Backstage

Prescient songs from a band in its prime

California Kid unleashes band on Southern California

Dan McLain changes his name, rides his musical vision into the Plains

'Hillbilly ballet, drunken, mushroom artistry previously unseen on the planet'

Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a series about starting a band. Booking will come more naturally than you may think. Through going to shows and immersing yourself in your local scene you’ll surely spend time talking about your band to new friends who are also bookers, bartenders or in bands themselves. Opportunities to play live will arise ...

Bands love to argue more than they like to drink beer

First practices set tone for entire project

First in a series of articles about starting a band

By Steve Poltz This is my brain. That white dot is where bad shit happened. I put an arrow by it. The Stroke- a long/short story about what happened to me. A silent conversation I had with myself on stage while playing a show in Wilmington, Delaware, on Oct 22, 2014. “Whoa, This is weird- I can’t see. Wait, I ...

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