Bonus bands

Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise

When high-schoolers figure out how to start a band, they have more fun than the rest. And the colorful goofballs in Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise appear to be having a blast with their hyper mix of ska, punk and funky rock. Change out of your cranky pants and give in to the fun.

www.facebook.com/frankiedopplersnuclearsunrise

Low Flying Birds

Some old names from some old bands—Doug Stein and Noel Carvalho of Swamp Zen; Sid Lewis and Johnny Lombardo of Crazygrass—come together for a new take on bluegrass music. You could call it jamgrass, but the band’s description of “California boogie grass” gives a better image of the happy group’s fast-tempoed good-time sound.

www.facebook.com/lowflyingbirds

Kezwik

Despite being the youngest musician in the local electronic-dance-music scene, 17-year-old Michael Jones is making bigger waves in the greater EDM world than anyone in Chico. The dubstep producer/DJ has been all over the charts in 2012 at beatport.com, including snagging No. 1 for the collaborative remix (with Protohype) of Static Revenger’s “Turn the World On (feat Dev).”

www.facebook.com/kezwikofficial

Star Thistle Wall

Redding dude Thomas Fogg comes south to lead a band of funky friends and fellow Chico State recording-arts students with a grooving brand of indie rock that is equally comfortable on the stages of LaSalles and Café Coda. A debut CD and live DVD are in the works.

www.facebook.com/starthistlewall

Bran Crown

If you’re looking for sweet, angelic melodies and pretty guitars, just take your glass of chardonnay and keep walkin’, because in here we have a flask of Wild Turkey tucked in our coat and we’re gonna drown these demons in Don Parrish’s freak-folk flames and warm our broken hearts at the fire.

www.brancrown.bandcamp.com

The LoLos

The LoLos do that thing that Chico loves so much—strike a delicate balance between breezy and groovy. The new four-piece rock crew just released their debut EP and are working on a full-length to be called XOXO—go to youtube.com/user/thelolosmusic and hear the first single, “Nightbird.” It’s, you know, breezy and groovy.

Search “Lolos” on Facebook.