Sidewalk Society is a three-piece rock outfit from Long Beach, CA, inspired by the Move, the Kinks, the Small Faces and T.Rex but entirely rooted in the present.

Band members are:
Dan West—Fender bass/vocals
Dan Lawrence—guitar/vocals
Jerry Buszek—drums/vocals



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Richard Stuart - Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals
Alex Harding - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Nick Jones - Drums/Backing Vocals
Rory Bell - Vocals

Our version of the song "Had to Run Around" is on the Emitt Rhodes tribute album; joining us on the recording is Probyn Gregory of Brian Wilson's band on trumpet, French horn and melodica. Stream the song (and the album) free here:

http://soundcloud.com/groover-recordings/the-digs-had-to-runaround

Our version of the song "Is Yours Is Mine" is on the now out of print Gene Clark tribute album; joining us on the recording is Jason Falkner on organ and harmony vocal and Josh Schwartz (of Beachwood Sparks) on guitar.

The only copy of the Gene Clark tribute album for sale online is forty dollars!

http://byrdsflyght.blogspot.com/2009/08/for-sale-world-turns-all-around-him.html

But you can stream it for free here!:

http://soundcloud.com/groover-recordings/02-is-yours-is-mine

"Rounding out the musical portion of the evening sometime around midnight was The Digs, and I felt god-damned ashamed of all the idiots that just had to rush off to bed and couldn’t stick around for the last act ... Top to bottom, The Digs are a professional act with Psychedelic, old-school country, folk and all around Americana roots. They gave us a flawless set and ended with something like a southern rock acid jam that lasted for several minutes, and sent bass guitarist Scott, one of the best bass guitarists the City of Los Angeles has ever turned out, atop his bass amp showing off what one can do with an intellectual insight into music theory and the soul of an artist — and finally compelling him to prod at the acoustic tiled ceiling with his guitar at the close. When their set ended and the lights finally flicked on, I felt mistreated and horn-swaggled—a show like this should not end for several more hours, but as young as the night was, I was still looking forward to the many after parties on the night’s chopping-block. - M. Wesley, Psychedelic L.A. Underground

Extra is: Jim Mills, Aaron Criswell, Jon Niemann, and Heidi Servey.

Extra sounds like: Impractical combination of McCartney-esque pop suites, Who-like tom-toms and A7sus4 chords, and early Pink Floyd album covers. New triple-disc set coming in 2016!

Extra has been: Jim Mills is a former member of various Los Angeles bands (Drill Team, Wondermints, Dukes of Silverlake, Farmer Dave Scher, Quazar, Martian Lamps) who finally recorded all-solo album 'F R DOUBLE E' in 2006. Then formed group to play the music, including Heidi Servey (Veronika) on bass, Aaron Criswell (Dream Apes, Martian Lamps) on guitar, and Jon Niemann (Lili Haydn, Hilary Duff, Wilshire, Paul Chesne Band) on keyboard and guitar.

We're not the best, but we're pretty good.

Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr out now
https://johnnymarr.lnk.to/SpiritPoweryv

Johnny Marr started his career with The Smiths, beginning an amazing history as one of the most influential songwriters and guitarists in British independent music. His subsequent creative journey has seen him at the heart of The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, as well as working with The Pretenders, Talking Heads, The Avalanches, and the musician and composer Hans Zimmer - with whom he recorded the score and soundtrack for the most recent James Bond film, No Time To Die, including the title track created with Billie Eilish.
 
Over the course of the last decade, Marr’s solo career has given rise to four UK Top Ten albums - The Messenger (2013), Playland (2014), Call The Comet (2018), Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (2022), and soon a career-spanning book, Marr’s Guitars. The full measure of this extraordinarily fertile period is captured on his latest offering, Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr, a major new collection curated by Marr encompassing songs from his first 10 years as a solo artist, a scattering of stand-alone singles and two incendiary new cuts, Somewhere and The Answer. 
 
Spirit Power presents a composite portrait of an artist with no less a complete ideology than the celebrated co-travellers who inspired him along the way. It’s a body of work that mirrors Marr’s unquenchable life force, breadth of musicality, and above all, his love of melody.

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