Danger Danger High Voltage!

High Voltage Sunday's at The Viper Room will be interrupted this week for extra special show The Viper Room is bringing in featuring Esham & Kung Fu Vampire. Never fear, we will return on June 28th with the most killer rock night yet.

In the meantime here are some photos from last Sunday thanks to TotallyLikeDuh.

The New Up

Venus Infers - High Voltage Staff favorites

Something To Burn

Useless Keys - You must check this band out!

High Voltage Crowd, can you spot Kay Hanley?

April 12th - HIGH VOLTAGE @ Viper Room

That's right, we've got a new HIGH VOLTAGE night coming up. Mark your calendars to come out to the legendary Viper Room on April 12th. Details below.


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HIGH VOLTAGE is celebrating a birthday!

Today is a very special day at High Voltage, it's our editor's birthday! And we will be celebrating tomorrow night with an extra special HIGH VOLTAGE night at Crane's Tavern in Hollywood.

Live performances by The Automatic Music Explosion, Fat City Reprise, Vicious Licks and Paul Chesne! Doors at 8 pm, cheap drinks, and it's only five bucks to get in! Plus limited DJ sets by the birthday girl herself.

Come celebrate live music and toast to good times with us, tomorrow, September 25th @ Crane's Tavern (1611 N El Centro, Hollywoodd, CA).



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Crane's Tavern TONIGHT - Come Out & Play

It is time for another one of our coveted HIGH VOLTAGE nights! Come out tonight to Crane's Tavern (1611 N El Centro, Hollywood, CA) to join the party featuring music by Verona Grove, Foul Play, BollWeevil, and Maxson. Plus DJ sets by High Voltage. Doors at 8pm, $5 cover, 21+



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High Voltage: June 19th

Hola LA! Our newest night is just around the corner. Mark your calendars to come out to MotionLA on June 19th. It's all ages and only five bucks to get in. You won't want to miss this fantastic night of music. Plus Bliss Tea is sponsoring the night which means tons of free tea! What could be better?!

SXSW Bound!

The musical portion (and in our opinion, the best) of the festival kicks off in just a few days! Knock back all those vitamins and sneak in your sleep now!! It's going to be a wiillld week! And even though we won't be throwing our very own bash this year (we're still recovering from last year's!), that isn't stopping us from still having a good time at SXSW! We've teamed up with some good people and are part of a little bit of LA in Tejas this year!

We hope you can make it out! It'll be a blast.

As for the rest of the festival, who are you excited to see this year?!

HV Night 2/25

February 25
Safari Sam's
5214 W. Sunset Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90027

w/ City Museum, Venus Infers, Hello Vegas & Fat City Reprise!! Rock the Vote will be on hand to register any of you last minute folk or those who just turned 18 and are eager and ready to rock it this coming election! Come out and support! A fun time will be had by all!

Doors @ 8pm, ALL AGES, full bar, restaurant, free parking, good music, lots of good times.

Spread the word. We hope to see you there.

Upcoming HV Night : 1/21

Friends! Just a few weeks away, mark it down in your calendars!! High Voltage is throwing another bash at Safari Sam's (5214 W. Sunset Blvd) in Hollywood on January 21!!! Kicking off the night will be Whiskey Circus, followed by a night of rock with the Blessings, Crystal Antlers, and Sky Parade.

Doors are at 8pm, just 5 bucks to get in, and it's all ages so bring your little brother Stuey and Grandma Bea!

And as always there will be food, drinks, music, and good times shared. What more could you honestly need? Come one, come all. We look forward to seeing you!

* We'll also be giving away some sweet little singing items... come and find out what the fuss is about.

HV Night / October 22

It's that time again!!!! HIGH VOLTAGE is throwing yet another wonderful bash at Safari Sam's (5214 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA).



ARTISTS
Blameshift
the VLA
Sunday Drivers
Twin Sticks

Doors @ 8pm. Just $5 to get in. Food is 50% before 9pm. Good times go on way past midnite!

Let us celebrate another day, the start of the work week, Rebecca's (from Twin Sticks) birthday, Jesica (High Voltage's very own) early birthday, and Halloween eve eve eve eve... eve!

* You read correctly, "costumes encouraged." It's close enough to Halloween, let out your inner ghoul!!!

We hope to see you there.

Be kind and let friends in the LA area know about the event!!

Mark Your Calendar

October 22. Safari Sam's. Hollywood, CA.

High Voltage is throwing yet another bash at Safari Sam's. Bands will be announced within the next few weeks, so check back for the update. If the last few are any indication, a good time will be had by all so plan to attend!!

Photos from Safari Sam's

High Voltage sign, one of many plastered around the venue.


DJ Rubbish providing entertainment between bands.


Partygoers Lilly and Boy (Van Gunn)


Joe (Atomic Playboy) in a chat


Wounded Cougar's fit in drummer for the night enthralled in a conversation


DTFM demanding the crowd's attention


Denny (the Vacation) taking a break


DTFM getting the crowd into it


The Safari Sam's crowd


Set list for the night

Good times at the HV Night!!! Come to the next one to be in a photo!!! :)

Photo Credit: Jesica Fowler

Once again, thank you to Xander Singh, Noah Engh, DTFM, Wounded Cougar, and Keaton Simons for playing and EVERYONE who came out!

August 20, HV Night

The next HIGH VOLTAGE night is all confirmed. It's happening on August 20th at Safari Sam's (5214 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA) and will feature:

The official Matt Nathanson Listening Party


PERFORMANCES BY
Wounded Cougar


Keaton Simons


DTFM


Noah Engh


Xander Singh


Plus DJ sets by High Voltage & Rubbish!

Doors @ 7
FREE from 7pm - 9pm, $5 after, but if you RSVP to highvoltagersvp@gmail.com it's only $2! Not to mention food and beer is half for the first part of the night. That sold you, didn't it?

We hope to see you all there! Spread the word! It's going to be a fun time.

Thank you Los Angeles!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and the fabulous bands we had playing last night at Safari Sam's. The bands were great, the crowd was excellent, the vibe was good, and we were loving every minute of it.

Mark your calendars now for our next event at Safari Sam's on August 20th.

And once again, THANK YOU for making the night a success.

July 30 | Safari Sam's

We hope you can make it out to yet another HIGH VOLTAGE Night! This time we're at Safari Sam's in Los Angeles. Here's the gist:

Who: High Voltage Magazine, Last Drag, The Naked, the Afterhours, Eastern Conference Champions, and Van Gunn
What: High Voltage Night. There'll be some good ol' rock 'n' roll, drinks, food, laughter, good times, and good people.
Where: Safari Sam's (5214 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA)
When: Last Drag kicks everything off at 8pm... so anytime around that would be good.
Why: Why the hell not?

Doors are at 7pm, it's free from 7pm-9pm (no excuses now). Food/beer is half off during those two hours too, so bottom's up! It's then $5 after 9pm, but you can help your wallet a bit by RSVPing (rsvp@highvoltagemagazine.com) and get in for just $2.

8pm - Last Drag
9pm - The Naked
9:45p - the Afterhours
10:30p - Eastern Conference Champions
11:30p- Van Gunn
Midnight - 2am -- High Voltage DJs





Spread it like wildfire.

We hope you can make it!

Dramaturgy 7/12

Resident DJs for Dramaturgy at Knitting Factory's Alter-Knit Lounge are at it again. The night will consist of awesome bands, good music, and good times. Won't you join them?

TONIGHT !!!
Catch Graffiti 61, 1939 Ensemble, Scott Kinnebrew, and Shattered Atom.

Knitting Factory's Alter-Knit Lounge
7021 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Doors @ 7:30pm | All Ages | $7

The HIGH VOLTAGE DJ Team spins every other Thursday, so mark your calendars!!!

DJs @ Dramaturgy

In the Los Angeles area this coming Thursday? Then care to come out and hang? We are DJing between band sets for Dramaturgy at the Knitting Factory — Alter-Knit Lounge once again! Come out and support us and the bands playing!



Say you're there for HIGH VOLTAGE!!!

BANDS PLAYING : Bennystrange, Transfer, Archways, Nationale, and Sunday Drivers

event : Los Angeles

So Chelsea and Melissa have decided to pick up dust off their record collection, recharge their iPods, put on their earphones and rock some people in the process.


At the door tell them you're there for HIGH VOLTAGE!!!

Come out and support two of our very own! Spread the word!!!

And now we DJ

Chelsea + Melissa + turn tables = High Voltage DJ Night



Be stoaked and make plans to get silly that night.

Our SXSW Party !!!

One month from TODAY !!!


Yeee-yeeahh!!!

We're an official SXSW party this year. Come out and celebrate with us and our friends Constant Crush. Lots of a great music, free drinks, and silly good times.

Hope you guys can join us!

To RSVP : sxsw_rsvp@highvoltagemagazine.com

High Voltage Radio

We're pretty hooked to Pandora over here, so it only makes sense that we've formed our own station, so to speak. High Voltage Radio. Spread the word and let us know what you think!

HV @ SXSW 2007

We're going to throw a party. It will be held at a totally swinging place with totally happening bands, and you should come join us!!!!

Get your dancing shoes on, we're going to have a ball! More details coming soooon!!!

SXSW 2007 Info

Issue #1

High Voltage Magazine issue #1 is currently available, limited copies!! Get yours now. Featured inside are reviews of Morningwood, Hard-Fi, Elefant, and many more CDs. Check out OK Go's self-interview (very very funny stuff), and get to know The Shys who could be the next big thing (mark our words!). We're all really excited about this, being our first issue. We've gotten a lot of positive feedback and are eager to work on issue 2 -- things can only get better. So pick up your copy before we run out.

Check out our MySpace page for subscription information (forms will be available on the site soon!)