Sharif Dumani

Adventures in “Dad” rock 🎸⚡️🔊 🎥🎬 @itswhatplantscrave

FREE SHOW !Sunday April 12th, 2pm at @zebulonla , Los Angeles - @witch_crimes_band_ has the honor of opening the In The Red @intheredrecords record release show for Chris D and the Poison Fang Society, featuring LA Punk Legend @chrisd1553 of The Flesh Eaters and Divine Horseman, @larryschemel of Death Valley Girls and Flesh Eaters, @theeexplodingflower of the Alice Bag band and Exploding Flowers. Witch Crimes features members @the_starlite_desperation , Dante Vs Zombies, @neoglobs @mask_appeal_band @oozelles , Detroit Cobras and The Enochian Keys.

Gracias Mexico City! I got to travel to some really great record stores while out here. Those record stores now carry a few of my releases. So if you are in, or find yourself in, la ciudad de Mexico, go to @retroactivo_records_oficial and @laromarecords and pick up some records by @explodingflowersmusic released on @meritoriorec , my solo release on @brokencloverrecords , and (LA’s) People Talk on @recessrecords . Gracias por todo!✌🏽✊🏽❤️ Photo by @candohando

Don’t get mad, get even. Alice Bag Band plays this Friday at @sardinepedro with @thesacred.losangeles and (just added!) @__hexcode__ Advance tickets are still available at the link in the Alice Bag insta bio. The Alice Bag band: Sharif Dumani @theeexplodingflower , Candace Hansen @candohando , David O. Jones @chlo.mo.jo

Charli turns 2 today. Feb 2nd Aquarius baby with all the sweetness, charm, intelligence, and kindness we could hope for. We’re so lucky! What started as a passing snapshot of one of Vicki and I’s first dates, now a living yearly documentation of life moving and grass growing. To love a being wholeheartedly but with so much calm, is the greatest gift Charli gave us. She’s a healthy, happy, loved baby. I think we’re doing pretty good so far. 🎂🎊🎉💘

We’re playing a few shows coming up. San Pedro, CA on 2/13 at The Sardine, and Doll Fest III in Mexico City on 3/6. You can get tickets at @sardinepedro and @dollfest or more info through the link in bio at @alice_bag

November: from heat to cool, topaz and chrysanthemums; leaves mix with yellows, oranges, and reds, the days shorten with cosy sag optimism, my favorite person’s birthday today, and our one year wedding anniversary last week. Life moves forward with a gratitude attitude that keeps “kicking against the pricks.” Life love, loving life 🎂❤️🎉🎊

Monday 10/27/25 @explodingflowersmusic @bigtop.band (members of @blues_lawyer / The World) and @pillowfightpop at @theescondite Doors at 8pm.

@lucinda_williams tonight on my birthday couldn’t have been more perfect! In a world full of optics, Lucinda had our backs tonight. 🙏🏽 Thanks for the birthday messages and love. It’s always appreciated ✌🏽❤️

Charli’s first house party show. She loved it! With some killer local teen bands that slayed, including Late Night Brunch 🔥 Thanks for throwing the show @daria.yud @sogomma Good times! ❤️

(LA’s) People Talk “About Things” album is out today! Thanks to all involved in contributing to the album. @jesse9michaels for the incredible artwork and guest vocals/co-write on a “Six Feet.” The backing vocal choir featuring @jessicozy @bobbybeebop @ok_fern @susan_is_a_band @cassmaster2000 on “Obsessed Obsessive” and “Anything You Want.” Slim Szwerling for the addition of trumpet on a “Walking Through Downtown.” @realbabydonut for the insert photograph. @recessrecords for helping put this out. @janethousden @adamadamwade @liam.philpot @mongees @danielmarkhamcollins for making a fun one. Swipe left for a few lovely faces that helped, along with a quick listen to some songs from the album. I hope people enjoy this one. ✌🏽❤️ Link in bio under (LAs) People Talk to purchase the LP or listen on streaming platforms, or go to Recessrecords.com to purchase a copy. Below is info on the release: (LA’s) PEOPLE TALK - About Things LP (Plus a bonus 7” of LA Times for the first 100 orders!) Limited to 200 (50 Orange, 50 Yellow, 50 Green, 50 White Splatter)   (LA’s) People Talk: (LA’s) People Talk are a punk rock n’ roll band featuring members Sharif Dumani (Exploding Flowers, Alice Bag), Janet Housden (Redd Kross, Love Dolls), Adam Wade (Jawbox, Shudder To Think, Sweet 75), Liam Philpot (Jimmy Cliff, Roddy Radiation), Dan Collins (The Shakes), and Jesse Benson (The L.A. Times). Recorded at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012, with mixing and additional tracking completed in 2024, the album features guest vocals and album artwork by Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Classics Of Love, Common Rider). The LA Times: The LA Times were a punk rock band from Los Angeles, CA. active from the years 1996 – 1999. The band featured three future members of (LA’s) People Talk - Sharif Dumani, Janet Housden, and Jesse Benson. In 1998 the band recorded at The Distillery in Costa Mesa, engineered by Mike McHugh (Hunger Farm, The Paper Tulips) for Scooch Pooch Records but dissolved before those recordings could be released. In 2011, the recordings of those 1998 session were released on Smash It Up! Records. Left over copies are included for the first 100 orders of the album.

What started out a conversation on the @almost_famous_magazine web channel to promote the upcoming (LA’s) People Talk record coming out on @recessrecords next week, turned in to me promoting @burritoprojectla @foodnotbombsdtla @feedthestreets_la and Jaden Smith’s @iloveyourestaurant If you’re curious about the rest of our conversation, the link is in my bio under (LA’s) People Talk Thank you again @8by10byscott for allowing me the space and platform to converse and exchange ideas.