The Growlers’ Natural Affair neglects all that once made them great Natalie Gott November 10, 2019 Album Review On October 25th, 2019 The Growlers released their latest album, Natural Affair, as if to tell listeners that, yes, they did indeed peek in 2014 and it has been all downhill from there. It lacks the luster of th...
From the dungeon of Barrows: a B-side Halloween playlist Everett Williams October 31, 2018 Mixtapes With Halloween upon us, we invite you to join us for an unconventional playlist, filled with haunting songs from a wide variety of artists. This playlist is an attempt to avoid the cliche (albeit classic) Hallo...
The price of pro: The Growlers at The Warfield John Lawson April 2, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Brooks Nielsen is not a good dancer. The Growlers frontman shuffled around The Warfield stage for over two hours this Friday on their City Club tour, his back straight, arms gesticulating casually to the thu...
The Growlers hang on to our hearts Jacob Elsanadi December 31, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews I spent Christmas in paradise. And it was all thanks to The Growlers. There was hula dancing, Santa hat and speedo-clad DJ Johny Basil, snow, a disco ball, doo-wop backup singers, and an Elvis Presley Christmas...
The Growlers sell out and the sky cries: Beach Goth 2016 Ally Mason October 30, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Music festivals are crowded. They curate grandeur and spectacle at the expense of intimacy and sometimes, safety. In the rush to obtain the best vantage point possible, many fans will crack a few eggs to make a...
Burger kids, alien-cassette-cults, and rock ‘n’ roll at Beach Goth 3 Penelope Leggett November 9, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos "Burger Kids," a term floating around the Southern California music scene as of late, refers to the youthful, cassette-wielding crowd that religiously follows Fullerton-based label Burger Records, which was fo...
Local Treasure Island Music Festival brings big acts, closes summer festival season Edfil Dulay October 25, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Two breathtaking sunsets over the Golden Gate Bridge and balmy Bay breezes characterized what was just shy of 24 hours of cumulative music output the weekend of October 18-19, 2014 -- another spectacular...