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PLAYING THE BAY10 Years On, Burger Boogaloo 2019 Must Reconsider Its Relationship With The City It Loves

all photos by Sophia Vaccaro Walking up to the MacArthur entrance of the 10th annual Burger Boogaloo festival was akin to walking under the big top of a circus tent, the everyday machinations of Mosswood Park suddenly swathed by a curtain of pounding drums as children twisted on swing sets, their...

Sophia Vaccaro

INTERVIEWDeath Hags Reconnects With Her Untamed Self

Death Hags is the solo project of French singer-songwriter and L.A. Musician Lola G, who last month released her first single "Metal Teeth." It's about "women reclaiming their freedom to be angry, strange, loud and dangerous," and it'll appear on Death Hags' debut LP, slated for release via Burger...

Tarra Thiessen

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TRACK OF THE WEEKCotillon "Alex's Room"

Starting off with distorted guitar and indistinguishable background conversation, Cotillon's latest single "Alex's Room" sets listeners up for relaxation and nostalgia with this chill, fuzzy garage rock tune. It also may have listeners wondering, who is Alex, and why is anyone in his room? The song...

Nicole Ortiz

ALBUM REVIEWSummer Twins "Limbo"

There are few things better than pop music that uses a bright, upbeat exterior to hide a deeper, darker message, and that’s exactly what the Riverside, CA based sisters Summer Twins have created with Limbo. Consider the album name, for starters. As well as being a fun party game, limbo also has the...

Emily Daly

BURGERAMA 4The Femme’s List of Who to See

For those of you not too familiar with the DIY whirlwind that is Burger Records, it is a Fullerton, California-based independent record label founded back in 2007 by Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard. Burger is most well known for taking the off kilter route of releasing most of their material on...

Megan Huffman

ALBUM REVIEWTomorrows Tulips “When”

The twosome embarked on a musical union inspired by Kee’s fledgling foray into drumming,...

Amber Robbin

ALBUM REVIEWThe Pharmacy "Spells"

Keeping the Old Flame/Burger Records ethos of bratty, summer-loving bliss alive, The Pharmacy times the release of their brand new album to perfectly coincide with the wind down of the dog days of summer. Aptly titled Spells, it’s a hypnotic, psych-tinged journey through an untamed, kaleidoscopic...

Sandra Song

LIVE REVIEWLolipalooza @ The Echoplex (Echo Park, CA)

A show review for Lolipalooza 2014 hosted by Lolipop Records at the Echoplex in Echo Park, CA. This one-day festival featured over thirty bands from Lolipop Records, Burger Records, and Pizza Party Music.

Callie Ryan

LIVE REVIEWThe Muffs @ Del Monte Speakeasy, Venice CA

These days, it seems no one is impervious to nineties nostalgia, least of all Burger Records, who release Whoop Dee Doo on July 29th, the first album of new material from grunge-pop aficionados The Muffs in ten years. The three-piece, consisting of lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Kim Shattuck,...

Callie Ryan

ALBUM REVIEW"Shine Your Light"

Gabe Fulvimar emerged on the scene last year under musical moniker Gap Dream with his eponymous debut, a psych-y, garage-y record that immediately hooked critics and listeners alike. Now he’s returning with his sophomore release, Shine Your Light, produced by Bobby Harlow in conjunction with...

Raquel Dalarossa

INTERVIEWSean Bohrman of Burger Records

Lee Rickard, left, and Sean Bohrman, right, founders of Burger Records In a little less than six years, Lee Rickard and Sean Bohrman of Burger Records have built an accidental empire. What began as a way to release records for their band Thee Makeout Party and their friends’ bands (Audacity, for...

Lindsey Rhoades

INTERVIEWGap Dream's Gabe Fulvimar

Gabe Fulvimar of Gap Dream. Photo by Steele O'Neal, courtesy Pitch Perfect PR/Burger Records. Gabe Fulvimar neglected to bring a towel, toothbrush or dental floss on a cross-country tour with Burger Records’ Caravan of the Stars, but he departed Fullerton, CA with a few choice essentials. “I forgot...

Lindsey Rhoades