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The Swellers Play Montano’s House, Almost as Good as House Party the Movie
This past Sunday The Swellers played a house show to promote their latest record The Light Under Closed Doors which is out now. On this tour the band decided that they wanted to play as many house...
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Against Me at The Troubadour 11/18/2013
It took me awhile to recall the last time I had seen Against Me perform a headlining set and after much thinking I believe it was their headlining set at Fest 10 back in 2011. A whole two years since I...
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Andrew Jackson Jihad at VLHS 11/19/2013
Andrew Jackson Jihad are currently on tour across the Southwest area with their good friend The Gunshy. Their tour wraps up this Friday and I was able to catch them on this run of dates at their show...
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Racket Magazine’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza Day 1: Miki Sudo
Miki Sudo, ranked 7th in the world by Major League Eating, is our first featured eater in our holiday special. Miki is a new face on the scene, having made her professional debut this past April, but...
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Racket Magazine’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza
Thanksgiving is upon us tomorrow and it’s an interesting time of year. Some people love it while others hate it, all for different reasons. Yet hat’s part of what makes America so great, the ability to...
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Racket Magazine’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza Day 2: Matt “MegaToad” Stonie
Matt “MegaToad” Stonie, ranked 4th in the world, is the 2nd featured eater in our holiday special. You can find our interview with our 1st featured eater, Miki Sudo, here. The MegaToad is no stranger...
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Racket Magazine’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza Day 3: L.A. Beast
The LA Beast, ranked 17th in the world, is the 3rd and final featured eater in our holiday special. Check out our interviews with Miki Sudo and Matt Stonie if you haven’t already. The beast is a big...
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Mondo’s Holiday Gift Guide 2013
With Christmas only 3 weeks away and not wanting to be outdone by my fellow racketeers I have assembled my own list of gifts for the holiday season. Be sure to check out Yost’s and Caitlin’s list if...
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Waxahatchee/Swearin’/Upset @ Center For the Arts Eagle Rock
Waxahatchee and Swearin’ are currently on a west coast tour that ends tomorrow in San Diego at the Che Cafe and last night they played a packed show in Eagle Rock put on by FYF. Although this isn’t the...
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The French Liners Show Review
Southern California is known for it’s vibrant music scene but with that plethora of shows often comes the dilemma of more than one really awesome showing happening on the same night. In this case the...
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The Aquabats Holiday Show at the Henry Fonda Theatre
The Aquabats holiday show has become an annual tradition for their legions of fans over the course of their lengthy career, and with good reason-their holiday show could easily be the best performance...
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Interview with Christian Jacobs of The Aquabats!
The Aquabats are southern California’s premier superhero rock group, having entertained & saved countless individuals for almost 20 years. As of late our heroes have found themselves the stars of a...
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Joyce Manor @ The Echoplex Show Review
Joyce Manor played their final show of 2013 at a sold out Echoplex presented by FYF this past weekend. Joining them in their final jaunt for the year were Paint it Black, Hesitation Wounds, and Here...
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“Christmas With The Aquabats!” Episode Review
The highly anticipated “Christmas with The Aquabats!” episode finally aired earlier this morning on The Hub Network and after being hyped up the past few weeks it was nice to know that the episode met...
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Gabriel Iglesias at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino – Show Review
The last time i saw Gabriel perform was 7 years ago back in 2006 at the Improv in Ontario. Since then he has gone on become a household name with several Comedy Central specials, his television show...
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Armando’s 10 Most Anticipated Releases for 2014…As of Today
With 2013 coming to a close at the stroke of midnight tonight it seemed fitting to make a list of our more anticipated releases for 2014. Granted there are plenty of records that have yet to be...
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You Blew It!-Keep Doing What You’re Doing-Review
You Blew It! Keep Doing What You’re Doing Topshelf Records Rating: 9/10 Keep Doing What You’re Doing is the sophomore record from Orlando, Florida’s You Blew It!; an excellent follow up to their...
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The Front Bottoms/The Wild/You Blew It! @ The Troubadour 1/18/2014
The Front Bottoms are currently in the midst of their first tour of the year, a headlining run, and last night said tour made it’s first of two stops in southern California. A stop at the world famous...
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New Walking Dead Slot Game Premieres at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino debuted Aristocrat Technologies and AMC‘s new Walking Dead Slot Game this week and as a fan of the franchise, I have to say it’s pretty fantastic. Growing up reading...
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An Interview with You Blew It!
You Blew It are currently on tour with The Front Bottoms to promote their latest record, Keep Doing What You’re Doing. During their sold out show at the Troubadour I sat down with the Florida based...
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