Two Guns’ Waffle House in Louisiana music

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
It’s taken Two Guns one year to play one show, but only a month or so for the band to slide together—from a Fielding set at Long Beach’s Space where LA producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Fudurich met cheerfully skeptical guitarist Kevin Poush, who had to go [...]

The Vandelles kill Surf City

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY

Band Vandelles was once two littler bands called Del Black Aloha and the Mercenary Gang—one a Suicide-style bit-drums and nihil set-up and one just half-hour rafts of noise, says guitarist Dave Herbert, who (with guitarist/vocalist Jason Schwartz, drummer Suzanne Pagliorola, bassist Lisha Nadkarni and a yet-unchristened drum machine) [...]

This Giant Will Kill You: Walls of beautiful sound floating out of Katie the Pest, The Year Zero and Bug-Eyed Sprites. 10pm. $5. 21+.
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Evolution Revolution: Dr. Francisco Ayala of UCI speaks about his new book and about reconciling religion and science. 6:30pm. $10-15.
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Inked Hearts: Flazh!Alley’s tattoo portrait series that was too hot for TV. Open by appointment.
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Pull Your Pants Up: Another round of the Prospector’s excellent Tuesday nights, this time with The Victorians, The Forms and more. 10pm. 21+.
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Beer and Politics: Another round of supremely insightful political dialogue that only alcohol seems to fuel. This month’s session, titled “Fresh, Fair or Foul? The Nitty-Gritty on Long Beach Air Quality,” features both Senator Alan Lowenthal and Mayor Bob Foster. 7pm.
GALLAGHER’S 2751 E Broadway, Long Beach 90803. 562.856.8000; beerandpolitics.org.
The Other Side of the Mirror: Fingerprints [...]

The Tyde do it again

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
“I like surfers,” said Ray Davies once. “Their imagery—it’s great. And that floating feeling . . . ” And then when the Kinks went to Australia, they refused to get in the water—stood on the beach in their overcoats. But that doesn’t douse the purity of the expatriate’s [...]

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