Stagnation is death and repetition nothing but a bore. Taking risks,
dodging complacency, never looking back—that’s where timeless music
comes from. The Real Nasty, the celebrated Oakland, California-based
trio formed in January 2009, has already done more evolving in that
short span than most bands do in a lifetime. Now, with the release of
Dirty Dollars, their third CD for the Ninth Street Opus label in as many
years, they’ve taken a quantum leap.