Pleasant pop offerings from Happy Happy Birthday To Me are not unusual, and Eureka California (no comma, and from Athens, GA, not Eureka, CA) is no exception. This platter offers eleven fun scrappy pop songs with a punk bent from a two-piece on guitar, vocals, and drums. The songs range from happy, to smartass (see… Continue reading Eureka California at Razorcake
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Eureka California at Artrocker
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Eureka California and Skinny Girl Diet at Whisperin and Hollerin
Next on and in the middle of their current UK tour are Athens, Georgia’s EUREKA CALIFORNIA’S who are over to promote their recent album Crunch out on www.hhbtm.com. They are set up in these days classic indie boy/girl duo form of Jake Ward on Guitar and vocals and Marie A. Uhler on drums. Jake has… Continue reading Eureka California and Skinny Girl Diet at Whisperin and Hollerin
Eureka California at Losing Today
Don’t know whether to laugh or laugh even more, do you reckon we could make the destruction of Julian Cope records a national sport. Of course we joke Jules. We say this because there’s a fair amount of pathological venting of anger being administered by hammers and baseball bats upon various Cope platters in the… Continue reading Eureka California at Losing Today
Eureka California at God is in the TV
American garage-rock duo Eureka California are about to land in this country in support of their second album Crunch. Giving us fair warning of their imminent arrival and the likely destruction they will heap upon us, guitarist Jake Ward and drummer Marie A. Uhler have offered us a sneak preview of the video that accompanies album track ‘I Bet That… Continue reading Eureka California at God is in the TV
Eureka California at PerformerMag
Athens’ HHBTM Records has been knocking it out of the park lately. Like labelmates Muuy Biien, Eureka California is loud, buzzy, kinda punky and a little beyond definition. Like their (probable) ’80s garage/college rock idols, EC blends jangly, fuzzed-out guitars with bombastic melodies and a touch of humor. A frenetic energy that causes tracks to… Continue reading Eureka California at PerformerMag
Eureka California at POP! Stereo
Sometimes being obnoxious can work to your advantage. It certainly does for Eureka California who’s album Crunch is an energetic explosion of spazztic indie rock riffage and their second album in less than two years. Seemingly unable to stop making music, Eureka California can’t slow down and that inability to control themselves is reflected within… Continue reading Eureka California at POP! Stereo
Eureka California at The Skinny
Jake Ward is a clever so-and-so. Over-educated, over-stimulated and over it all – the classic American slacker tale, and one that can feel overdone when everyone’s searching for missing buttons from plaid shirts. But unlike most of his generation, he’s got tunes to amplify his smarts, and alongside turbo-charged drummer Marie A. Uhler, he’s found… Continue reading Eureka California at The Skinny
Athens Intensified at Athens Banner-Herald
No stranger to performing in Athens, Atlanta rapper Killer Mike still made a splash when Athens Intensified, the weekend-long music festival that rose from the ashes of Pop Fest, announced him as this year’s headliner alongside Japanese weird pop duo Cibo Matto at the festival kicking off next Thursday. Killer Mike’s past dates at New… Continue reading Athens Intensified at Athens Banner-Herald
Eureka California at POP! Stereo
Sometimes being obnoxious can work to your advantage. It certainly does for Eureka California who’s album Crunch is an energetic explosion of spazztic indie rock riffage and their second album in less than two years. Seemingly unable to stop making music, Eureka California can’t slow down and that inability to control themselves is reflected within… Continue reading Eureka California at POP! Stereo