1977 CHANGES NAME

Ok, first, check out the date, it's no longer April Fools day, so you can rest assured that everything from here on out will not only be deadly serious, but will rise to our extremely high standards of gossipy journalism, which is to say 'things we may have overheard in a bathroom, but it was kinda loud, so we're not sure.' But, one thing that you can definately scratch off and put in your wallet for a rainy day is this: the kids in 1977 have changed their name. Yes, the guys behind one of this years Official Skyline Feel Good Hit of the Summer Candidates shall now go under the way way longer nomer of The American Masquerade.

YO! The American Masquerade, drop the science of the decision on us: "There are many reasons behind it...but they don't matter." Oh. Mahn, we hate it when people don't play along. Regardless of the fact that they are no longer named after the most important year in all of human history, go check out The American Masquerade this Saturday (April 7th) at Java Jazz with Juneau and the N Crowd.

(PS - We are still in California)

1977 DROPS NEW F.G.H.O.T.S. CANDIDATE

HEY GUESS WHAT? We like a good pop song. So we’re than more than happy to send a grin-out to the guys in 1977, who just posted a pretty good one for you to use the next time you need to get back in the back of a station wagon like back in the day. You know – the ones where the seats face backwards and you’re tearing around a rural Midwest county and you know nothing of cloudbursts, hail damage or seatbelts.

Stream: 1977 – Tungsten Lights

To catch the guys who list Stevie Ray Vaughn as an influence but mercifully do not have one iota of similarity to him, gas up your ’83 Dodge Aries an hit up the Scout Bar on the 14th, Fitzgerald’s on the 16th or Warehouse Live on the 19th.