be frank, that conjures images of… well, let's just say the nightlife expectations might typically involve a vigorous game of charades followed by an early night with a lukewarm herbal infusion. One pictures a certain… orthodoxy when it comes to leisure pursuits. A landscape, shall we say, less associated with the clinking of cocktail shakers and […]
Teenage Bottlerocket Ready to Roll with New Album, Single & Label Back and Ready to Roll—literally. Teenage Bottlerocket have announced their brand-new full-length album, Ready to Roll, set to drop September 12 on Pirates Press Records. It’s the band’s first LP since 2021 and marks a fresh chapter while staying true to everything fans love about TBR: fast tempos, catchy hooks, and zero pretension. “This record came out of a […]
Remembering Wink Martindale: A Broadcast Legend & Beloved Voice of Rock'n'Roll Wink Martindale, the legendary game show host, radio personality, and our cherished voice behind History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, has passed away on April 15, 2025, in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 91. He died after a year-long battle with lymphoma, surrounded by his wife of 49 years, Sandy, and family. Born Winston Conrad Martindale on December […]
The Jack Knives Release Final Single "Kill Me First" & Gear Up for Major Tour w/ The Bouncing Souls & H2O The Jack Knives are officially charging into the spotlight with the release of their third and finalsingle, “Kill Me First,” from their forthcoming full-length album Into the Night. Out now on all major platforms, the single arrives with a powerful new music video that pulses with the band’s signature […]
Streetlight Manifesto Announces 'The Place Behind The Stars' Coming This June Streetlight Manifesto has officially announced the release of their forthcoming album, The Place Behind The Stars. The band shared the news via their Instagram account, stating: "Hello. Our new album is called The Place Behind The Stars. It will be released on June 24 by the Pentimento Music Co. We recorded it ourselves, as usual, and hope you will […]
New documentary shows how a trio of brothers were instrumental in shaping SoCal punk Stephanie Mendez Brothers Frank, from left, Rikk and Alfie Agnew of the punk band Adolescents in front of the display that features their band at the "Punk OC — From the Streets of Suburbia" exhibit April 4 at the Fullerton Museum Center. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The first time that guitarist Frank Agnew went to […]
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Rag Doll The Alpha Rhythm Kings
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Small World Kingfisher
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United The Bouncing Souls
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She's The Shit Teenage Bottlerocket
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Prizefighter Rise Against
