Hell Ya & KROQ Locals Only Next Thurs Oct. 9th @ the Viper Room

Next Thursday Oct. 9th Night Hell Ya! and KROQ presents: Venus Infers, The Growlers, Dynamite Walls, and Picture Atlantic at the Viper Room.

This will be delicious night of music. Venus Infers have been heard on KROQ, MTV2 "On the Rise," MTV ProjectZ, two songs on TankFarm's Clothing Compilation, and heard frequently on MTV shows. I love this band, if you love Kings of Leon, this will be your new favorite band. The Growlers are yummy psychedelic Doors-esqe awesomeness. Dave Segal of the OC Weekly says "The Growlers play party music that's shot through with an undertone of melancholy. It's as if their sepia-tinted rock songs come equipped with both the drunken cheeriness and the nauseating hangover." Dynamite Walls is also on MTV2 On the Rise and recently opened up for Dahni Harrison’s band Thenewno2 at the Key Club. Picture Atlantic opened for Coldplay in San Fran recently.

Of course Hell Ya! Deejays will be spinning fresh indie in between sets.

KROQ is giving away tickets this Sunday, 10/5, so listen up!

thenewno2

Last night I caught thenewno2 (The New # 2) for their last show at the Key Club series in West Hollywood. It was a packed house full of everything from Beatles fanatics waiting the very front even during the openers Dynamite Walls, to hippies to hipsters, to people who had never been to the Key Club before, confused walking over to the vip section asking "may we sit there?". The hippies were priceless, long grey hair, beards, tye die t-shits. I loved seeing them at the show. Even Matt Sorum was in the audience.

Dahni Harrison is George's twin, and by twin I mean son. He looks JUST like him it's eerie. It was a psychadelic meets singer/songwriter show. The music is all over the place and I loved it. Weird keyboard effects, weird shit on the projection screen, with mellow lighting. Musically I love it, it's out there and strange and I wouldn't expect more from the son of a Beatle. Songmanship-wise, I was a little confused, I'm gonna be honest here. The songs were about broken hearts, love, relationships, girls, etc. The two didn't seem to match. But who cares? It's George Harrison's son on stage who looks just like him! If you squint you might actually see George! My favorite song and moment of the night was the song "Yomp" it's got a great retro sounding riff and he sings over the melody. This song also somewhat sounds like it could be a Beatles song.