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Ranch Ghost
Hot Band Alert: Ranch Ghost — Get down with their jangle cow punk, debut album out

Photo Credit: Ashley Boyd Jones A little gritty, a tad ghostly and a whole lotta rock n roll, Nashville’s Ranch Ghost are about to haunt you with their new tunes. Like the good rock ’n’ roll of the 50s and 60s, Ranch Ghost have that shake, rattle and roll appeal making it nearly impossible to […]

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The Faint
The Faint and Gang of Four to play The Mayan in Downtown LA — stream new song

Dance punk masters, The Faint are bringing their stage show back to Los Angeles with a concert date scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20 at The Mayan in Downtown L.A. Sharing the stage with The Faint will be Gang of Four. Today The Faint shared a new song titled “Young & Realistic.” The five-minute track is the […]

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Watch No Parents’ new video for “Hey Grandma” — Show dates at Echoplex and Observatory

Los Angeles punks, No Parents have shared a cheeky new video for “Hey Grandma.” What starts off with a sweet piano ballad accented by a soft and tender-sounding choir, turns into a pop punk concierto. Armed with electric guitars instead of violins, and a dancing conductor (frontman Zoe Reign), No Parents’ video for “Hey Grandma” is something […]

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King Khan & The Shrines to play June date at the Echoplex

Montreal psychedelic rockers King Khan & The Shrines return to Los Angeles for a headlining show at the Echoplex on June 27. King Khan is well known for delivering a wild and raucous show and their Echoplex date will be one you won’t want to miss. This is a separate project from his notorious King Khan […]

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summer cannibals
Summer Cannibals release new song “Say My Name,” new album and L.A. gig in May

Portland rockers Summer Cannibals have shared a new tune ahead of their third record Full of It — due out May 27 via independent label Kill Rock Stars. They also have a Los Angeles tour date May 19 at the Teragram Ballroom (priced at $16.00) with The Thermals. Lead guitarist and vocalist Jessica Boudreaux has added new members: […]

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Cherry-Glazerr
Adult Swim releases new Cherry Glazerr song “Sip O’ Poison” as part of 19-week singles project

Los Angeles garage-grunge-punk band, Cherry Glazerr have offered up a brand new track titled “Sip O’ Poison.” The song comes from Adult Swim’s batch of singles; a 19-week project featuring a bunch of great artists. The new song finds the band creating a punk number reaching a minute and half of manic “Oh, Oh, Ohs” […]

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MichaelRault
Recommended: Michael Rault “Living Daylight” — a lovesick record full of infectious garage and vintage power pop

As the last kiss of spring dries out and you sit dreaming of summer backyard bar-b-q-s, you should really plug-in and take a listen to Michael Rault’s debut full-length Living Daylight to get yourself in the summer frame of mind. Rault comes from our neighborhood to the north, Canada, wearing high top old skool vans […]

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Watch Crocodiles’ new animated video for “Foolin’ Around”

San Diego’s Crocodiles have shared a creepy cool new animated video for their new song “Foolin’ Around”. Crocodiles have always been out-of-the-box with their music videos (remember that Goat video?). Off their forthcoming new album, Boys, Crocodiles took their catch psych pop track “Foolin’ Around” and created a Peanuts inspired animated video. Directed and animated […]

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tame-impala
Tame Impala unleash a rainbow of sounds at Fox Theater Pomona

It’s Coachella week, and as part of Goldenvoice’s massive roll-out of Coachella sideshows, Tame Impala came to the Fox Theater Pomona last night to showcase their latest music. The Aussie psych rockers debuted two new song last night. Both “‘Cause I’m a Man” and “Let It Happen” were recently shared on Grimy Goods as Tame […]

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the two tens
Video Premiere: Watch The Two Ten’s New Video for “Rush Out”

Los Angeles duo The Two Tens have a penchant for adrenaline pumping garage-punk songs and their new music video, “Rush Out,” which Grimy Goods has premiered today, is a perfect visual match for their revved up, rock ‘n’ roll sound. For the vintage cars, the band reached out to some good friends, and ended up […]

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bass drum of death
Bass Drum of Death unleash a fury of sound and energy at The Echo

The Mississippi based trio, Bass Drum of Death played to a sold out all ages show at The Echo last night. You know you’re in for it when the crew for the band tells the people at the front of the stage that they’re fucked standing where they are. As soon as the band launched into […]

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Listen to Death Valley Girls’ New Song “Arrow” of their Burger Records Cassette Tape

Death Valley Girls, a lauded up-and-coming garage rock band from Los Angeles have released a killer new garage bomb titled “Arrow.” The song comes from their Street Venom cassette tape which was just released off Burger Records. The cassette features 10 garage rock anthems inspired by the reverb-soaked sounds of the 60s. Just like “Arrow”, the […]

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PHOTOS: Jesus Sons and Santoros rockin’ and rollin’ the El Cid!

Jesus Sons If you were at El Cid this past Wednesday, you may have thought you fell inside a wormhole and was transported to a different era. Upon arriving at El Cid, we were greeted by an array of motorcycles. From vintage cafe racers to your wide hipped baggers, the evening was already coming correct. […]

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Hot Band Alert: Death Valley Girls

Who exactly are Patty, Larry, Bonnie and Rocky? They are Death Valley Girls, a Los Angeles-based rock ‘n’ roll band. Beyond that the rest is mostly shrouded in mystery, as little about them is yet to be found on the world-wide interwebs. Luckily, after catching this hot new band out live, Grimy Goods is here […]

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Crocodiles Goats of Love
New Video: Crocodiles “Goats of Love”

San Diego’s Crocodiles just released a quirky video for their new song “Goats of Love.” Don’t let the breezy Summer beach day distract you, this shit is both disturbing and hilarious. The video features some very special YouTube sensations you may have seen around the block — screaming goats. Can you imagine the back-up singers […]

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Thee Oh Sees with The Mallard and Sic Alps – Photos & Show Review – El Rey Theatre

Minus the police-state security tactics and overpriced drinks, the El Rey Theatre is actually a pretty amazing place to catch a band.  Besides, it’s all about the pregame anyway.  San Francisco garage titans, Thee Oh Sees headlined this past Sunday.  It was a who’s who of the burgeoning San Francisco garage scene as fellow Bay […]

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The Jim Jones Revue Photo Credit:Steve Gullick
The Jim Jones Revue “Burning Your House Down” – Album Review

    Excuse me sir? Do you have the directions to the nearest whiskey bar and a couple of aspirins?  This is the question that The Jim Jones Revue’s newest album leaves you asking. “Burning Your House Down” is as torrid and ornery as the name suggests. Released on London’s Punk Rock Blues record label, […]

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Sky Saxon – RIP

“I remember the day Darby Crash died. The next day, John Lennon was shot and killed and the world at large didn’t even care that Darby was gone.. sadly, I am now seeing the same thing happen with Sky Saxon, who died this morning….I guess that’s the price you pay when you swim outside the […]

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Johnny Rad Fest

Check out this awesome garage, skate punk music festival coming atcha this weekend. If your near the San Diego area come on down to the first annual Johnny Rad Fest. There’s a whole slew of kick ass bands playing: The Spits, The Atoms, The Sess and The Clean Cuts just to name a few. The […]

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