Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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This week's Off-Ramp song of the week is the latest single from Los Angeles' own Chicano Batman.
It's called "Black Lipstick" and it's on a 7" single released on El Relleno records, you can purchase it here.
Formed in 2008, the bands describes themselves as a quartet that draws from "a spectrum of influences ranging from psychedelia, soul, to Tropicalia."
As a live act they're fun, compelling and almost always wearing uniforms. You can catch them this Friday, August 19 at the Echo Park Rising Festival.
Here's a video of the band playing live on Seattle's KEXP: