Straight From the Garage
Good music begins in the garage. I don't know why, maybe it has something to do with all the leftover car fumes. The Foundation for ...
Cachagualand: Where Music, Skateboarding and Wackiness Become One
Deep in the brush of Cachagua, a surfer/carpenter/philosopher named Raboon Eggleston, once had a dream. That dream was to build his own sanctuary where he ...
From Monterey House Concerts to the Cover of Rolling Stone?
Lelia Broussard played two Monterey House Concerts in 2010 hosted by Sierra Dehmler (see the Weekly’s cover story). Over the past year, a lot has ...
New Stage at Henry Miller Unscathed by Highway 1 Collapse
Most of you are probably already aware that a chunk of Highway 1 collapsed into the ocean the other day. As the road crumbled, the ...
Mumford & Sons Give Steinbeck Some Love
On February 13, British alt-country rebel-rousers, Mumford & Sons, awaited the results of two Grammy nods: Best New Artist and Best Rock Song ("Little Lion ...
Summer of 2011 at Henry Miller Library: Pretty F***ing Sweet
Big Sur’s been getting a lot of hype and a lot of press for a good reason: Whether the draw is the majestic beaches, its ...
The Cave Singers Bring Raw Versatility to Big Sur
Smooth-headed Weekly contributor, Gabriel Skvor, recounts a really good night of music last Friday at Fernwood Resort. Opening act, Lia Ices came on just after ...
Vinyl in the Woods: Part Deux
A few days ago, I alluded to a Vinyl in the Woods reprise. Well, now it's official: On Saturday, May 28, floods of independent labels, ...
Recording on the Cheap with the Dani Paige Band
What do you do when you're not Axl Rose and you don't have millions of dollars to piss away on studio time? Jesse DeCarlo, guitarist ...
Vinyl Never Sleeps
When someone tells Bob Gamber—the bearded owner of Vinyl Revolution in Monterey—that vinyl is making a comeback, his reply is usually along the lines of: ...
Hipnic III Lineup Best Yet
When the lineup for Hipnic III—(((folkYEAH!))) Presents' and The Mother Hips-curated third annual music/camping fest (second at Fernwood)—was announced, I gave a mini fist pump. ...
