Singer-songwriter Garrison Bailey is working on her next album, Blue Suede Funk, at Studio2fity. Legendary guitarist Wayne Riker is amongst the guests contributing.
Tamar Berk’s highly anticipated new album, Good Times For A Change, is out on September 6. She’ll have a special show celebrating its release on September 28 in Chicago, when she opens for Material Issue at Lincoln Hall.
Director Roddy Bogowa’s acclaimed 2023 documentary, Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, is being released this month on to theatres nationwide, as well as on DVD. Bogowa, who completed his Master of Fine Arts at UCSD in 1989, was in two popular groups of the era, The Fan Club and The Odds. The latter released a highly collectable single, “World Crisis,” in 1983.
After seven years, acclaimed Kate Bush tribute group, Baby Bushka, is calling it quits, with a final U.S. show at the Music Box on September 15, followed by a 14-date farewell tour of Ireland and England.
Indie rock trio, Cat 22, is performing at a touring music festival, International Pop Overthrow in Los Angeles on August 3, at The Redwood Bar. For frontman Scott Samuels (also in Oasiz), it will be the second of three IPO appearances this year, following a spot in Chicago (April 27), which saw him reunite with his 1970’s teen band, Phaze, and score some network TV coverage. His next appearance with Cat 22, featuring Donna Daly and Mel Hintz, is set for IPO San Diego on August 17.
Re-issue label, Numero Group, has re-issued Clikatat Ikatowi’s 1993 demos as, S/T Demo Cassette. The album’s seven tracks have been remixed and remastered from the original analog tapes, with the release only available in the digital format or as a limited-edition cassette.
grampadrew’s Flim Flam Revue will be celebrating 10 years with a Festival in Idyllwild over Labor Day Weekend. Taking place August 31 & September 1 in the Rustic Theatre Back-lot. The event doubles as founder Drew Douglas’s birthday celebration.
Acclaimed songwriter David Howard is calling it quits as a live performer with a performance at Folk Heritage on August 2. He will continue to write and record. “My reasons for closing the curtain are many,” Howard said. “I’m happy to speak to them in private. I’ve always loved performing, and there
was a time when it was the “prime directive,” but that time is long past. I will give everything I’ve got at the Folk Heritage concert. I’m not giving up music, but I’m not chasing after it either.”
Celtic-inspired group, Kick Up The Dust, heads out on a tour of France from July 21 – 30. Singer Chloe Lou will be joining the band on this road trip.
Falling Doves, featuring Christopher Leyva, start the third leg of their 2024 Double Vision World Tour on September 7 in Manchester, England, with South America set for October and New Zealand in December. The band recently completed two weeks of dates in Japan, performing in support of Sake breweries.
A new British compilation due out August, Keb Darge Presents The Best Of Ace Sixties Garage Punk, features the 1965 single, “They Can’t Hurt Me,” by Carlsbad based garage rockers, The Lyrics.
Manual Scan has begun tracking a new EP for Pacific Records, with guitarist Kevin Ring producing.
On June 12 Mojo Nixon was posthumously honored with a display at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. In attendance were many of his musical friends, including members of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, The Pogues, Jason & The Scorchers, and The Georgia Satellites.
Congrats to Pierce The Veil, who scored sales awards from the RIAA earlier this month for three singles from their 2012 album, Collide with the Sky: “A Match Into Water” (Platinum), “King For A Day” (2X Platinum), and “Bulls In The Bronx” (Gold)
Guitarist Micheal Schenker’s new album, My Years with UFO, includes a rerecorded version of UFO’s 1975 classic, “Shoot Shoot,” featuring Stephen Pearcy of Ratt.
The Schizophonics will be opening for Me First & The Gimme Gimmes on their upcoming “Infest the West” tour. Dates kick off on August 14 in Sacramento, wrapping up on September 7 in Monterey, with a stop in SanDiego on August 28 at the Observatory. The band Still Animals will be opening each date.
Swami and the Bed of Nails will soon head out on a two-week tour of England, Ireland and Scotland, opening up on September 17 in Bristol, and wrapping things up on September 28 in London.
Congrats to guitarist Johnny Vernazza – His 1976 (#3) single with the Elvin Bishop Group, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love,” scored a Silver Single this month in the U.K, via the BPI.
Congrats to guitarist Johnny Vernazza – His 1976 (#3) single with the Elvin Bishop Group, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love,” scored a Silver Single this month in the U.K, via the BPI.
