Just in time for the weekend, your boy Train has a band that’ll have you smiling - nay, skipping - all the way to your favorite haunts with visions of peace, love and happiness dancing in your mind’s eye. Who is this mystical band of musicians I’m speaking of? Hailing from the City of Angels, […]

Following a ten-year album production hiatus (1997 to 2007), Dinosaur Jr. (which was once Dinosaur) broke silence with Beyond (2007) which was initially received with mixed feelings by those who fancied themselves alt-rock aficionados. For anyone who thought this was a one-time “told-you-so” comeback album, the release of Farm on June 23, 2009 put those […]

About a month ago Bootsy flew all the way out to California, and upon her arrival had but one request of me - take her to a show. It wasn’t hard to pick Nouvelle Vague out of the bands playing that week. In fact, one of Booty’s first posts on the Muffin was […]

Remember watching ‘Back To The Future II’ when you were a kid and thinking that hoverboards were going to make an appearance at some point in the next ten years? Anyone? Well, maybe it was just me and my imagination running wild courtesy of a Kool Aid fueled sugar high, don’t judge.  The only reason […]

I was driving down Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica the other day when I pulled up alongside a group of girls with their windows rolled down.  They were all singing along to I’m On A Boat.  And it reminded me that we are knee deep in this wonderful time of the year called Summer.
Possibly because […]