It’s two hours before doors open, and Ira Bornstein is already lined up outside The Atlantis in Washington, D.C. The grinning 24-year-old is clutching a Drop Nineteens skateboard and a tote bag containing four CDs—including two copies of Drop Nineteens’ 1992 shoegaze masterwork, Delaware—three vinyl records, and a rare promotional VHS for the band’s “Winona” […]
Don’t be surprised if, someday soon, TikTok isn’t there anymore. Governments all over the world have banned or restricted it, and the U.S. government wants to. Some of this is complicated, but most is about politicians expressing fake grave concern about a supposed threat to the U.S. and its children, and won’t someone think of […]
April 20, 2024 The Scene Local Long Beach favorites Fartbarf, clad in their mutated Neanderthal masks and NASA uniforms, made their iconic entrance at Alex’s Bar through a crowd of 275. The Report It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day in Long Beach with a high (pun intended) of 75 degrees. Stoners celebrated their beloved 4:20 […]
Black metal and opera both conjure up certain familiar images. The former, stereotypically, is the province of nihilistic kids in corpse paint, setting fire to a society that’s rejected them. The latter belongs to people from the socioeconomic pinnacle of that very society, peering through tiny eyeglasses at elaborately costumed performers. The NYC band Folterkammer […]