The Littlest Viking Blog

Free Show this Saturday in Long Beach.

2012-01-19T00:27:00.001-08:00

I read dead Russian authors volumes at a time

2012-01-01T19:02:00.000-08:00

So we recorded a cover of Narcolepsy by Third Eye Blind for a Hunger Relief digital comp put out by our bffs at Mountain Man Records. Check it out

Song of the year, no question.

2011-12-27T19:39:00.000-08:00

Free all ages rock show tonight in Whittier

2011-11-12T18:53:00.000-08:00

90's Techno > Dubstep

2011-08-10T07:08:00.000-07:00

bloodsugarangelmusicsexfuturemagicksounds

2011-08-07T12:16:00.000-07:00

Hooray For Brandon

This is fun.

2011-08-07T08:34:00.001-07:00

Two minute mark.

Lady Antebellum Grammy Domination

2011-08-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

Last night at the Regal Inn could have been a disaster, but all the bands got to play so it worked out alright, even if the bands had to occasionally dodge drunken homophobic heckles from the regulars. We had to convince the distressed owner, who threatened to stop the show, that all the kids today listen to instrumental math rock, so he should totally let us play. He eventually did, albeit begrudgingly. The power of rock and mild exaggeration prevailed.

Zombie Blues

2011-08-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

In honor of Brother Cecil and the Milkbone's last show next Friday at La Cave (its free!!!), TLV will be pulling out all the stops: ie banjos and Sex B-Bomb covers.

The only acceptable Phil Collins song.

2011-08-04T00:48:00.000-07:00

Lumpy Space Princess

2011-08-03T19:49:00.000-07:00

I'm going to make a concerted effort to update this more. Fun TLV news: LP2 recording starts 8/15 in san francisco. 10 hrs of drum recording. Hopefully all 12 new songs will be finished. And maybe one extra surprise. HINT: Vocal break- Into another nightmare!

Shows!

2011-08-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

Fri, Aug 5
9:00 pm
Regal Inn
6763 E. Carson St., Lakewood, CA 90713
with Sounds of Noise, Fox and Bear Ban, Request from Planet in Sepia
Fri, Aug 12
9:30 pm
La Cave
Costa Mesa, CA
Free!
Brother Cecil's last show, with the Bellhaunts.
Sat, Aug 13
1:00 pm
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street San Pedro, California 90731
Free!
"Reflections on the Harbor: The Land" Art Gallery Show (Art show has Mike Watt …
Sat, Aug 13
9:00 pm
Que Sera
Long Beach, CA
With Pursuit Utopia and Thy Squid

TLV Mp3's are available at Bandcamp. Hoot.

2011-01-03T09:53:00.001-08:00

http://thelittlestviking.bandcamp.com/

TLV's favorite albums of 2010.

2010-12-21T19:25:00.001-08:00

Ruben
1. Beach House - Teen Dream
2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Wavves - King of the Beach
4. Woods - At Echo Lake
5. Black Keys - Brothers
Christopher
1. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
2. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
3. Title Tracks - It Was Easy
4. Owen Pallett - A Swedish Love Story EP/Heartland
5. Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself

Rock Show 10/12 in Long Beach

2010-10-06T10:18:00.000-07:00

Super*market today at Meltdown Comics!

2010-08-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

With Nopal and Magick Orchids.
Food, zines, art, comics and free beer.
2pm to 7pm.
Music starts at 5.

Steak and Eggs Tonight!

2010-08-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

With Dash Jacket, DJ Oldboy, DJ Urethra Franklin, and Charles Mansion

Rock Show This Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-28T22:23:00.001-07:00

Nothing says "rock show" like adorable kittens in cups.

2010-06-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

Show Tonight with Maps & Atlases!!!!!

2010-05-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

8:30pm. 7 bucks. with Small Village. Rock.
112 East Commonwealth Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832-1909

Mexican Brunch Tonight!

2010-04-24T12:21:00.001-07:00

RockRockRockRock

2010-04-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

Do you want to spend 400 dollars to see some bullshit like gorrilaz or
muse in the middle of the desert or do you want to see tlv for free
tonight at 930pm with m31 and the cigarette burns at the hyperion tavern?
Done and done.

House Show Tonight! Well have copies of the record on vinyl

2010-04-09T15:23:00.001-07:00

House Show Tonight! Well have copies of the record on vinyl

2010-04-09T15:23:00.000-07:00

Jonsi!

2010-04-05T15:09:00.000-07:00

The Jonsi record is ridiculously bitchin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HjT4SQKJI

Blues train keeps on a rollin' at the Airliner on Sunday.

2010-03-24T17:42:00.000-07:00

Rock Show on Monday at UCI! It's free!

2010-03-20T08:34:00.000-07:00

Parking lot rock equals totally awesome rock.

Video Bonanza.

2010-02-02T16:41:00.000-08:00

Rock Show Tonight in Fullerton.

2010-02-01T17:01:00.000-08:00

Rock Show Tonight at the Casbah in San Diego!

2010-01-25T09:52:00.000-08:00

Holla! Doors at 9. Rock commences at 930.

VINYL!!!!!

2010-01-19T15:17:00.000-08:00

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

2010-01-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

Rock Show Tonight at L'Keg in LA Proper.

2010-01-02T16:16:00.001-08:00

Last Show in '09 Tonight at the Crosby in Santa Ana.

2009-12-22T16:51:00.000-08:00

Halloween '10 Costume. Check.

2009-12-21T09:58:00.000-08:00

Now i just need convince someone to be Mick Jagger.

Rock Spectacular at the Puka Bar in Long Beach This Evening.

2009-12-18T13:29:00.001-08:00

The line up and set times for the Puka bar show on Friday, December 18th are as follows. The Littlest Viking 12:00 to 1:00 Fast Dragon 11:00 to 12:00 Telomere Repair 10:00 to 11:00 Jupilar 9:00 to 10:00 The Puka bar is located at 710 W.Willow St. Long Beach, Ca 90806.

Rock and Roll Show Tonight at Malone's in Santa Ana. Shit yeah.

2009-12-16T12:13:00.001-08:00

Steak & Eggs at the Que Sera Tonight!

2009-12-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

Download TLV's Set On KUCI

2009-12-06T19:46:00.001-08:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?d55jzkzykym

TLV live on KUCI Tonight!!!!!!!

2009-11-29T21:10:00.000-08:00

Live on air set on KUCI at midnight on sunday night, nov. 29(technically monday nov.30 but whos counting). Third eye blind covers will mostly like feature prominently in the setlist.

Best. Song. Ever.

2009-11-23T20:55:00.001-08:00

Rock Show Tomorrow Night in Whittier!

2009-11-19T13:31:00.001-08:00

Free Rock Show Tonight in Palm Springs

2009-11-13T09:36:00.000-08:00

Shredfest.

2009-11-09T20:04:00.001-08:00

Free Rock and Roll Bonanza at the Avalon Bar in Costa Mesa Tonight!

2009-11-05T09:18:00.000-08:00

Rock. Rock. Rock.

2009-10-24T15:54:00.001-07:00

Free Show Tonight in Santa Ana

2009-10-11T12:32:00.001-07:00

Hooray! Rock and Roll Show at the Echo Curio Tonight!

2009-10-03T11:48:00.001-07:00

Rock Show at Alex's Bar in Long Beach Tonight!

2009-10-01T13:08:00.000-07:00

TLV live on KXLU tonight!

2009-09-30T10:06:00.000-07:00

So well be playing live on KXLU tonight at midnight on the Livation show. Hells yeah. You can listen online at www.kxlu.com, or go to makeout point and listen to some sweet jams on your old fashioned car radio. Or if you are looking for a late night activity, you can come to the station and rock out collectively with us.
Details:
You need to get to the Malone Building, which is located at 1 LMU Drive. The station is on the 4th floor. If you enter the campus from Lincoln Blvd., you'll pass the guard shack and they should be able to give you a map.

Rock and Roll Show at the Tribal Cafe Tonight, which is totally awesome

2009-09-27T11:53:00.001-07:00

Free Show Tonight at Keg's in Rendondo Beach. Hot Damn!

2009-09-25T17:56:00.001-07:00

Free Show Tonight at Malones in Santa Ana

2009-09-24T15:13:00.001-07:00

New Video

2009-09-08T11:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a live video of us playing "I'm Hetero for Samantha Maloney" at a recent in benefit show.

This is going to rule.

2009-09-02T17:06:00.000-07:00

Rock and Roll Show in the Valley Tonight!

2009-08-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

TLV in the District Weekly

2009-08-20T11:05:00.000-07:00

So if you find yourself in a Long Beach laundromat, farmer's market, or haberdashery this week, and you need some fine reading material, pick up a copy of the District Weekly as there is a lovely article/interview with us. Also, it just show happens we have two upcoming shows in Long Beach. On Saturday 8/22/09 we'll be playing the Que Sera as part of the Fidotrust festival, which is neat. We'll also be playing Monday 8/24/09 at the Puka Bar. Awesomeness.

TLV Article in the District Weekly

Free Show Tonight at the Continental Room in Fullerton. Ugh!

2009-08-17T08:11:00.000-07:00

CA or Bust.

2009-08-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

So we're back in lovely Southern California. Hooray! The tour was quite bitchin', methinks. Big ups to our new rock BFFs in Smiley With A Knife, They Mean Us, Mascaron, John Cota, Perkashire, Hollywood Black, Magic Legs, Hat Talk, Dear Human, Constellation Branch, and all the other bands we played with for shredding collectively with us and providing us with food and shelter. Thanks to everyone who gave us a place to stay and everyone who came out to the shows. Now, let's all go get some cajun food as that is the newest collective obsession of TLV. Crawfish and hashbrowns? That shit is ridiculous.

Tour!

2009-07-31T08:13:00.000-07:00

So we leave tomorrow for our summer tour. We'll be surviving on hot pockets and deli meats for the next two weeks. PS if you let us sleep on your floor, we can repay you in high fives and cases of capri sun.
Here's some flyers for various tour stops.

Show Tomorrow Night in Riverside at the Pharoh's Den

2009-07-26T22:42:00.000-07:00

rock.rock.rock.

Am I Demon?

2009-07-21T19:21:00.001-07:00

Videos.

2009-07-21T17:59:00.001-07:00

Here's some videos of our show with Beware of Safety and Gifts From Enola at Mr. T's Bowl. Thanks to DecoyArtillery

Free in-store tomorrow in Santa Cruz!

2009-07-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz. 4pm. Bam! We'll be rocking out in the used k-p rock and pop aisle, and we'll try not to shoplift multiple copies of k.d. lang's seminal ingenue album. Fact: we might even cover constant craving.
Address:
939 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, California 95060

He Man > Transformers

2009-07-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

Let's reenact the music store scene from Masters of the Universe after the show in Whitter at the Wolf Gallery.

Some Like It Hot

2009-07-17T01:12:00.000-07:00

Easily the best drum sound ever.

Weekend O' Rock

2009-07-09T23:24:00.000-07:00

So we're playing three shows in the next four days. Shit yeah.
Friday- J Dees Landing in Palm Springs with Dohrn, Keyser Soze, and Epicose
Saturday- Mr. T's Bowl with Gifts From Enola, headtraffic LLCBeware of Safety
Monday- Continental Room in Fullerton with the Raga.

Free Show Tonight In La Puente!

2009-06-27T13:40:00.001-07:00

Bro down starts at 10

Free Show Tonight at the Santa Fe Cafe!

2009-06-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

2010 here we come!

2009-05-26T18:05:00.000-07:00

Anti-prop 8 rally in Long Beach tonight! 7pm corner of alamitos and broadway. More info.

Sabotage

2009-05-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

Beastie Boys songs do not belong in Star Trek movies.

Show tonight at UC Irvine!

2009-05-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

Rock show this evening presented by the good folks at Acrobatics Everday at the Cross Cultural Center at UC Irvine. Show starts at 8:00 pm. We can reminisce about the days when Woody Harrleson and Wesley Snipes were bffs. with Skeletonbreath and Tan Dollar.
Directions from LOS ANGELES
5 S
55 S
405 S
Exit Jamboree
Right Jamboree
Left Campus
Right W. Peltason
Left immediately onto Pereira
Right between ALRICH HALL and UCI BOOKSTORE (small service road with a drawbar type thing--it will be up)

Fact:

2009-04-26T21:37:00.001-07:00

Four Minute Mile > Something To Write Home About

No question.

Easter's A Bullshit Holiday Anyway...

2009-04-11T20:03:00.000-07:00

Rock.

2009-03-26T12:08:00.001-07:00

Jam Band Central

2009-03-25T10:03:00.001-07:00

If you'd like to channel yr inner deadhead theres a live recording of our 3/14 show at the Cocaine at http://el1011.com/Viking.html . Peep that shit in a hallucinogenic free environment while wearing tye dye and birkenstocks. Thanks to > /\ R S - U \ and the El Ten Eleven fan site for recording it.

Not quite as loud...

2009-03-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

Show tonight at the Hyperion Tavern. In the spirit of playing quietly, we might play meat puppets covers with touring members of the foo fighters and light candles and wear cardigans. Full blown rock show on thursday at Alexs bar in long beach with AIDS Wolf. Godspeed.

Cccccccocaine

2009-03-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

Totally a QOTSA reference. Bam! So thanks to everyone who came out to the Cocaine, including our bffs in signal hill and beware of safety. Kudos to Totally Serious, Clevis, and Solar Whimp who rocked exquisitely.

Labor & Lust

2009-03-09T16:06:00.000-07:00

About last night...

2009-03-08T14:21:00.000-07:00

The Smell record release show was a rousing success, with freakout drum circles and Danzig karaoke. Thanks to everyone who came out. Big ups to Bastidas, Yes, Deer, and Magick Orchids who were ridiculously amazing.

Record of the week.

2009-03-02T19:54:00.001-08:00

Bratmobile- Pottymouth. That record is stupidly good.

More Flyers

2009-03-01T03:16:00.000-08:00

Next Saturday!

2009-02-23T21:06:00.000-08:00

Hells Yeah.

Efficient Use Of Non Sequiturs As Song Titles

2009-02-21T08:49:00.000-08:00

New songs up!

2009-02-14T09:29:00.000-08:00

Peep that shit at www.myspace.com/thelittlestvikings
Ugh!

Totally not like nick lowe.

2009-02-05T23:03:00.000-08:00

Hooray! Our debut full length is finally done. It's called "Labor and Lust", and will be available for purchase out of our collective trunks, on our newly christened imprint, Nova Youth Records. We're having a cd release at the Smell March 7th, which will undoubtedly be awesome. (the vinyl release may or may not have a prog metal cover of cruel to be kind, just sayin' is all)

Videos. Bitchin'.

2009-01-23T11:55:00.000-08:00

So here's some outlandish videos of us playing rock music at ucsd with siggy hill.