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Not Dead 2 with Kameraguykev

Not Dead with Kameraguykev continues to blend local bands with the legends, bringing you music you may or may not have heard before, but one thing’s for sure, it’ll kick your ass! Bands Pictured: Deviated State, Square Up! & Born from Pain. Photos by Kevin Avila This time around on Not Dead it’s time to […]

Green Book Wins Best Picture!

Last week, Green book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2018. Achieving that title used to mark the biggest and most significant accomplishment for any single film and everyone associated with it. Nowadays the significance lies mostly with the nomination and not the actual award. The Academy picks in the past few years […]

New Release: Brandon Hoogenboom’s Album “For Mabel” Out Now.

As the morning clouds gifted us steadily with rain and dark, gloomy skies, Brandon Hoogenboom’s voice became the soundtrack to my morning commute. Hoogenboom’s voice slowly began to drown the sounds of water droplets hitting the uneven asphalt outside, “Lost in a dream, I couldn’t see what was wrong all along…” After three trips to […]

A Conversation With Johanna Toruño.

Johanna Toruño, womxn of color, fierce advocate for street art, and the creator of The Unapologetically Brown Series gives us some insight during the Brown Mijas Pop Up event, to the series that took on its own life, and what it means for her to advocate for the creators of culture.  Tell me who and […]

Joshua Vides’ “Reality To Idea” Hits The Road

Joshua Vides is a rising LA-based artist that’s taken both the art and streetwear industries by storm over the course of the last year. His work, which he calls Reality To Idea, focuses on outlining all-white surfaces with black paint which gives off the illusion of it being a 2-D work of art. This art […]

Nothing Mag X Garden Amp Showcase At Downtown Santa Ana ArtWalk

On Saturday the 6th of October, Nothingmag & The Garden Amp teamed up to put on our first showcase of musical artists at the Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk. The art walk takes place the first Saturday of every month. We were happy to set up our booth alongside talented vendors and even having our pal Amp […]

Post Show Thoughts – Black Noise Studio

On Saturday the 22nd of September I ventured off to Black Noise Studios, a new music recording studio space located in Huntington Park. I was made aware of the space by Kim, the space’s all-around point of contact for artists, vendors, and promotion, whom I ran into during a Rudy De Anda set at the […]

A Conversation With Connecting Things

Connecting Things is an event series that promotes the ideas, collaborations and knowledge that make us creatives and doers great. Connecting Things was forged out of 9 friends who felt that creatives and entrepreneurs in their community needed a place where they could share, learn, and start collaborations that feed their skills and passions. A safe place […]

Post Show Thoughts: Lil Ugly Mane In The Lockerroom

Photos: Anrea Santos On August 18th, Lil Ugly Mane was performing in Garden Grove and I did not want to pass up my opportunity to see him live. My brother put me onto LUM, saying he was “the best rapper ever.” After a few listens of LUM’s 2012 album, Mista Thug Isolation, I definitely put him […]

ALBUM REVIEW: “HONEYBLOOM” BY CHOKER

At the beginning of summer last year, I vividly remember doing my usual digital crate digging on Spotify, SoundCloud, and Apple Music, etc. searching for something brand new that I haven’t heard of before. I was in the mood for something exciting; something that wasn’t on the front page of these music platforms. After about […]