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PERSPECTIVES ~ Scott Rhinehart, CANDIDATE FOR CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY (73rd DISTRICT) – GENERAL ELECTION
October 5, 2018
As we head into the general election, Ari discusses a wide range of issues with Scott Rhinehart, Democratic candidate for the California State Assembly. Scott is seeking to replace Republican incumbent Pat Bates.
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The unbound past and future of Waxahatchee
September 24, 2018
Waxahatchee has made a name of itself–or herself, rather. Though the name belongs to a river in Alabama, Katie Crutchfield has made something new of it, which she continues to do with her unconfined musical project as Waxahatchee. But Crutchfield wasn’t always known by the name of the lake where she grew up. She began […]
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Ceramic Animal – Live on KX FM 104.7
September 18, 2018
Ceramic Animal visits the KX FM 104.7 studio in Laguna Beach for a live in-studio performance. Recorded September 10, 2018 with host, Tyler Russell. https://ceramicanimal.bandcamp.com
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Professor Colombo – Live on KX FM 104.7
September 18, 2018
Professor Colombo visits the KX FM 104.7 studio in Laguna Beach for a live in-studio performance. Recorded March 30, 2018 with host, Zach Churchill. https://professorcolombo.bandcamp.com
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Blood Orange finds his voice with Negro Swan
September 17, 2018
Blood Orange loves voices. Singing, talking, whispering. Fragments of conversation, monologues, prayers. Anything. Because it’s not the voice itself, but rather the emotions behind it. Attitudes, fears, desires revealed through the slightest vocal inflection. Accents that reveal the community you grew up in. Blood Orange hears beyond the voice and sees behind the words to […]
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Mitski saves herself: Becoming the Cowboy
September 11, 2018
“My God, I’m so lonely.” The first lines of “Nobody,” the lead single off Be the Cowboy, Mitski’s latest release, where alone, behind a piano, she pours out her soul and spills our secrets. That’s how it usually works with Mitski. She stretches her own vulnerabilities through songwriting often described as diarylike, though her words […]
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Hawaiian Shirts and Indie Rock
September 4, 2018
An intimidating line of teenagers in streetwear, sporting tracksuits and rare sneakers, curved around Santa Ana’s The Observatory, slowly moving through security as they removed cellphones and forgotten chains from their pockets, staring at a group of teens in Hawaiian shirts as they bypassed the line for security and entered the venue with no hesitation. […]
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Defining bedroom pop: Clairo’s catapult to fame
August 20, 2018
It starts with a screen. But before that, a bedroom. Scotch-taped posters plastered on the walls and a thumbtacked string of lights; the familiar objects of Claire Cottril’s space which would soon be recorded and uploaded online as the minimal setting for her spur-of-the-moment music video, “Pretty Girl.” Almost twenty million views later, those posters, […]
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US OPEN 2018: Local Surfers thrill Huntington Beach’s crowd
August 17, 2018
You probably know Huntington Beach, or HB as the locals say, as being the most popular “surf city” in Southern California. It’s easy to see why. The 10 miles of sandy beaches provide waves for each advanced and beginners surfers who can all find happiness. However, it is also the HB lifestyle outside the water, […]
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