Art History What We Can Learn From Our City’s Street Art On the side wall of Java Joe’s, on Ninth and Park, there’s a vast mural. An array of colors and letters melding into [...] Mark Lopez \ Aug 13, 2015 Read More
Rooster Roundabout Says Goodbye We Bid You Farewell I love music. I love people. I love information. I’ve combined those three loves into this fun little column over the past two [...] Mark Lopez \ Jul 30, 2015 Read More (Jesse Schulz)
Summer Dining Guide: Non-Alcoholic Sipping Non-Alcoholic Options When it’s summertime, people like to head out and seek a cold beverage. Most of the time, said beverage will be of the [...] Mark Lopez \ Jul 23, 2015 Read More
Straight From The Garage: Russian Girlfriends A Practice Session With Russian Girlfriends It’s fucking hot. The kind of heat that makes you sweat from every pore, bits of it collecting in crevices you didn’t know [...] Mark Lopez \ Jul 16, 2015 Read More L to R: Ian Jarrell (guitar), Adam Hooks (singer), Jeremy Keith (bass) (Mark Lopez)
Rooster Roundabout: This Week’s Music Highlights For those who aren’t in the know (like myself), M.I.A. was recently featured on a track by Gener8ion, a new musical project by [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 25, 2015 Read More (Jesse Schulz)
Straight From The Garage: Shoulder Voices A Practice With Shoulder Voices I’m sitting in Little Bobby Tucker’s living room in his Northeast Heights house. The band Shoulder Voices is setting up for practice. The [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 25, 2015 Read More Mary Stockton (tambourine, vocals) and Kevin Elder (bass) (Mark Lopez)
Straight From The Garage: Full Speed Veronica Full Speed Veronica’s Band Practice Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t about deciding. You don’t wake up one morning and make the decision that you will be in a rock [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 18, 2015 Read More (left to right) Malcolm June, Matt Worley and Nathan Hey (Mark Lopez)
Rooster Roundabout: This Week’s Music Highlights Like most people, I like a good beat. I like smooth rhythms, confrontational lyrics and a broad cultural perspective. But for some reason, [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 11, 2015 Read More (Jesse Schulz)
Rooster Roundabout: This Week’s Music Highlights In case you haven’t seen it, you should definitely check out the barbershop quartet videos by The Ragtime Gals on “The Tonight Show [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 04, 2015 Read More (Jesse Schulz)
Dirges In The Desert: A Practice Session With Hurdle A Practice Session With Hurdle They’re called Hurdle. A folk, pop, rock ensemble that takes their time practicing and perfecting nuanced noises in a lush rehearsal space in [...] Mark Lopez \ Jun 04, 2015 Read More Guitarist Matt Corson (Photo by Mark Lopez)