Saturday: The Heavy Guilt Record Release Party

The Heavy Guilt left a huge impression on me from the very first time I saw Erik and Al set up a PA outside the Soda Bar with all their gear to promote their show the next night.

Since that night, I've had the pleasure of seeing the band many times(and eventually booking them a few times, too)and I'm happy to gave gotten to know them all over the past several months. Their first record, Lift Us Up From This completely won me over. With their second album, In The Blood , the band cements themselves as one of the best in San Diego and I suspect they're destined for great things. The record has already been nominated for the San Diego Music Awards for Best Alternative Album (a category voted on by the academy).

Tonight The Heavy Guilt is officially releasing In The Blood on vinyl and CD, and the party is not to be missed. They have all kinds of great things lined up...from live artists to a vinyl swap meet to complement the lineup that includes Black Sands, Gun Runner, and Low Volts. Best of all, the show is all ages and is only $5.

7/16 Saturday
In The Blood Release Party
The Glashaus Gallery
1815 Main St.
San Diego, CA 92113

Featuring:
The Heavy Guilt
Low Volts
Gun Runner
Black Sands

6 - 11 pm
All Ages
Beer & Wine Available



Check out four tracks from In The Blood:
04 Through The Tangles

07 In The Blood

11 Fallen

02 The Cost

Here some of what our local media is saying about The Heavy Guilt:

San Diego Citybeat
If I Were U Plan A
Urb Magazine
Sounddiego
Owl & Bear

Find the band on their Official Site, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube

Saturday: The Rumble Returns to Bar Pink with Longstay, The Fling and Gun Runner

It bums me out so much that I've been asked to work on Saturday night, because I love The Fling. They're playing this month's installment of The Rumble which happens to fall on Saturday night. They'll be joined by two terrific bands, Longstay and Gun Runner, and as with all of The Rumbles, this show is free. It is highly recommended, however, that you click the flyer to RSVP for the event because they've been getting so packed that you don't want to get stuck in line or being turned away (though RSVP still doesn't guarantee entry which is based on capacity, not how cute you are, how skinny your jeans are, or how much you try to grease the doorguy.)

Here's the info about each band from Future Sounds:

THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO - MAY 7TH @ BAR PINK

Featuring Longstay, The Fling, Gun Runner + DJ Snakehips - FREE!

LONGSTAYClassic Americana combined with the alt country swagger of Dawes and the lyrical depth of David Dondero, LONGSTAY craft a layered and textured rock sound that is set to perfectly accompany the heartiness of The Fling on this bill. This five piece have Sezio calling their Homes & Houses EP, "a rock-pop album that's not afraid to show some soul, or a soul-pop album that's not afraid to rock."

"Their mix of Americana, pop, and rock is smooth, welcoming, and adventurous." - Mixtape Muse

THE FLINGThese Long Beach bred guys drop their debut, When The Madhouse Appear (Dangerbird Records) this week and effortlessly meld genres to create an intoxicating sonic blend of The Band and White Album era Beatles meets the Fruit Bats and what Exploding In Sound calls, "shoegaze inflicted folk music, woozy pop balladry, swirling psychedelics, luscious vocal harmonies, and all around incredible song writing." We seriously can't get enough of these guys and couldn't be happier to have them on the entire West Coast run of the tour.

"Beautifully melodic and well-textured songwriting — instantly sing-alongable yet arranged complexly enough to warrant multiple listens... their angelic harmonies left me speechless the first time they soared through my speakers" - Creative Loafing

GUN RUNNERSean Davenport's smokey croon coupled with funk keyboards and psych flourishes give GUN RUNNER their signature sound and this quartet are fresh off a series of SXSW showcases and opening slot for bedroom pop icons, Wye Oak. Locals are eating up their Bad Neighbors EP and we couldnt agree more.

"an interesting work that evokes the psychedelic blues of Bob Dylan’s 2007 masterpiece, Time out of Mind.” - Owl & Bear

PLUS, DJ SNAKEHIPS ALL EVENING!

Once again, I'm stoked to be a partner of these events, along with FUTURE SOUNDS, INDIGENOUS, OWL & BEAR, BEDOUIN VINTAGE COLLECTIVE, FRIENDS WITH BOTH ARMS, STRONG SCREEN PRINTING, EVENTBRITE, and PABST BLUE RIBBON, I'm just sad I can't always be there.