Category Archives: Local Establishments/Venues
Life After Temporal Love, Where Do We Go From Here?
Temporal Love continues to demonstrate that they’re one of the thickest, nastiest, most energetic storms to explode onto the rock and roll spectrum. While anchored in paying homage to the blues, acknowledging jazz, and toying with funk, they blast forth a power-trio force scarcely reckoned with in the world of music today. Intense jams, fat chops, juicy bottoms, extended wanderings, improvisational bliss… and class. Wicked class, raw integrity, and pure joy.
Their 2 shows at Cafe Boogaloo and Lighthouse [...]
The Irie State of Mind, A New Album From Fortunate Youth
I’ve lived in the South Bay of Los Angeles for nearly 30 years. I’ve skateboarded, bicycled, and ding-dong-ditched more no-name streets than most residents know exist; and I don’t use PCH to get everywhere I need to go. I remember walking past Mrs. Gooch’s and the pet store to get a scoop of black cherry at Thrifty for a quarter. I remember burritos at Diana’s on the Hermosa strand, $1 rice from Thai Top, and punk rock shows at the [...]
A Lesson In Penmanship – Kyle Boomer’s One Man Scene
There aren’t many jungles in Oklahoma; in fact, there are none. And at first glance, it may not seem like there are any here at the beach either. Ah, but there is one jungle in the South Bay (of Los Angeles, Ca), so removed and protected it can take a person decades to find it. And when one does find or stumble into this beautiful, eclectic place, they run the risk of not finding their way back out. I’m [...]
Living The ZuhG Life
When I hear the name ZuhG, it makes me think of the planet Gong, Daevid Allen and pothead pixies. Well, it’s not a mythical planet, and the potheads aren’t pixies; but there is one commonality shared with the fanciful world created by the founding member of Soft Machine and Gong…
“ZuhG means to be unlike others, and to do something different,” says Bryan Nichols of ZuhG. “We made it up. Be ZuhG… Live a ZuhG life.”
ZuhG is a prolific band from [...]
Hoist the Colors: They’re on the Attack
Hoist the Colors plays tomorrow night at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach.
Weirdo Irish Punk Pirates Hoist the Colors of a Folk Rock Flag
“We all grew up listening to punk rock… A few of us grew up in families where Irish music and bluegrass was being played… So we took all of that stuff and kind of put it into a blender, which became the sound of our band.”
The band? Josh Linden (mandolin, vocals), Sean Brandlin [...]
Good Music and Goodfellas
You ever listen to “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash/Shell Silverstein and “Gimme Danger” by Iggy and The Stooges, and try to figure out what they have in common? At the least, musically you might be a bit confused; lyrically you may pull some strings together… and then at last, you may wonder how the two can appeal to the same demographic. And while it may be difficult to understand how the folk singin’, country slingin’ rider in black [...]
New Year, New Band, New Company, New Gun: A Sand Section EP Release Party
This article was originally written for print in the Easy Reader newspaper. It was intentionally omitted that if Sand Section successfully rocked out and sold out the venue (Saint Rocke), they would secure themselves a spot in this summer’s Beach Concert series. Well, they did, and so they did. Saint Rocke hadn’t known Dirty Hippie Radio was writing this piece; this is what they had to say afterward:
“Your article really helped last night’s show… Ticket sales went from 25 to [...]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Murder Mystery
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting Matthew Teardrop, then you’ll likely agree that he comes off as a fairly soft-spoken, warm and gentle, nearly shy kind of guy. Wrong!
Well is it wrong? Or is it someone else who takes stage in Teardrop’s place? What mad, crazy elixir transforms this seeming teddy bear into a bellowing, snarling Grizzly? A man who’s the doppelganger to himself… A volatile dramatist not afraid to show his bloody insides… Liable to descend the [...]
Blank Tapes, Comic Books, Dirdy Birds and Dirty Hippies
Together, your full service local music column and your friendly neighborhood comic book shop have collaborated to bring the South Bay (of Los Angeles Ca) an intimate show featuring the talent of two excellent artists. Dirty Hippie Radio presents: The Blank Tapes with special guest Dirdy Birdy at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach; Tonight, May 26 at 8PM.
The Comic Bug serves not only as a refuge for comic book nerds like myself, but also as a local sanctuary for [...]
