Nature News World “We are living in a mega-fire era”: California wildfires displace nearly 200,000 people by Jayden Collins California in the midst of a “mega-fire era” as historic wildfires displace more than 200,000 people and leave seven dead. Firefighters in California have begun to turn the tide against…
News Who is Jake Paul? A quick rundown on the professional shit-stirrer by Ben Hansen You may have seen the name Jake Paul back in the news lately. His California mansion was just raided by the FBI, he’s been throwing parties in the middle of…
News Space NASA releases images of the Californian superbloom from space by Claudia Schmidt NASA have released some incredible images of the Californian superbloom. The orange poppy superbloom occurs each year in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, and this year the bloom was…
News Amoeba Music’s iconic Sunset Boulevard store has closed for good by Mia Montesin All three of Amoeba Music’s stores are temporarily closed, but this week the Sunset Boulevard location closes up for good. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the stores hosted live shows, signings,…
Drugs News Cannabis sales in California have increased by 204 percent by Mia Montesin While we’re out here panic-buying toilet paper, Californians are getting their hands on all the cannabis they can. Probably not the best solution for anyone experiencing anxiety surrounding the virus outbreak,…
Music LISTEN: Best Coast – ‘Different Light’ by Claudia Schmidt Ahead of the release of their fourth album later this month, Best Coast have shared Different Light, and it’s Californian garage rock at its finest. Check it out below. …
Features Interviews Allah-Las chat their new album, private parties and the smell of old guitars by Luke Saunders Having just dropped their fourth album, Allah-Las have come to define the modern Californian rock sound more than a particularly sun-kissed photo from the 1960s. While their style might be…
Features A guide to Asylum Records in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders In the psychedelic ’60s the Sunset Strip was soaked with LSD, counter culture rhetoric, and free loving ways. Iconoclasts of the movement will say it’s all a bunch of hogwash,…
News Coachella announce insane 2020 line up and sell out instantly by Happy Coachella have dropped what is perhaps the largest line up we have seen in recent years. As promised Rage Against The Machine are headlining along with Travis Scott and Frank…
News John Frusciante rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers by James Peppercorn What a day to be a Chili’s fan. Legendary guitarist John Frusciante is rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Having left the Californian outfit back in 2009, it looks like…
News Kevin Parker one of thousands evacuated in California blazes, losing his equipment by Lara Smetannikov Californian wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of residents to flee their homes, including Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who was residing in a house in Malibu. It is presumed, unfortunately, that…
News PREMIERE: Lose yourself in the idiosyncratic sounds of Flour Flour’s new EP Dimension A by Happy Berkeley, California based duo Flour Flour make some of the most endearing alt-pop music we’ve come across in some time. It’s idiosyncratic and almost impossible to rip your attention away…
Music Chelsea Jade will mesmerise you in her eccentric and charming new clip Laugh It Off by Happy Originally from Auckland, New Zealand and now residing in Los Angeles, California, Chelsea Jade has developed a penchant for crafting shimmering pop songs that’ll warm your heart. Her latest single…
