Black Valley Moon (single release) w/Moonthing

Sam Williams and friends’ latest release, Curses, Wishes & Haunted Transmissions, is split into two parts: The first one having the regular vocal parts from Ray Vega, and the second part being completely instrumental (well, if you don’t count the intro bit), and psychedelic-surf enough that almost makes you wish that Dick Dale had collaborated with Iron Butterfly at some point in his life. The album has been out for a month now, but the official release party goes down with a little help from local rock outfit Moonthing, on the heels of its own new single, “Satan Party.” —Josh Bradley