Dishwalla Plays Benefit Concert at the New Old Alcazar Theater Carpinteria

In the wake of  California’s largest wildfire in modern history, Carpinteria’s own Dishwalla played a sold out concert at the Alcazar theater. Formerly known as the Carpinteria Plaza Playhouse theater, the gem of a venue, with accidental perfect acoustics has returned to its original name, Alcazar Theatre. Carpinteria Community Theatre Inc renamed the theater based on its 90th anniversary on April 27, 2018.

Read Article →

Turbowolf Announce New Album, Drop New Single Featuring Mike Kerr of Royal Blood — LISTEN!

Bristol-based alt rock mavericks Turbowolf have released “Domino,” the latest single taken from their upcoming album The Free Life, which will be released via So Recordings on March 9. “Domino” is a transportative, transcendental voyage into the anarchic punk […]

Read Article →

Special Feature: The Ten Best Albums of 2017 by Female Artists

I realized when looking over my list of the ten best albums of 2017 that they were all by male artists. I found that strange given how many amazing albums came out this past year by female artists. For fun, I expanded my list to twenty and, not surprisingly, eight of the next ten best albums were by female artists. What I like about the albums on that list is how much more diverse they are than my first ten, which is mostly hip hop.

Read Article →

Fall/Winter 2017 Vandala Magazine: Talib Kweli, Frank Turner, Freeze, and more

What a year and we are ending with an amazing issue. Firstly we are very proud to end the year with Talib Kweli cover who gives Vandala an insightful and […]

Read Article →