Awesome Fest 11 Sunday @ The Office, Bar Pink, Soda Bar, & Space Bar, San Diego

The final day of Awesome Fest 11 arrived with afternoon shows, once again. Iron Chic filled The Office to capacity, so there was no getting in after seeing Tiltwheel’s set over at Bar Pink. The Sunday night shows at Awesome Fest are always bittersweet. Some of the best sets happen

Awesome Fest 11 announces first batch of bands

The six-member team that curates the annual Awesome Fest in San Diego, California has made its first announcement of bands that will perform at the eleventh iteration of the three-day festival, 16-18 February, 2018. This marks a change from the traditional Labour Day weekend, the first weekend in September,

Lenguas Largas, Vacation, The Murderburgers, City Mouse @ Bar Pink, San Diego

The first Monday in September in America is Labour Day. For the past ten years that’s meant Awesome Fest weekend. However, the curators of that glorious pop-punk family reunion decided this year to move Awesome Fest to February, when most of the country in covered with a blanket of

Maura Weaver, The Right Here, The Plurals, City Mouse, Chicken Happen @ Quenchers, Chicago

City Mouse are looking for the guardians of love

City Mouse’s first track to appear from their forthcoming debut full-length ‘Get Right’ is one hell of an introduction to their more settled line-up. Fusing traditional punk rock with the contemporary leanings of many of their friends, ‘The Guardians’ is punchy but not abrasive. Instead it allows vocalist and

Two Houses, City Mouse, Tens @ Burlington Bar, Chicago

Two Houses, City Mouse, Tens @ Burlington Bar, Chicago