Review by Waleed Rashidi
Poison The Well, The Locust (and a bunch of openers that we missed) at The Glass House, Pomona
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Better than: Being on the receiving end of a razor-wire enema (credit: Rich Kane, "Now We're Deef," OC Weekly, 8/31/2000)
Download: The Locust's "We Have Reached An Official Verdict: Nobody Gives A Shit."
Blame it on the moderate rain, the fact that it was hump day or the national airing of some brand-new "American Idol" audition footage, but at
This runs in the Weekly this week, but since the album is out already, here it is! Shiny Toy Guns have a new female singer in Sisely Treasure, from Long Beach. With a name like that, her only other career option than rock band member was "'70s Blaxploitation character." Since that's not exactly a lucrative market these days, it's lucky she ended up where she did.
Shiny Toy Guns
Season of Poison
(Universal Motown)
Shiny Toy Guns guitarist/singer Gregori Chad Petree and bassist/keyboardist Jerem
The Fray kicking back.Sure, it's fun to hate Live Nation for being a giant corporation that seems to control every big concert tour in the world, but they're making it pretty tough to do so this summer. Since starting "no service fee Wednesdays" last month, they've (as one might guess) dropped those nasty service fees (I just paid $9.50 per ticket for a non-Live Nation show--ouchies!) that are a big reason people hate Live Nation/Ticketmaster/etc. so much. Nothing really worse than the feeling o
Just got this email regarding two-for-one tickets on sale only today. Here's the info I was sent. HALF
PRICE TICKETS; Get 2 for the Price of 1 -- Tomorrow!
-- Starting at 12:01 midnight on
Wednesday, July 22 for 24 hours:
-- A pair of lawn tickets to
participating Live Nation amphitheater shows is available for half-off
-- Available for the following area shows
through LiveNation.com:
The Fray (Verizon Wireless
Amp
​When the Jakes announced their big-time major label deal with Roadrunner (a subsidiary of Warner) last month, their official comment advised that a couple of LA shows at Spaceland and the Viper Room would likely be their last area shows before holing up in the studio, working on their full-length album (the follow-up to EP Shake My Hand, featuring catchy tunes like "Schizophrenia" and "Cough Syrup" that got them all that attention they're currently benefiting from).
Our friends in P-town are adding even more gigs to their already bustling concert calendar, with acts like hip-hop duo Clipse coming to the Glass House in Pomona on August 16.
