When actress and first-time filmmaker Ayden Mayeri was a pre-teen and teen growing up in suburban Santa Rosa, California, she had three best friends: Jessica Hall (who she had known since the girls ...

If you were ever a giddy kid who spent summers hanging out with friends, making crazy pop videos, goofy short films, and composing off-key songs you were convinced were going to make you stars, then ...

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In the summer of 2000, between sifting through the racks at Ross Dress for Less and whispering about crushes at sleepovers, four preteen girls in Santa Rosa formed a band. They called it X-Cetra. The ...

"Party 'til 2 and sleep 'til 1, come on, baby, let's havе some fun," the girls of X-Cetra sing on "Summer 2000." The backing track is made up of hypnotic lo-fi drum machines, plus a few minimal bass ...

Trippy indie-pop peers George Clanton and TV Girl have joined forces for a pair of new singles. "Summer 2000 Baby" is their crack at a disco-fueled party starter, and features elements of Y2k preteen ...

SXSW: Actress and first-time filmmaker Ayden Mayeri dives deep into her own pre-teen years for a disarming and wise look at female coming-of-age. When actress and first-time filmmaker Ayden Mayeri was ...

Four friends reunite when the album they made as pre-teens becomes a cult hit on the internet and scores a record deal twenty years later. Together, they revisit their friendship and early 2000s ...