Strawberry Fuzz

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Young bands playing loud melodic rock in mid-size rooms are the part of the ecosystem nobody writes about and everybody depends on — the shows where a hundred and fifty people decide whether something has legs. This is one of those nights. The name tells you roughly where the guitars sit, somewhere between garage and psych, and the appeal at this stage is watching a band that has not yet decided exactly what it is. Ventura has quietly become a real stop on the coastal touring circuit rather than a place bands skip between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the local crowd turns out accordingly. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard, a Thursday. Catching a band before the room fills is the whole reason people keep going to shows on weeknights.