Best New Bands » Cool Ghouls http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Cool Ghouls And Shannon And The Clams At The El Rey In LA http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cool-ghouls-shannon-clams-el-rey-la/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cool-ghouls-shannon-clams-el-rey-la/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:10:18 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27408 Los Angeles – Shannon and the Clam’s record release show on Wednesday night at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater was a bit of a West Coast punk rock extravaganza. While the theater is most well-known for hosting larger indie-rock shows and even the occasional mainstream concert, it was a down-and-dirty night of DIY retro-style garage-punk

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