The Bulls, Gothic Tropic blow away packed Satellite show

The Bulls, Gothic Tropic blow away packed Satellite show
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
August 20, 2015

Monday night, LA shoegazers The Bulls returned to their weekly residency at The Satellite, playing to a packed house.

The band — comprised by Anna Bulbrook of the Airborne Toxic Event (sometimes also Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) and The Duke Spirit’s Marc Sails — played through songs from their debut EP Small Problems, due out on August 28. Their EP features just the two doing all the instrumentation, but in a live format they’ve added a drummer and bassist, both proved to be very talented.

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Hot Band Alert: Riothorse Royale set to ignite Satellite with September residency

Hot Band Alert: Riothorse Royale set to ignite Satellite with September residency
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
August 4, 2015

Most of last year, I was a regular at Bardot’s weekly free-with-RSVP It’s a School Night showcase. I often went without knowing any of the bands that were playing and more often than not walked away with some new tunes to look up when I got home. Few nights fit that description better than when I saw indie rockers Riothorse Royale (known then simply as Riothorse) back on December 1.

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The Mud Howlers and Flames of Durga rock The Satellite out of orbit

The Mud Howlers and Flames of Durga rock The Satellite out of orbit
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
July 24, 2015

Thursday night, The Satellite played host to a bill that featured a couple up-and-coming bands with different styles.

Kicking things off was LA-based trio Flames of Durga, the brainchild of identical sisters Cecilia and Beah Romero along with drummer Nate Million.

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Mark Hoppus of blink-182 crashes Power Violence comedy show at The Satellite

Mark Hoppus of blink-182 crashes Power Violence comedy show at The Satellite
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
May 20, 2015

It’s nights like Tuesday night at The Satellite in Silver Lake that top the list of reasons that I love Los Angeles.

Having just returned from two weeks in the South for Shaky Knees and Hangout Fest – also spending a night in the Charlotte airport when a delay caused me to miss my connecting flight to LAX – I was pretty wore out. I got an e-mail from Sandy, our fearless leader at Grimy Goods that Mark Hoppus of blink-182 would be performing a surprise set with Whitmer Thomas and Jonah Ray of Power Violence – calling themselves Snake Plisskin and the I Thought You Were Deads — and if I would like to go. I decided sleep could wait.

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