DEVO, BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE ( Crystal Ballroom , 1332 W Burnside) Axl Rose's cornrows of shame. Vince Neil's mangled, Botoxed face. Boy George's generously expanded waistline. Artists of the '80s are a walking example of the unforgiving nature of age, yet somehow Devo has found a way to be cooler now than they were when they first introduced de-evolution to the masses. (Although the band took shape in '73 and the excellent Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Duty Now for the Future were released in the '70s, the [...]
You guys, I have been talking about this band for absolute ages & they've finally come over to the UK for a set of what turned out to be 3 headline shows and the last one is in my adopted town of Brighton. The Growlers playing at the Green Door Store tonight and if you miss this, honestly, we are not friends. That is all. The Growlers @ The Green Door Store, doors 7:30pm , £7 in advance [...]

I don't normally do pre-release announcements, but this one has tickled my fancy. Palmist Records are run by the intern at Fatcat Records, the last time I heard, but the work they're doing is excellent. I wish I had an intern like that - I'd be down the fucking pub by noon every day! Anyhow, so far Palmist have released nothing but a (splendid) series of split 123s, and their latest is with two Portland bands - it's like Song, by Toad circa 2009! I don't acutally know The Whines [...]

The Growlers play tomorrow at the Lexington in London with Two Wounded Birds who go on at 9pm, followed by the Growlers at 10pm. The Gs are the best live band in the world and if you miss this, you are a fool. Wednesday, September 7 at Lexington (96-98 Pentonville Road) £8.00 / Grab yr advance tickets here mp3: The Growlers - Gay Thoughts mp3: [...]
Long Beach's The Growlers are wrapping up their 2010 with a hometown show here in Los Angeles to finish up 2011! The Growlers perform live at The Echo on Thursday, Dec. 29. Scheduled to play with The Growlers at The...

Orange County locals The Growlers have been gaining tons of popularity for the past year or so and will now headline a show at The Echo later this year. The show is set to take place on Thursday, December 29th and joining them will be Tomorrow’s Tulips and The Abigails . Tickets for The Growlers at The Echo are available to purchase now through Ticketweb for $13.00 plus any additional service fees. Stream their [...]
For anyone who wanted to see the Growlers at this year’s Sunset Junction, the festival’s cancellation was a massive blessing delivered by the city’s gavel of justice. Before I go on, I should confess my general bias against festivals and explain a couple underlying beliefs I hold about how to best experience live music: 1. It should be dark out. The Strangegloves put it best with their lyric “The night time, is the right time.” 2. The venue should be enjoyable. This is determined by a complex algorithm involving many factors including a venue’s: [...]

Our friends over at Palmist Records are doing something that is long overdue, in my humble and entirely correct opinion. They are releasing the first ever Growlers record in the UK. The split 123 which will surely convert the Growlers into the most popular band in the world, features tracks from their 'debut' LP Are You In Or Out & their many Couples EPs as kind of an introduction for their future legions of British fans. [...]
Written for TheAudioPerv.com Photos by Tamea Agle ( photobytamea.com ) More photos below. Upon arriving at the large canyon where Pacific Festival: OC was situated, my first thought was “where is everyone?” Even though the festival had already been going on for about an hour before my photographer Tamea and I got there, there was no line getting in and barely anyone wandering around the grounds. We staked out the place, crossing through the main stage area, through the array of still-close food trucks, to [...]
While Orange County tends to be known for the pop punk, screamo, emo, and other mosh-inducing genres that thrive at renowned venues like Chain Reaction in Anaheim, the second annual Pacific Festival: OC is doing it’s best to battle the stereotypes. For the second year, the festival will be conjuring an “upscale” music event, featuring artists of all genres as well as a wide range of food and drinks, art installations, and local business vendors. While last year the festival found a home in the small courtyard and venues of the Triangle Square complex [...]
While Orange County tends to be known for the pop punk, screamo, emo, and other mosh-inducing genres that thrive at renowned venues like Chain Reaction in Anaheim, the second annual Pacific Festival: OC is doing it’s best to battle the stereotypes. For the second year, the festival will be conjuring an “upscale” music event, featuring artists of all genres as well as a wide range of food and drinks, art installations, and local business vendors. While last year the festival...

If you have read this blog for about one minute, or listened to me speak in person, or anywhere really - you'll know that my favorite band are the Growlers . I have spent more words talking about my love for their music, live show, and general ethos than I will spend talking about my love for Bob Dylan in my dissertation. That is a real statistic. They are my favorite live band that I have ever seen and our friends at Mean Fiddler did the unthinkable and brought them [...]

With a little over two weeks left before its set to kick off, Filter Magazine has released a sampler featuring acts playing the 2011 OC Pacific Festival . Among the artists featured on the sampler, which you can stream below, are The Growlers , Cut/Copy , Toro Y Moi , and Phantogram , all of whom are set to play the one-day bash. The OC Pacific Festival is set to take place Saturday, August 13 at Oak Canyon Ranch in Orange County, California, and will see performances [...]

Photo: Bill Wippert How progressive is NY? First gay marriage, now tap handles at gas stations Sunoco just announced that several of their APlus stores in Western New York will now offer glass growler refills of craft beer in a test of what they're calling The Craft Beer Exchange . The chain now has 14 taps at 11 of its 17 stores. At any given time, consumers have their choice of up to 132 different microbrews including Wailing Wench [...]

King Khan Los Angeles Concert Calendar :: July 2011 - September 2011 Wednesday, July 6th The New Mastersounds @ The Troubadour Thursday, July 7th J Irvin Dally @ Hotel Cafe (10pm) Darwin Deez with Dirty Gold @ The Echo Friday, July 8th Sonny & The Sunsets with Wounded Lion and Dinosaur Feathers @ The Echo Eddie Vedder @ The Wiltern [...]
Check out this new Jack Coleman directed video for the Growlers' Record Store Day exclusive 73, Gay Thoughts/Good Feelings. Proving all at once how ridiculous they are, and why they are ever so deserving of being my favorite band in the world. Speaking of the best things to ever happen, they're finally coming to the [...]

Frost Hammer - Live at Reeds Sometimes you just get lucky. There I was, minding my own business, sharing a club sandwich with my father-in-law, when an email pops across my iPhone. Nothing too unusual. At the Ripple we get over 400 band submissions a month. But something about this email caught my eye. First, they were local boys, coming from San Jose, and I always want to support local music. Second, this wasn't a demo or a first ep, or some fine studio recording. What came across were [...]

The clouds are lifting today after getting pounded by rain over the past few days. Maybe the summer is here? Hopefully. A few of my favourite blogs have started to post their summer playlists so I will make sure to start passing them along shortly. In the meantime, here is what is getting me through this Monday morning. Enjoy. Free mp3: AgesandAges - So So Freely Free mp3: The Growlers - Feeling Good [...]
Origami Vinyl :: Top 10 Records (6/11 - 6/16) 1. The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73 - EP 2. Radiohead - Supercollider & The Butcher 123 3. The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian - EP 4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 5. Beirut - East Harlem 73 6. Frank Fairfield - Out on the Open West 7. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain 8. The Growlers - Gay Thoughts 73 9. Hooray For Earth - True Loves 10. Tyler the Creator - Goblin [...]

Sick Californian surf psych. Brilliant videos. Shitty school bus. What's not to love? The Growlers will be playing at End of the Road on 2 Sept. A release on FatCat sister label Palmist Records is apparently on the cards. Until then: The Growlers - Empty Bones MP3 The Growlers - Gay Thoughts by hells-belles [ BUY ]