Sex Pistols and Frank Carter Ignite Newport Music Hall
COLUMBUS, OH- The Sex Pistols, the band synonymous with the birth of punk rock, are on the road celebrating 50 years of punk and revisiting their sole studio album, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.” The band made a stop at Newport…
Inside the Twisted Worlds of Yunyun Syndrome and Drunken Goddess Reflux
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT MORE COVERAGE AT ANIME EXPO 2026 LOS ANGELES, CA- Inside the strange worlds of Fuyuki Hayashi and odyk, the creators behind Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis and Drunken Goddess Reflux. “Everything you need is here.” I’m standing in a hotel room…
Behind Sentenced to Be a Hero: Studio KAI Creators Reveal the Art Behind the Anime
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT MORE COVERAGE AT ANIME EXPO 2026 LOS ANGELES, CA- From battered armor and conflicted expressions to the visual logic behind its grotesque creatures, Studio KAI’s Masashi Masuo, Yoshiki Nakakoji, Takeru Noda and Yasutaka Kimura discuss the details behind one of…
Ohana Festival 2026 Review: Five Visits, Still My Favorite
LOS ANGELES, CA- For my fifth Ohana Festival, I changed almost everything about how I got there. I changed nothing about why I wanted to go. For the first time, I did not stay in Dana Point for the weekend. Each morning, I drove down…
NativeCare Takes Best Infused Pre-Roll at Legacy Cup as Minnesota’s First Native-Owned Brand Keeps Expanding
MINNEAPOLIS — The seventh annual Legacy Cup wrapped Saturday at Surly Brewing Festival Field, and NativeCare left with the hardware that matters most to the people who grow and roll the product: Best Infused Pre-Roll. That trophy is not a surprise to anyone who has…
Lucy Dacus Reimagines Her Music With the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are artists whose music I admire more than I necessarily love. For a long time, Lucy Dacus occupied something close to that space for me. I have always appreciated her songwriting, particularly her penchant for crafting intensely personal lyrics that…
AmiAmi Brings Hobby Camp to Life at Anime Expo 2026
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT MORE COVERAGE AT ANIME EXPO 2026 LOS ANGELES, CA- For collectors accustomed to browsing AmiAmi through a computer screen, Anime Expo offered something considerably more dangerous to the wallet: the opportunity to encounter the legendary Japanese hobby retailer’s merchandise in…
Berner’s Cookies Ordered to Pay $61.5M in Fraud Ruling
Cookies just took another multimillion-dollar hit. On September 9, 2026, Gron Ventures and Red Tech announced a final arbitration award of more than $61.5 million against Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions (CCCP), the company behind the Cookies brand, and president Parker Berling. Retired Orange County…
The Panopticon of Cool: Crook on Why Artists Need to Be Uncool Again
LOS ANGELES, CA- I first stumbled across Daniel Crook almost by accident. I had gone to Zebulon to see another band and arrived early enough to catch the tail end of Crook’s set. I didn’t know Daniel. I didn’t know the songs. I just remember…
Sorana on K-Pop, Songwriting and Finding Her Own Sound
LOS ANGELES, CA- There was something about Sorana’s story that I couldn’t quite get out of my head. Here is a young woman from Transylvania who somehow carved out a niche for herself in the hypercompetitive world of K-pop songwriting. Not Seoul. Not Los…
