Latest Review: Magic Lantern - High Beams

Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]

Francisco The Man

Thank God. Yes indeed. I would too (and I’m not even religious) if I flipped my van a couple times and wallked away with only a few minor scrapes and bruises, which is just what happened to the Orange County band, Francisco The Man, this last August, three hours north of San Francisco, after just their first show of their tour. You can read the whole account on the band’s MySpace blog and also their eerily foreboding previous post.

I have been really digging on their four song demo I picked up from their SnoCap store on their MySpace page recently (first time I ever used a SnoCap store, not bad really); you should definitely download the track “Lord Knows I’m Weak” (mp3) which is sporting some heavy CCR and Neil Young vibes.

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Upcoming local area shows:
Oct. 30th @ Silverlake Lounge - Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 2nd @ The Alley - Fullerton, CA
Nov. 4th @ The Prospector - Long Beach, CA
Nov. 29th @ Silverlake Lounge - Los Angeles, CA