In the Red Records may have never spawned a massive crossover success like Sub Pop (with Nirvana), Epitaph (the Offspring), or Sympathy for the Record Industry (the White Stripes). This past weekend, the label celebrated a quarter-century of quirk at Los Angeles’s Echoplex/Echo, with a three-day fest featuring the Gories, Cheater Slicks, Kid Congo Powers, and what seemed like at least half a dozen side-projects helmed by In the Red’s top-selling artist, SoCal psych-rock wunderkind Ty Segall. Boss Hog was perhaps the night’s top draw, and with good reason: This was the first Los Angeles show in 15 years by deliciously down ‘n’ dirty sleaze-rock combo, led by raven-haired, sandpaper-throated badass Cristina Martinez and featuring her ramshackle guitar-god husband, Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion/Pussy Galore fame).
