Surfer Blood plays at Lucky Bar

Surfer Blood plays at Lucky Bar

by | Jan 23, 2014 | Culture, Music

Surfer Blood is a band of melody and dissonance, quiet and loud, with highs and lows. Recently, however, the band has experienced more lows than highs. The band’s frontman and lead vocalist, J.P. Pitts, was arrested in early 2012, after an altercation with his...
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Stephen Malkmus wigs out in familiar territory

by | Jan 23, 2014 | Culture, Music

If any sort of declarative statement about the life and works of Stephen Malkmus could be made, it’s that he almost certainly does not give a rat’s ass about what you think of his life, his works, or any combination thereof. So, it was when he was the merry prankster...