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John Montoya is a musician, producer and a writer who grew up in the LA DIY punk scene. Since the early 2000s, he has been playing in several bands to engineering bands around town. His reverence for the hard work of being a musician and DIY ethos led to his co-founding of Bridgetown DIY, a collective that has been running since 2013 - one of the longest running DIY spaces in the San Gabriel Valley (SGV); located in his hometown of La Puente. He lives by his belief that supporting your local music scene is not always easy, but whatever one can do is better than nothing. Catch his band, Machinekit, live and online, and check out his recording studio MachineHouse Audio located in Orange, CA.

HYPER MINDS by @_psilo.cybin
December 10, 2024

A quick synopsis of recording “At War With Ourselves,” the latest EP from psych punks HYPER MINDS

State Faults by @castlemarq.framez
August 27, 2024

A Collection of Thoughts about A Collection of Songs: A Conversation with STATE FAULTS

THOU by @reidhaithcock
June 3, 2024

THOU: an ode to the past – an interview with guitarist Andy Gibbs and singer Bryan Funck

PSEUDO
April 16, 2024

Noise, Noise, and More Noise: LA Hardcore Noise Band PSEUDO Makes Our Ears Bleed with Their New EP, “Non”

CULT OF LUNA
January 12, 2022

CULT OF LUNA took us through the eye of the storm with their recent single โ€œCold Burnโ€

SWALLOW THE RAT
April 7, 2021

From different parts of the world, SWALLOW THE RAT and CLONE release a new split and push post-punk even further

SLOE PAUL by holtzem.com
January 11, 2021

Sloe Paul enchants us with his new record “Remote”

Vision Eternel artist
December 27, 2020

Examining VISION ETERNEL’s new record “For Farewell of Nostalgia,” as Alexander Julien explains heartbreak

HEY COLOSSUS
December 17, 2020

Discussing the grit behind HEY COLOSSUS’ new record Dances / Curses

John Montoya is a musician, producer and a writer who grew up in the LA DIY punk scene. Since the early 2000s, he has been playing in several bands to engineering bands around town. His reverence for the hard work of being a musician and DIY ethos led to his co-founding of Bridgetown DIY, a collective that has been running since 2013 - one of the longest running DIY spaces in the San Gabriel Valley (SGV); located in his hometown of La Puente. He lives by his belief that supporting your local music scene is not always easy, but whatever one can do is better than nothing. Catch his band, Machinekit, live and online, and check out his recording studio MachineHouse Audio located in Orange, CA.

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