Death Valley Girls – “Gettin’ Hard” Live in West Hollywood, CA at the Filth Mart, The name makes you wonder what you might be getting into by playing their music or heading to one of their live show. The simple answer is that you’d better be prepared — to have a good time!
Death Valley Girls aren’t from Death Valley, but being based in Los Angeles they are close enough. And although they are female-fronted, the Girls also counts a couple dudes among their members. Between them they whip up a firestorm of slightly psychedelic, ’60s-leaning, fuzz guitar-laden garage rock, just the kind of thing you’d want to soundtrack a trek through the desert when you’re out of your mind on mescaline. Or just out of your mind with anticipation as you head to the rock club on a Saturday night.
Bonnie Bloomgarden, the lead singer for Death Valley Girls, has a voice that can sound sweet and innocent when she wants it to and while none of the band’s music is rough, it still has a quality about it that conjures up images of girls gone bad, like there’s a stiletto lurking somewhere in those fish net stockings. For sure the music of Death Valley Girls, as exemplified by that found on their current album “Street Venom“, will hold you at musical knife point. And you won’t mind a bit.
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