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Album Review: Big Fun’s Riser

The three-piece electronic mindf*ck known as Big Fun has been on quite a roll recently. Only six months after releasing their second LP, Big Fun is back with a brand new record to start off the year. Their third album came as a surprise to some, but not to us. When we sat down with […]

A Conversation With: Harbor Area Hardcore Punk Band Deviated State + Album Review

Pictured (left to right): Sean Palce (Guitar), Johnny Ramirez (Bass, Backup Vocals), Joseph Angel (Vocals), and Robert “Caveman” Lara (Drums). Photo by Kevin Avila. TOO HARDCORE FOR PUNK, TOO PUNK FOR HARDCORE I had the opportunity to come and sit in on Deviated State’s band practice on June 24th, 2021 at Cideshow Studios in Gardena, […]

Wavves Announces New Album

The Californian musicians have given us previews for what’s to come in their forthcoming LP Four years after their last album You’re Welcome was released, Wavves have announced that they are finished with their seventh album, HIDEAWAY. The album is set to be released on July 16th on Fat Possum Records, the label that dropped […]

Massive Brain Damage: Live at FTG

Massive Brain Damage (M.B.D.) is back and ready to kick your ass this Friday, August 14th at 8PM PST with their newest live session entitled “M.B.D.: Live at FTG”! Filmed by Nothing Mag member “Kamera Guy” Kevin Avila and professionally mixed and mastered by Jeff Bowler of Bowler Audio, this twenty-seven minute live session includes […]

Free Gun With Purchase: Death By Stereo Has Risen…

In what’s shaping up to be a killer album, Death By Stereo has released their second single and subsequent music video, “Free Gun With Purchase” off the upcoming album “We’re All Dying Just In Time”, which couldn’t be a more fitting title for what’s going on in the world today. With the band hitting it’s […]

Isaac’s Mix Vol. 3: It’s Catching Up

Massacre Of The Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens Isaac’s Mix is a monthly playlist curated by Nothing Mag Editor, Isaac Foster. “Pitchfork would never,” -Isaac Foster Wow, three months could not have passed slower. I have spent most of my time quarantined up, binge-watching Tiger King, The Nelk Boys, or whatever else I could find […]

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 […]

Not Dead with Kameraguykev

Not Dead with Kameraguykev is a monthly blend of the old and new, keeping that raging spirit alive in our hearts.  Bands featured in this photo include: Massive Brain Damage, Deviated State, Square Up, Alter Boys, Kamikaze Co-Pilot, Catacomb Rockers, Macrocosm, and Recoi!l. Photo by Kevin Avila. Starting hot and heavy with “Music That We […]

Post Show Thoughts: Commissary Lounge “Grand Opening” featuring Naked Aggression, The Last Gang, and Melted

On February 6th, I was invited to the grand opening of the Commissary Lounge located in Costa Mesa, adjacent to Gunwhale Ales. The Commissary Lounge is a new 21+ concert venue being operated by Ben Clor and Efrem Schulz (Programme Skate, Death by Stereo, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Manic Hispanic) to bring local and touring acts […]

A Plumber In Need

Photo By Henry Holczer Last Sunday night Kuromi, Birote The Musical, Matter Room, and Dummy Casual played a benefit show at the DIY aesthetic music venue, The Smell to raise funds for Jesús Aviles. Better known as the vocalist for punk rock band Plumber, Aviles was extremely passionate about four things: skateboarding, music, his friends, […]