EARTHWORM ENSEMBLE ON SUNDAY SEP. 18TH AT MCCABE'S GUITAR SHOP, 3101 PICO BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA. 11:00AM/ $8/ ALL AGES

I'm sitting here in my family's kitchen in New Jersey, playing today's song for my grandparents. They are dancing along. Mamoo heard the first line and exclaimed, "this is my kind of music!" It's Thanksgiving and everyone knows that the best part of the traditional American meal is not the Turkey, but IS actually the potato dish. Whether you eat yours roasted or in sweet in one of those caserole-with-mini-marshmallow situations, potatoes are the jam. I prefer my potatos white and mashed and made by Mamoo according to her secret recipe, which I think includes A [...]

The Beer Tab EP is a collection of tracks from RockTheDub.com which have yet to see the light of day. Tracklist: 01: Sean Wyze "Keystone (Pardon Me)" (prod. by Jansport J) 02: Jo Well & DJ DviousMindZ ft. Phenomenon & Konscious K "211's" 03: Brown Bag AllStars "Blue Moon" (prod. by J57) 04: Nato Caliph ft. Earthworms "Beer Summers" (prod. by DJ Crucial) Download RockTheDub Presents: [...]
(Earthworms and Fresh Heir are currently touring around air force bases in England and Europe. Mathias from Earthworms is keeping a diary for us while he's away. Read on below for the third installme... Continue reading "Earthworms European Tour Diary, Part Four" >
(Earthworms and Fresh Heir are currently touring around air force bases in England and Europe. Mathias from Earthworms is keeping a diary for us while he's away. Read on below for the third installmen... Continue reading "Earthworms European Tour Diary, Part Three: Kosovo" >
(Earthworms and Fresh Heir are currently touring around air force bases in England and Europe. Mathias from Earthworms is keeping a diary for us while he's away. Read on below for the second installme... Continue reading "Earthworms European Tour Diary, Part Two" >
(Earthworms and Fresh Heir are currently touring around air force bases in England and Europe. Mathias from Earthworms is keeping a diary for us while he's away. Read on below for the first installmen... Continue reading "Earthworms European Tour Diary, Part One" >
Speaking of bands traveling overseas: Starting April 9, Earthworms and Fresh Heir will be embarking on a tour of U.S. military bases in Europe. The trek will take them to bases in Germany, the Netherl... Continue reading "Earthworms and Fresh Heir To Tour European Military Bases" >
DJ Mahf recently uploaded a new, free mixtape called Homemade Junk, Vol. 2. Snag the hour-long mix -- which features old-school hip-hop, new artists and the occasional local act -- right here. Co... Continue reading "Download: DJ Mahf, Homemade Junk, Vol. 2 Mixtape" >
Earthworms have a new video out for "Get Up." Featuring Steve Ewing.

EARTHWORMS ( MySpace ) (Ben Shepard) Where: Under the marquee of the Pageant When: Saturday, August 30, at 2:45 p.m. Playing with: As part of the East Loop Block Party; full line-up here . Sounds Like: Earthworms has long been a leading light among the city's hip-hop scene, and the collective's recent work represents a pinnacle of sorts. This year's Bottle Full of Bourbon builds off the funk-heavy, catch-all vibe of the group's [...]

The Lot, the late-summer free concert on the parking lot at the Schlafly Bottleworks, has come and gone for another year. Held on Saturday, this year's line-up featured So Many Dynamos, Earthworms, Clownvis Presley and the final Victoria performance, among other highlights. Photographer Steve Truesdell was there and has these photos: Slide Show Slide Show [...]

(Thanks to bands for permission to post MP3s!) (Shame Club, by Jennifer Silverberg) Shame Club , Come On ( Small Stone ) www.myspace.com/shameclub An apt exhortation to fans and detractors alike, Shame Club's Come On honors classic rock heroes without resorting to musty dinosaur gestures. Guitars scream like bottle-rockets or twist lazily like a kite – mimicking Led Zeppelin and Motörhead as much as Sly and the Family Stone or Queens of the [...]

(Thanks to bands for permission to post music!) (Earthworms, by Ben Shepard) Earthworms www.myspace.com/earthworms Earthworms has long been a leading light among the city's hip-hop scene, and the collective's recent work represents a pinnacle of sorts. This year's Bottle Full of Bourbon builds off the funk-heavy, catch-all vibe of the group's debut; Mathias, Kama and Black Patrick trade verses, while DJ Mahf cooks up a stew of smooth old-school soul and hard-edged beats. [...]