From horn-driven fun to a Carpenters tribute, as well as George Clinton, local indie darlings Pinback, and much more.

Michelle Lundeen at Humphreys Backstage Music Club. January 15. Dubbed the “Queen of Steam” for her soulful vocals and ...

As mentioned in the previous post, Kevin Rose diggs Pinback. And he’s not alone. The San Diego duo has been around for years making addictive, hypnotic laptop pop, hopscotching from sci-fi classic to ...

Pinback‘s Autumn of the Seraphs turns 10 this September, and in celebration of the anniversary, they’ll begin a tour that same month playing the album in full. The tour hits NYC on October 8 at Irving ...

Now unfortunately we’ve all heard the story of band’s gear getting stolen. But how many times have we heard of a band’s gear being stolen mid-set, then getting it back, all without halting the music?

Five years feels like an awfully long time in the music industry. In the age of Internet marketing, when music lovers devour new songs and records daily, the amount of tunes stuffed into the same ...

Rob Crow is laughing at me. We’re talking Pinback’s new set of songs, and after striking out again and again on my own interpretations, I’m drawing a blank on what the songs on the band’s new album, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. With an indie act as revered as San Diego’s Pinback—consisting of former roomates ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For San Diego’s Pinback, a band that’s been around for 15 years and carved a unique (if somewhat monotonous) sound, doing what is expected seems like the ...

In a largely positive Washington Post review of Pinback’s 2004 album, Summer In Abaddon, critic Elaine Beebe Lapriore wrote, “Indie guitar rock has lain fallow of late, bearing less fruit of interest ...