Author Archives: Sonora Wong

BTMI last show

  Nothing's Forever, Dude. Bomb the Music Industry!'s Final Shows 1/17 & 1/19 Bomb the Music Industry! A band from Baldwin, New York, led by Jeff Rosenstock. This band is prossibly the most amazing set of people playing music together. Giving all their music away on their website for anyone to download freely. Inviting fans […]

Sonora Wong’s Van’s Warped Tour Experience

                      When summer rolls around I get pretty excited for Warped Tour, especially when Big D and the Kids Table play; I have the privilege of being friends with my favorite band. Usually Warped Tour for me is filled with layers of sunscreen, lots of water, chain smoking, and waiting around for the […]

House Party at The Pantle Palace, Fullerton 6/8/13

You know it's not your average house party when a full size tour bus comes down the residential street. I had the pleasure of partying with the members Starpool at Tbone Willy's home. The night was filled with excitement and a special surprise that no one saw coming.  Japan's Oreskaband was set to perform in […]

Fake Ferris

                              Its been over ten years since the OC ska band Save Ferris has gotten together to play a show. This April, Monique Powell scheduled a show at the Fairgrounds with The English Beat. What everyone didn't know was that it wasn't really going to be a real Save Ferris […]

Hepcat HOB 5/18/2013

                          I was thoroughly excited when I saw the line up for this show. The Aggrolites opening for Hepcat is every ska revival fans wet dream. Hepcat sold out the House of Blues in Hollywood, so they added a show in Anaheim which […]

The Specials-Club Nokia- 03/18/2013

    The legendary 2-tone ska band, The Specials, preformed in LA for the second time in 30 years at Club Nokia on March 18th. Once the Lights dimmed the opening act, Little Hurricane, started roaring up. A fun duo putting a twist on old gritty blues. Don't let their female drummer, Celeste “CC” Spina […]