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
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).
Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume to the closet.
Keith MayRuh roh.And just like that, the greatest holiday of the year is alllll over. So what'd you do? We had another action-packed weekend, of course, with our first stop at Long Beach's adorable annual tradition, the Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade and Pet Adoption Fair. Dogs? Way cuter than babies. See the proof here.After the jump, find photos of badass gramps(es?) competing in the 2009 Southland Senior Olympics Surfing Competition, a bunch of bands from Korn and Shiny Toy Guns to Girl Talk
