Tag: The Bloodhounds
The BLOODHOUNDS feature in The BLUES Magazine
The BLOODHOUNDS on BLURT Magazine list of Top 100 Albums of 2014
THE BLOODHOUNDS – Let Loose! (Alive Naturalsound) WE SAID: On the East L.A. quartet’s debut album they reaches back to the pre-psychedelic days of ‘50s R&B and ‘60s garage rock, sticking in the main to the classic two guitars/bass/drums formula stamped into eternity by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles a half century ago. It’s […]
8/10 review of The BLOODHOUNDS “Let Loose!” in MUSIC CONNECTION
East Los Angeles has a long and proud tradition of bands and fans that create and love good old American rock & roll. East L.A.’s the Bloodhounds are true to that spirit with this debut release. Well-wrought original tunes that are a throwback to cool ‘60s blues-influenced rockers include the opening track, “Indian Highway.” “Hey […]
The BLOODHOUNDS “Let Loose!” review in CAMPUS CIRCLE
East Los Angeles-based, garage rock foursome the Bloodhounds strike up a storm on their blues-belching debut, Let Loose! Through a dozen tracks, which total 42 minutes, the band blends a morsel of punk, heaps of hard R&B, electric blues and garage rock influences into a potent mix, brimming over with hard-riffing guitars, rambunctious rhythms and […]
BLURT review of The BLOODHOUNDS “Let Loose!”
Their ages belie it, but the members of the Bloodhounds remember good ol’ rock & roll. Or at least that’s the indication on the East L.A. quartet’s debut album Let Loose! The band reaches back to the pre-psychedelic days of 50s R&B and 60s garage rock, sticking in the main to the classic two guitars/bass/drums […]
GRIMY GOODS features The BLOODHOUNDS
If you had any fear that rock n’ roll was dead, don’t worry because all the things that you love about it are alive and kickin’ now that East Los Angeles four-piece The Bloodhounds have released their debut studio album, Let Loose! via Alive NaturalSound Records. Power pop legend Arthur Alexander (Sorrows, The Poppees) produced […]
ROUTES & BRANCHES review of The BLOODHOUNDS “Let Loose!”
November 1, 2014 Scott Foley When I write a review I tend to want to avoid saying what other bloggers say. I want to tread new ground, to reinvent the wheel, to mix metaphors … I want to put some thought into my writing, to do justice to music that moves me. Sometimes, though, the […]
The BLOODHOUNDS premiere their new album “Let Loose!” via Blurt Magazine
East L.A. combo the Bloodhounds— Aaron “Little Rock” Piedraita on rhythm guitar, Johnny Santana on bass, Branden Santos on lead guitar and Mark Schafler on drums and percussion—will drop their debut album Let Loose next week on Alive Naturalsound, and it’s a heady brew indeed. R&B/punk/Latin rock never sounded sweeter, and because it’s so sweet […]
The BIG TAKEOVER premieres “Saint Dee” by The BLOODHOUNDS
We’ll take a triple dose of this bluesy garage-rock! RIYL early Stones, Yardbirds and Nuggets. The BIG TAKEOVER