Florence Welch + The Rolling Stones

[EDIT]: Not HD but close up and still so sexy.

WOW. Trying to find an HD version right now...

Makeout with The Spyrals TONIGHT !

San Francisco's own neo-psychedelic outfit The Spyrals is playing a show at The Make-Out Room tonight! I first saw the three-man band play with my San Diego buddies of Wild Wild Wets earlier this year, and I've been letting its dizzying guitar rock cloud my judgement ever since. If you've got a free hour and $6 to spare, meet me at the Make-Out Room for happy hour before The Spyrals' 8.30 set. According to the band's facebook page, it will be sharing some new tunes tonight.

Check out the band's music video for "Trying to Please," the third track off of its 2012 self-titled album.

Mondays aren't so bad

Well this monday isn't! Thanks to the heartless, savage white men who stumbled into the western world, everyone punching the clock in the United States has a shortened work week. So really today is Thursday and tomorrow is Friday! That means Los Angeles in 2 days and exactly one week from now, I will be having one of the most exciting conversations of my life. STOKED. AMPED. PSYCHED. Speaking of being psyched...

Austin Psych Fest announced its lineup last week and holy rock and roll hell its a good one. A reallllll good one. The festival is still half a year away, but its never too late to start saving up for these kinds of weekends. Travel fare, lodgings, food, alcohol, extra curricular activities, etc. can really add up. So I'm going to have to pass on Coachella, SXSW and Sasquatch this year in favor of The Black Angel's own party. See you there!

FIDLAR at/versus The Fillmore: Why was no one stoked?

Lead vocalist/guitarist Zac Carper crowd surfing. Notice: stoked people on the right, not stoked people on the left. Photos by Bryan Banducci.

Last week I saw FIDLAR for the fourth time this year, and the band's show at the Fillmore was by far the most tame affair yet. Why? I blame The Fillmore, Delta Spirit and Delta Spirit's shitty fans. Just kidding. Kind of.

Click HERE to read my breakdown of the show over at the eventseekr blog!

Emily and Me after the 30 minutes set. So Stoked.

Down and Outlaws -- Uncut

Down and Outlaws, view from the back patio at El Rio. All photos by Joo-Joo Ashworth.

"Last Sunday, El Rio hosted a night of good old fashioned rock and roll. I’m talking about loud, guitar-driven, blues-inspired tunes that ring more sinister than indie rock and more pensive than punk. Surrounded by friends and friendly Sunday night bar goers, the San Francisco-based outfit Down and Outlaws roamed the venue, waiting for its headlining set of the night. With time to kill, and the opening acts Foli and Cab 20 sound checking their instruments, I sat down with the four guys of Down and Outlaws—vocalist and guitarist Peter Danzig, bassist Chris Danzig, drummer Jason Jones and lead guitarist Kyle Luck—to talk about their sound, influences, future plans and David Bowie." To read the whole article, head over to the eventseekr blog! Or just CLICK HERE.

My first version of the article was just over 3500 words, mostly due to the fact that my conversation with Peter, Chris, Jason and Kyle was filled with a lot of nonsense--endearing nonsense, the kind that tells me these guys would be easy to hang out with, but nonsense none the less. If I had my way, I wouldn't have cut a single word of the interview. (This is why we have editors: no one would have taken the time to read such a long article!) That being said, most of what I had to cut was solid gold, including this little excerpt about the man, the myth, the legend, David Bowie:

Jason: He transforms into an eagle and flies away.

Kyle: He comes back once every full moon--

Chris: --and delivers you a hit song.

Peter: He lives on the moon.

Kyle: That’s his house, right?

Peter: He actually writes inside the moon

Kyle: He wrote the moon! Sorry we’re getting off topic.

Peter: He wrote, what’s the fucking book?

Chris: Goodnight Moon!

Peter: He wrote goodnight moon.

Down and Outlaws has begun to lay down tracks for its debut EP, which will hopefully be out by the end of the year. Keep an eye on the band's facebook page for updates on the record and upcoming show dates.

Read the rest of the interview after the jump!

nu record: Give it to Me by Brother Pacific

So I spent the last week and a half listening to Brother Pacific's new EP, Give it to Me, on repeat and I wrote a review for the record over at the eventseekr blog. The San Francisco-based band created something seriously worth sharing, so make your way over to Brother Pacific's bandcamp page, have a listen for yourself and then check out my review HERE to see if our brains work in similar ways.

In other news:

Down and Outlaws is playing a show TONIGHT at El Rio! It'll be the band's last show for a while since the guys are recording their first EP this month.

Also FIDLAR is playing at the Fillmore this Friday. Come play!