Every scene has its lore. Sometimes it's a forgotten cassette buried in a basement for fifty years. Occasionally, it's two musicians speaking entirely different musical languages and finding common ground somewhere between the notes. Perhaps it's a Portland band nurturing an art-rock chaos odyssey. This week's Underground Rundown wanders through all three.

Patrons at the Garden Amphitheater got served 10000 calories of rock and roll with Mac Sabbath's 10 year anniversary. Joining the food fight

Out of a dreamy abyss, Desert Daze unleashes their 2024 lineup. After taking time off hosting the annual psychedelic pilgrimage in 2023,...

An aura of jubilation grew off the pavement as if a groupthink awareness knew the weekend was set to be incredible. Fans and artists...

Better believe it's Shabang Season...San Luis Obispo's annual gathering of the finest grooves around comes back to the Central Coast for...

Desert Daze 2022 is here, September 30th - October 2nd. The music festival returns to Moreno Beach at Lake Perris for its ten-year...

Tunes were booming, smoke was fuming. On the righteous Friday and Saturday of July 8th & 9th in Downtown Los Angeles launched the first...

The Brian Jonestown Massacre is roaming abroad on their 38-day North American tour in support of their latest project Fire Doesn’t Grow...

"Sacramento is a diverse scene I feel like, you know, there's a lot of bands of different genres. When you're in an underground DIY scene...

Freakout Festival stands out as the brainchild of Freakout Records co-founders Guy Keltner and Skyler Locatelli. In efforts to bring an...

Joel Gion graced the stages at Freakout 7! to read excepts from his memoir, shedding light onto life stories before and after his time...

The first rendition of MonkeyBee was a celebration for the ages. Rising up as a collaboration between MonkeyBee records and the US-based...

If you've been paying attention to the ebbs and flows of modern psych rock, chances are Greenway Records has come up on your radar within...

San Francisco-based ambient project Tycho flooded the Fremont Theater with their wavy set Thursday, September 21st, 2017. Led by frontman...