The Growlers

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Old Rock House

1200 S. 7th St.
St. Louis, MO 63104

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: St. Louis - Soulard/Benton Park

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$8-$10. 314-588-0505.

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• 13th Floor Elevators

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In Costa Mesa, California, the Growlers have a lock on the country-surf-rock-mariachi scene, and once you get past the unalloyed hipsterisms — the packaging for Gay Thoughts, its latest seven-inch release, features a dude in a sombrero puking a rainbow — the music is fun, sometimes funky, sometimes just a bracing, catchy mess. When things are going right, the Growlers will put you in mind of that exquisite moment when you first dropped the needle on the Cramps' Songs the Lord Taught Us, at its worst singer and head honcho Brooks Nielsen will make you wish psychedelic jug band music began and ended with the 13th Floor Elevators. Live, the band is just crazed enough to overcome all misgivings.