At this point it’s been a minute since El Perro‘s debut album, Hair of El Perro, was announced back in August. It’s also going to be a minute until that same record finally sees release in April 2022. Whether you chalk that up to holding it back until the band can tour in a bigger way — they did a run in August as well, so maybe not that — or the simple harsh reality of vinyl pressing delays, it’s a substantial stretch of time to sit on a release in any case. I do not doubt that by the time Parker Griggs and company hit the road in February, they’ll be itching to get out. Likewise the folks who show up at the gigs, if winter viral surge predictions are to be considered.

Nonetheless, my position on El Perro remains as it has been since the band was announced in 2019. I’m looking forward to hearing the record whenever it shows up. Nice when things can be simple like that.

Dates from the PR wire:

EL PERRO announce USA tour February 2022!

EL PERRO is a brand new band led by PARKER GRIGGS of RADIO MOSCOW

EL PERRO – FEBRUARY USA TOUR DATES
2/3/22 Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar & Grill/Las Vegas
2/04/22 Yucca Tap Room/Tempe
2/05/22 Permanent Records Roadhouse/Los Angeles
2/06/22 Transplants Brewing Company & Live/Palmdale
2/16/22 Bottom of the Hill/San Francisco
2/17/22 The High Water Mark/Portland
2/18/22 Funhouse/Seattle
2/19/22 The Shredder/Boise
2/20/22 Garage on Beck/Salt Lake City

EL PERRO is a brand new band led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter/producer Parker Griggs of RADIO MOSCOW. The sound contains elements that fans of Radio Moscow will recognize, but this is rock music with a new, fresh spin and feel. The band’s debut album, “Hair Of El Perro”, takes heavy psychedelic rock as a starting point but jams into more syncopated territory, spicing its sound with Latin rhythms and hints of Funkadelic-style grooves. You could say that EL PERRO plays psychedelic funk rock, and you wouldn’t be wrong.

Beside Parker Griggs, EL PERRO also includes former Radio Moscow drummer Lonnie Blanton, bassist Shawn Davis, and guitarist Holland Redd.

https://www.facebook.com/elperrotheband
https://www.facebook.com/AliveNaturalsoundRecords/

El Perro, “Black Days”

El Perro, “The Mould”

El Perro will release their debut album, Hair Of, early next year on Alive Records. Details on the record are pretty scarce at this point, which is fair since it’s August, but a lead single, “Black Days,” is streaming now, and there are West Coast tour dates already in progress. For those who’ve been keeping up, the band formed in 2019 by Radio Moscow guitarist/vocalist Parker Griggs were all set to head to Europe last Spring to make their debut there, playing alongside the likes of Colour Haze and doing festivals and blah blah pandemic. This is their first tour — and they’re out with Spirit Mother, who are awesome — though they’ve done shows here and there on the way.

I was fortunate enough to hear a few demos from the band and to interview Griggs to talk about starting the project — at that point I was happy just to learn who else was in the band — and the boogie runs deep, the fuzz runs hot and the funk am delic. “Black Days” would seem to represent the different sides of the band well, and if this is a ‘Single Edit,’ one can imagine where they space it out amid the expected classic-style shred.

Info and what may or may not be the Hair Of cover art came down the PR wire:

EL PERRO – debut single available now for streaming everywhere!

Debut album “Hair Of” due early 2022.

EL PERRO is a brand new band led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter/producer Parker Griggs. The band’s sound contains elements that fans of his band Radio Moscow will recognize, but this is rock music with a new, fresh spin and feel. El Perro takes heavy psychedelic rock as a starting point and adds the additional instrumentation of a second guitar and a percussionist, pushing the music into more syncopated territory, spiced with Latin rhythms and hints of Funkadelic-style grooves. You could say that El Perro plays psychedelic funk rock, and you wouldn’t be wrong.

In late 2019, hungry to do something fresh, Parker Griggs decided to put together a five piece band, with members including former Radio Moscow drummer Lonnie Blanton, bassist Shawn Davis, and guitarist Holland Redd. With the addition of a percussionist the El Perro sound and style coalesced.

EL PERRO USA Summer Tour with Spirit Mother:
• August 10 @ 7th St. Entry — Minneapolis, MN
• August 12 @ Reggies — Chicago, IL
• August 13 @ The Cooperage — Milwaukee, WI
• August 14 @ The Washington — Burlington, IA
• August 15 @ The East Room — Nashville, TN
• August 18 @ The Whittier Bar — Tulsa, OK
• August 19 @ Deep Ellum Art Co. — Dallas, TX
• August 20 @ Eighteen Ten Ojeman — Houston, TX
• August 21 @ The Far Out Lounge & Stage — Austin, TX
• August 24 @ Launchpad — Albuquerque, NM

El Perro is:
Parker Griggs – Guitar/vocals
Holland Redd – Guitar
Shawn Davis – Bass
Lonnie Blanton – Drums
Blake Armstrong – Percussion

https://www.facebook.com/elperrotheband
https://www.facebook.com/AliveNaturalsoundRecords/

El Perro, “Black Days”

El Perro, “The Mould”

Next weekend, Memphis heavy blues rockers Dirty Streets head to SXSW, where they’ll hop on the Bongzilla tour for the night and join the formidable ranks of Bongzilla, Black Cobra, Kings Destroy, Lo-Pan and Author and Punisher. In August, they’ll be playing Psycho Las Vegas (details here). Most of the time in between, they’ll spend on the road supporting their late-2015 album, White Horse (review here), which was released by Alive Records and reaffirmed the trio’s commitment to quality songwriting and classic-style craftsmanship. They already toured the US alongside Spirit Caravan, so this time around they’re headed to Europe for a slew of shows in Switzerland, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

That’ll take Dirty Streets from April 7 through to May 7, but they’ve got shows booked for June in the States as well. Nothing like keeping busy. Dates (and there are many of them) follow, courtesy of the PR wire:

Dirty Streets USA/Europe tour dates

We’re heading to Europe this April!

DIRTY STREETS on tour
March 18 @ Arrow Bar — Texarkana, TX
March 19 @ Swan Dive Patio (SXSW) — Austin, TX
April 2 @ Young Avenue Deli — Memphis, TN
April 7 @ Rössli @ Reitschule — Bern, CH
April 8 @ Kofmehl — Solothurn, CH
April 9 @ Bruch Brothers — Luzern, CH
April 10 @ Le Bouffon de la Taverne — Geneva, CH
April 14 @ La Triangu — Sopelana, ES
April 15 @ The Green Irish Pub — Alcala de Henares, ES
April 16 @ Salason — Cangas de Morrazo
April 17 @ Café Cultural Auriense — Ourense, ES
April 18 @ Gran Café — Leon, ES
April 19 @ La Gramola — Orihuela, ES
April 20 @ Sala Pabersamateo — Valencia, ES
April 21 @ La Boite — Madrid, ES
April 22 @ Veneno Stereo — Castellon, ES
April 23 @ Rocksound — Barcelona, ES
April 24 @ Rock & Apples — Calella, ES
April 26 @ Scène Michelet — Nantes, FR
April 27 @ Sonic Ballroom — Köln, DE
April 28 @ Waschbar — Rüsselsheim, DE
April 29 @ Bluesgarage — Isernhagen, DE
April 30 @ Rare Guitar — Münster, DE
May 1 @ Pogo — Gorinchem, NL
May 4 @ Musicstar — Norderstedt, DE
May 5 @ Happy Billard — Hamburg, DE
May 6 @ Road Runners — Berlin, DE
May 7 @ Kesselhaus — Singwitz, DE
June 10 @ Hi Tone — Memphis TN
June 11 @ TBA — Hattiesburg, MS
June 13 @ Bears Fairfield — Shreveport, LA
June 14 @ Arrow Bar — Texarkana, TX
June 15 @ White Water Tavern — Little Rock, AR
June 16 @ Blue Note — Oklahoma City, OK
June 17 @ Maxines — Hot Springs, AR

https://www.facebook.com/thedirtystreets
http://www.alive-records.com/artist/the-dirty-streets/

Dirty Streets, “White Horse”

HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post (any comment will do) and make sure you fill in the form with your email address so I can contact you if you win.

With some giveaways, I feel like they need a little bit more of a push. This one, I shouldn’t even have to do more than say, “Two tickets, Radio Moscow, L.A., Dec. 10″ and be done with it.

That’s the prize, but of course there’s more to it than that, since the show, which will indeed take place Dec. 10 at The Satellite in Los Angeles, is the first of two nights on which the trio will record their new live 2LP, set to release next year through Alive Records.

How much of an event is Radio Moscow making a live record? If you’d seen them before, you wouldn’t need to ask, but even if you haven’t seen them, suffice it to say that if they manage to capture even half the energy and chemistry they bring to the stage onto those platters, it’ll be an impact that could resonate for a long time to come.
Here’s the label’s announcement of the doings:

Alive Records announces a new album by Radio Moscow to be recorded live at the Satellite in Los Angeles over two nights in December (Thursday and Friday the 10th and 11th). The release will be issued in all formats, including 2-LP vinyl with a gatefold and a poster.

Radio Moscow Double Live Recording at The Satellite
Thursday December 10th, 2015
Doors: 8:30 PM
Show: 9:00 PM
shows are 21 and over // tickets are $12 buy them HERE
with Jared James Nichols, Behold The Brave

Obviously, if you win, I can’t fly your lucky ass to L.A. for the gig — if I could fly anyone, it’d be me — so if you’re entering, make sure you can get there. And please note that, as always, I have no interest in spamming, keeping email address or any of that crap. I just want to be able to let you know if you win.

And good luck, by the way. Contest ends Tuesday, Dec. 8, and the winner’s name (with a plus one) will be added to the list for the show.

Thanks to Radio Moscow, Alive Records and Fly PR for allowing me to host this giveaway.

Radio Moscow, Live in Brazil, 2015

Radio Moscow on Thee Facebooks

Alive Records

There are few spectacles I’ve witnessed in rock and roll capable of producing as much raw joy as watching Radio Moscow live. That sounds like hyperbole, but I mean it. Given the opportunity last year to watch the trio play no fewer than 20 sets, I watched all 20, and each time was better than the night before it. Even that night the bass drum broke, they were stellar. I have two complaints when it comes to their recording a double-live album in Los Angeles next month for a 2016 release on Alive Records: First, I won’t be there to see it. Second, it should cost more than $12 to get in.

Beyond that, the news is all good. And here it is:

RADIO MOSCOW RECORDING DOUBLE LIVE GATEFOLD ALBUM

TWO NIGHTS AT THE SATELLITE: THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DECEMBER 10-11, 2015

ROCK’N’ROLL HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Alive Records announces a new album by Radio Moscow to be recorded live at the Satellite in Los Angeles over two nights in December (Thursday and Friday the 10th and 11th). The release will be issued in all formats, including 2-LP vinyl with a gatefold and a poster.

Radio Moscow is Parker Griggs on guitar and vocals, Anthony Meier on bass and Paul Marrone on drums. The band has five albums out now, all on Alive Records, including their self-titled debut (2007); Brain Cycles (2009); The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz (2011); 3&3 Quarters (2012) and Magical Dirt (2014). They have toured the U.S. and Europe with acts like Graveyard, Witchcraft, Joe Bonamassa, Pentagram and Nebula. They shared the main stage at the Psycho California festival with Kylesa and Earth and performed in Europe at six festivals in July. Following their sold-out Mexico City debut, the band toured the U.S. in the fall with the Sheepdogs. The band’s first album was recorded with Dan Auerbach (Black Keys).

Radio Moscow Double Live Recording at The Satellite
Thursday December 10th, 2015 and Friday December 11th, 2015
Doors: 8:30 PM
Show: 9:00 PM
shows are 21 and over // tickets are $12 buy them HERE
special guests TBA

radiomoscow.net
facebook.com/radiomoscowband
twitter.com/radiomoscowband
instagram.com/radiomoscowband

Radio Moscow, Live in Brazil, 2015