Maverick Music Festival

In an effort to reinvigorate San Antonio’s music scene, Gary Clark Jr. and The Traffic King of Sound will be hosting the 1^st Annual Maverick Music Festival in San Antonio, TX., on March 23^rd, at Maverick Plaza. The all-ages event will showcase local musicians and artists in addition to food and other activities from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Nighttime performances will feature Gary Clark Jr., The Toadies, Girl In A Coma, Arum Rae, and Henry + the Invisibles (6 p.m. – midnight).

Girl In A Coma – House of Blues, San Diego

“JUST WANNA SCREAM ‘TIL I PUKE!!” That was exactly what I thought during Girl in a Coma’s performance at the San Diego House of Blues on November 11. Here at Bite Me! Music + Fashion we’ve been lucky enough to get a good taste of these girls back when their album Trio B.C. was distributed in mass quantities and they were playing shows left and right. While they’ve been gaining a larger and larger fan base, I’d say we were the lucky ones - the ones solely benefiting from the ridiculous talent these three women bring forth. Forget your everyday male “rock your socks off” rock bands, these girls have bigger balls that most men out there COMBINED! Can you feel my extreme dedication and borderline obsession here?

CD Review: Girl in a Coma - Trio BC

Girl In A Coma – Trio BC (Blackheart Records)  Go: Get This Now

The latest album by Girl In A Coma, titled Trio BC (named after a grandpa’s old ‘50s band) is one that finds a perfect spot in a music lover’s collection. A guaranteed must have and never fitting under a disappointment, Trio BC is a breath of fresh air from up and coming chick bands. While this album has become a personal favorite for the year and hasn’t left my ears since I came upon it, it could just be this year’s stocking stuffer. With songs titled “Vino,” “Joannie in the City,” and “Ven Cerca” one would never know that these tunes would be highly influenced by Morrissey, Bjork, 90’s grunge rock, and punk rock. The opening track “BB” gives way to a scratchy vinyl record playing on pop’s record player and leads into a rockabilly guitar melody. With the intro of Nina Diaz’s voice you know it’ll be a great thing to continue playing. As the album progresses you see the different styles that these girls can play. Keeping up beat songs to a slower tempo tune keeps anything from sounding repetitive. GIAC was signed to Blackheart Records by Joan Jett and lucky enough to work with her. You can hear Jett’s musical talents in the track “Joannie in the City”. My personal favorite, “Ven Cerca"—a cover from Los Spitfires— this all Spanish track is a seductive, sultry tune that suits as a closer for the album. No need to understand what’s being said simply sit back, relax, take a deep breath and enjoy the craft these women have created. It cannot be stressed enough to find a way to pick up this album and add it to your iPod list, CD collection, download it from Amazon…whatever it is make sure you do it. You can check out their work on http://www.blackheart.com/ or www.myspace.com/girlsinacoma   -Melissa Moreno

Live Show Review: Girl in a Coma

Girl In A Coma @ Bar Pink, Oct 30, 2009

With a growing fan base (already a handful present in San Diego) the small venue of Bar Pink, located in North Park, was filled with Girl in a Coma followers. If those who were never graced with their music before were paying attention to the first 15 seconds they were slaves to the music and by the first minute they would bleed their own blood to hear the next note.