The SoCal Sound Music Blog

The Replacements Reissue ‘Pleased To Meet Me’

Pleased To Meet Me, the fifth full-length album from The Replacements, is getting a reissue as a special deluxe 3xCD/1xLP box set, coming out October 9 via Rhino Records.

Angel Olsen and Hand Habits Cover Tom Petty’s “Walls”

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Cults Announce Fifth Album, ‘Host.’

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

A personal favorite, New York-based, Indie band, Cults announce their fifth upcoming album, Host, out September 18 via Sinderlyn.

The Spicy Green Book

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

During the Jim Crow era in America, Victor Hugo Green created The Green Book. Green published the book to help Black motorists navigate throughout cities in the USA by highlighting...

Newport Academy launches a program to help with COVID-19 mental health.

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Newport Academy’s Orange County outpatient program announces its Teen Wellness Intensive Summer Program to help provide local families with academic and therapeutic support, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Case You Missed It.

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Times have been tough lately and it’s pretty hard to stay on top of new music, videos, streamable concerts, and/or live sessions.

Father John Misty releases new cover song EP, ‘Anthem +3.’

Published 3 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Josh Tillman, A.K.A. Father John Misty, releases “Anthem +3” on Bandcamp. The EP consists of cover songs he has previously recorded, plus “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen.