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Hey guess what, the green energy elixir from Sidewalk Juice is totally a great coffee replacement. April fooools..

But seriously, you guys. SF dirtwave band The Secret Secretaries released a single today that sounds, as my friend Ryan put it, like if Kurt Cobain was the singer for Hum.  Behold:

Pretty sick. Good thing they're playing at Bottom of the Hill tonight. They go on at 9. I'll be the one in the front row with the rubber chicken.

Santa Barbara four-piece Dante Elephante are easily one of this blog's favorite west coast bands. The stock foodagey video above plays along to the bands unreleased new single, "Never Trust A Junkie," off their impending release which may or may not be titled Teenage Boys. Based on the few tracks we've heard so far, its set to be a consistently likable follow up to the band's 2012 debut, German Aquatics. 

Dante Elephante will be playing an intimate in studio performance/live recording this Sunday at Studio SQ in the easily walkable Bayshore neighborhood, along with Mission sweetheart Kitten Grenade.

Tickets and beer will be free at this event, but there are only a few spots left. Shoot me an email to me at sierra@studiosq.com if you'd like to get your name on the list.

For those of you brave enough to brave Turk and Leavenworth on a Tuesday evening, I'd recommend checking out tonight's show, an installment of the wonderful Fiasco Sessions.

Fiasco performances showcase artists who are affiliated with the space, an upstairs warehouse that looks down on many a 'loin crackhead, where artists unveil new material, get loud, drink beer, and so forth.

Tonight's show features Rupert!, who plays tripped-out electronic instrumental hip hop stuff, like this sweet track, Bossonova.

Rupert! will be joined in his set tonight by Jeremiah Travis Caster of Jesus Dude Mom (best band name of all time) who plays slacker pop like the gem heard below. 

Not sure what their combining forces will look or sound like, but have faith that these two rights won't be equaling a wrong.

Other acts tonight will include:

Kitten Grenade (the lovely stylings of Katelyn Sullivan, with her usual array of ukuleles, loops and keyboards!)

Desiree Wattis (great songwriter and full-blown babe)

Broken Giant

And other people too!

If you want to stop by, please text (510) 904-8402 for the address. How underground is that?

When I first checked out Void Boys a few weeks ago, the recordings they had up were terrible to the point of being indiscernible as music. I don’t know if it was their Space Punk-themed photos or their name that endeared them to me so much–call it a premonition– I couldn’t help but think that this band must have more to offer than live house-show recordings of what one could only assume were songs.

And wouldn’t you know it, last Tuesday the ‘Boys put up what I’ll refer to as their first actual song on Bandcamp. The single, Cherubim of Jezebel (go figure) also sounds pretty bad, but has for sure crossed over the crucial threshold from bad-bad to good-bad. Cheribum shows off singer Shannon Bodrogi’s incredibly charming, squawky girl voice and carries kind of wistful energy most often accomplished by bands that aren’t afraid to play with structure. Play as in play, not as in rearrange.

This blogger is definitely looking forward to hearing more songs and hopefully at least a little bit better recordings from Void Boys, but the one song I’ve heard so far has been stuck firmly in my head for days.

Void Boys are planning an EP release for April or May. They’re easily on my list of artists to watch in 2013.