Photos + Review: Brooks Nielsen @ Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, CA)
Previous Next Brooks Nielsen (Dana Point, CA)April 6th, 2023Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA Sometimes you go to a show and you stand back while you take it all in: the lights, the stage screens, the grandeur of it all. But sometimes you are privy to a special intimate jam session that rattles yo
Photos + Review: Brooks Nielsen @ Observatory North Park (San Diego, CA)
Previous Next Brooks Nielsen (Dana Point, CA)August 13th, 2022Observatory North Park in San Diego, CA the growlers seem to live on as founder, Brooks nielsen mesmerizes a packed observatory with a magical first solo performance that leaves you hoping he has way more than one match left in him. I am
PHOTOS + REVIEW: THE GROWLERS @ SOMA (SAN DIEGO, CA)
Previous Next The Growlers (Dana Point, CA) March 6th, 2020 Soma in San Diego, CA With no opening band to offer unnecessary distraction, The Growlers delivered an extensive set that brought the heat in an otherwise dreary coastal Friday evening. Although the presence of long time ban
REVIEW: THE GROWLERS – GILDED PLEASURES (2013)
There is something instantly likable about The Growlers new album Gilded Pleasures. On a surface listen it sounds groovy as hell. The recordings are pleasurably low fi, the songs are catchy and cool, and the writing is funny and alarming. Vocalist Brooks Nielsen spins a doped up dream of Laurel Ca