#NowPlaying - more d-beat punk. This is another one from last year, the excellent 'Endless Slaughter' EP from Apple Valley, California's NOTHING'S SAID. This one also reminds me of early Helmet sometimes-- the vocals, at least.
https://nothingsaid.bandcamp.com/album/endless-slaughter
#punk #PunkRock #dbeat #hardcore #HardcorePunk #California #CaliforniaBands #CaliforniaPunk #AppleValley
#NowPlaying - epic Friday morning wake up music, new EP 'Seen Enough' by California rippers SPY that just came out today. And of course it's đŸ”¥
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enough
#punk #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #CaliforniaPunk #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #CaliPunk @Defiance @tangleofwires @irafcummings
This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is Los Angeles' CRYOGEYSER. Psyched to hear the rest of their self-titled record that comes out February 14-- here's 'Stargirl' from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF3nXlx4kkM
This is some REALLY great fuzzy, dreamy shoegazey indie pop rock. Dig Shawn Marom's vocals, the wild guitar stuff, the dynamics, all of it. Check the heavier guitar & yelled vocals around the 2:30 mark-- wait for it!
#shoegaze #FuzzPop #IndiePop #indie #IndieMusic #IndieRock #Cryogeyser #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #LosAngeles #LosAngelesBands @skullvalanche @buffyleigh @starshaped
Justin Chamberlain is the man behind California's SOFT VEIN. It's a rad coldwave project, and they have a new one out today called 'Through Blinds': https://softvein.bandcamp.com/album/through-blinds
I'm not a Depeche Mode fan- this has just a BIT of that feel (with less in your face vocals and a cooler, weirder vibe, in my opinion), or maybe Gary Numan, Coil, or Throbbing Gristle vibes sometimes. The Soft Vein vocals are kinda purposefully low/obscured too, to make em almost like another instrument, not always easy to make out lyrics, even, and I DIG it. Dark, dancy, catchy, great synths.
#coldwave #darkwave #SoftVein #California #CaliforniaBands #edm #darkwave #industrial #synth #synths
Got a great one for the first #MusicWomenWednesday of 2025. Wrote last year about finding bands via other bands- happened again. Been listening to coldwave/darkwave lately. After following (recent favorite) Soft Vein on Instagram, I saw he's playing a show with a band called Milliken Chamber. WOW. Milliken Chamber is a duo from Los Angeles. Catchy, dreamy subtle melodies, pulsing beats & synths. EP from 2017, LP from 2019:
https://millikenchamber.bandcamp.com/album/lily-of-the-valley
https://millikenchamber.bandcamp.com/album/absence
#ColdWave #DarkWave #synth #SynthPop #synths #LosAngeles #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #MillikenChamber #indie #IndieMusic
Amazingly, here's another one I almost missed this year-- another that might've made my favorite 20 albums of 2024 if I'd caught it earlier. This is a KILLER synthpop record along the lines of Ladytron, etc.
GLASS SPELLS are a duo from California and singer Tania Costello even almost has a Stevie Nicks or 80s kind of vibe to her vocals sometimes. Love this new LP 'Crystals' of theirs from earlier this year, and it's perfect for the final #MusicWomenWednesday of 2024.
https://glassspells.bandcamp.com/album/crystals
#synth #SynthPop #GlassSpells #CaliforniaBands #CaliBands #2024Albums #2024Records #synths @buffyleigh @starshaped
It's #GrindayFriday again and although I could've easily done POSTNASAL DRAINAGE for Music Women Wednesday (as it's a woman-fronted two piece gore groove band from California's east bay, and that would've been funny), we're doin em up for Grinday Friday.
This is Postnasal Drainage's first demo, from April, released a day before my birthday this year. Some truly gross and grody stuff. But what good grind isn't?
https://postnasaldrainage.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2024
#grind #grindcore #GoreGrind #GoreGroove #PostnasalDrainage #CaliBands #CaliforniaBands #CaliMetal #CaliforniaMetal @vanessawynn
Late #ThursDeath for today. Los Angeles' MALEFIC OATH make some grody, fantastic metal and their 3 song EP 'Throne of Ascendancy' is testament to this. You can listen to this grimy masterpiece in less than 20 minutes. https://maleficoath.bandcamp.com/album/throne-of-ascendancy
#metal #DeathMetal #OSDM #MaleficOath #CaliforniaBands #CaliforniaMetal
GUITAR PILGRIM
ON CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
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Few things in life are better than CCR...
Guitar Pilgrim [Thom Helwig]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzfeu1NOg0
It seems as though Guitar Pilgrim can put out new videos faster than I can post them. For more of his charming teaching, follow Mastodon's GuitarPilgrim hashtag.
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #1970sbands #1970smusic #1970srock #californiabands #californiamusic #californiarock #ccr #credenceband #credencelodi #credenceclearwaterrevival #guitar #guitarist #guitarists #guitarlesson #guitarlessons #guitarpilgrim #johnfogerty #lodi #lodiccr #lodicredence #lodisong #musiclesson #musiclessons #musicnews #popularmusic
#thomhelwig
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AJ LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT
"HILLSIDE"
Folk Pop Meets Bluegrass
*****
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Hillside
from City Of Glass by AJ Lee & Blue Summit
https://ajleebluesummit.bandcamp.com/track/hillside
Evidently AJ Lee and Blue Summit has been around for a few years but the band is a new signing to the Signature Sounds label. Signature Sounds, for me, has had its best success, in recent times, with veteran acts. Examples include Eilen Jewell, Brennen Leigh, and Chris Smither. So, the fresh faced Blue Summit may mark a nod or even a return to the early days of Signature Sounds.
"Hillside," the teaser track available now at Bandcamp, is really encouraging. After the knowing and very pretty soloing on the verses, the density of the harmony on the chorus took me by surprise. I definitely like it. The song ends a little soon; but then again, we don't have the show biz expression, "Leave 'em wanting more," for no reason.
Five Stars for the great promise this group shows.
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#ajleeandbluesummit #bandcamp #bluegrass #bluesummit #brennenleigh #californiabands #californiamusic #chrissmither #cityofglass #eilenjewell #folkmusic #folkpop #hillsidesong #musicnews #santacruz #signaturesounds #singersongwriter
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GRACE SLICK, AND ONLY GRACE SLICK
"WHITE RABBIT"
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Grace Slick Vocals Isolated White Rabbit
Jeff Thibaud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khZ7e9ytm-g
Over the years, I have drifted away somewhat from the Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." This terrific isolated Grace Slick vocal has revived my interest.
Tell 'em all hookah smoking caterpillars
Have given you the call
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #californiabands #californiamusic #californiarock #graceslick #haightashbury #jeffersonairplane #musicnews #psychedelicrock #sanfranciscobands #sanfranciscomusic #sanfranciscorock #summeroflove #whiterabbit
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ALANA SWEETWATER AND THE SATISFACTION
"CLOSE ENOUGH TO BURN"
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Close Enough To Burn
from Close Enough To Burn by Sweetwater and the Satisfaction
https://sweetwaterandthesatisfaction.bandcamp.com/track/close-enough-to-burn
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#alanasweetwater #alanasweetwaterandthesatisfaction #bandcamp #californiabands #californiamusic #californiarock #closeenoughtoburn #losangelesbands #losangelesmusic #losangelesrock #musicnews #rocksingersongwriter #singersongwriter #sweetwaterandthesatisfaction #thesatisfaction
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DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS LIVE ON TELEVISION
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Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks on Flip Wilson
HicksandLicksFan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZ8wjQE_bY
This is a great Dan Hicks video and my college roommate sent another. Double jeopardy may be coming our way.
Staff at a terrific radio station, WRSI with studios in Northampton, Massachusetts, picked Dan Hicks as their favorite act several years in a row. So, while I have heard them a lot on WRSI and elsewhere, this is the first time I have actually seen Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks. The experience is worth the wait.
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#californiabands #californiamusic #danhicks #danhicksandhishotlicks #danhicksandthehotlicks #flipwilson #musicnews #northamptonmassachusetts #wrsi #wrsinorthampton #wrsiradio
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CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS
"I WANNA LOVE"
I Wanna Love
from Soft Spot (Deluxe) by The California Honeydrops
https://cahoneydrops.bandcamp.com/track/i-wanna-love-2
"I Wanna Love" is the first California Honeydrops recording I heard knowingly. I liked it enough to seek other tracks. My favorite so far may be a live recording of "Pumpkin Pie," which I expect to get to later. It lives up to the group's Bandcamp motto: - "The California Honeydrops don't just play music -- they throw parties."
Meanwhile, "I Wanna Love" is the record that first caught my interest.
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#bandcamp #californiabands #californiahoneydrops #californiamusic #iwannalove #lechwierzynski #pumpkinpie #singersongwriter
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TERRY KIRKMAN, 83
Terry Kirkman, Co-Founder of the Association, and Composer of ‘Cherish,’ Dies
by Best Classic Bands Staff
https://bestclassicbands.com/terry-kirkman-association-obituary-9-24-23/
When I heard The Association at the University of Maine, circa 1967, the band gave a much more finished performance than on the live cut on the Monterey Pop Festival box set. At UMO, Kirkman sang, played flute and, on a grander number, flugelhorn; and he took part in humor in-between songs and MCed the show.
I once wrote and published a biography, in Web pages online, of the nineteenth century music group, the Alleghanians. In it, I made use of one of the Association's best known song titles, "Along Comes Mary."
RiP
#alleghanians #alongcomesmary #association #californiabands #californiamusic #cherish #terrykirkman #thealleghanians #theassociation
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