Biggest Little Bands

By Caydie Tampac Photography By Stefan Jasić Raynn’s little sister, Kaeko, moved away from their home in Las Vegas. After spending their entire lives together, she flew all the way to Singapore. This was the first time they were forced to be separated, much less be over a thousand miles apart.  Overcome by grief at their sister’s absence, they wrote and recorded the lyrics of an unreleased song through heaving sobs in Kaeko’s vacant bedroom, “Fallen star / Back of the car / Y

By Caydie Tampac Photos by Kayla Duane You see your friend all dressed up, ready to go out for the night, but when you ask them where they’re going, they tell you that they’re going to The Yard. Um … who’s yard? The Yard, run by Zac Lane Arroyo and Anthony Santos, thrives as the neighborhood’s cozy gathering for live entertainment from local artists and bands. What else could bring the close-knit small-town community of Reno together than the comfort of a backyard with the en

By Caydie Tampac Photos By Ellyn Pillers It’s a starlit night at The Holland, Reno’s adored all-ages art and performance venue. Dozens of heads whip around, stunned as they’re suddenly drawn into a swirling cloud of heavenly reverbed distortion. What is this siren-like sound luring you in? “Shoe-gaze adjacent? Because it’s not wrong, but then it doesn’t feel like it puts us in a box.” This is how lead vocalist, Gina Hoàng, describes Frank Futility.  Hoàng on lead vocals and g