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Burgerama 5 announces its first lineup in five years.

Independent record label Burger Records and Spaceland Presents announced that, following a five-year hiatus, Burgerama will return for an all-day, all-ages mini-festival on Saturday, March 9th at The Echo/Echoplex in LA. Featuring over 30 bands and headlined by cult superstars The Mummies and Burger Records favorites The Flamin’ Groovies, Burgerama 5 tickets start at just $25.00 and are available to purchase at the Spaceland Presents website. Of the show roster for Burgerama 5, Burger Records’ Lee Rickard said; “The Flamin’ Groovies and The Mummies are two of Sean and my all-time favorite bands and rock ‘n roll institutions. We couldn’t be happier to have em both as headliners along with some of our favorite underground Southern California acts.”

Sponsored by Volcom and Uck Off, Burgerama 5 will take over the entire Echo venue complex including The Echoplex, and patio, and includes three music stages, food trucks, and DJs and the Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show. Beyond The Mummies, performers include Flamin’ Groovies, Pearl and the Oysters, Hammered Satin, Hollywood Stars, Cosmonauts, Tomorrows Tulips, Shadow Show, and in their last show ever, Apache. A complete lineup for the event can be found on the Spaceland website.

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Mexico City Blondes release the lovely trip-hoppy “Addio” from new album – “Blush.”

Photo by Jenny Diaz

Mexico City Blondes have released the first music video from Blush, their full-length debut album out now on Burger Records. Premiering today on woman artist focused music site Gold Hand Girls, the video was directed by Anisha Sisodia.

Trip-hop tinged “Addio” has its roots in a personal loss experienced by vocalist and keyboard player Allie Thompson.

“Writing the song Addio, began with a loss.” Thompson says. “Over time, it also became about not looking over your shoulder for the next loss to come around. It’s about accepting the unacceptable, about letting go instead of holding on. “

Consisting of multi-instrumentalist / producer Greg Doscher, and vocalist / keyboard player Allie Thompson, both from Santa Barbara, Mexico City Blondes achieved surprise success with the release of their first single “Fade.” The track became a breakout hit after getting picked up by an assortment of music blogs, and landing in the top spot on Hype Machine more than once over the next few months.

The duo’s full-length debut album, Blush was written and recorded in Doscher’s garage recording studio. “The writing was difficult at first because we were approaching it under very different circumstances,” Doscher said of the process of making Blush. “Eventually we hit a certain stride and all the writing and recording seemed to fall into place.”

Blush takes Mexico City Blondes deeper down the dreampop rabbit hole they began to explore with their first release and its subsequent EP. Mexico City Blondes debut full-length album Blush is out now on Burger Records on CD, cassette and vinyl and streaming on all major platforms.

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