L.A.’s drunk-punk scene wouldn’t be the same without Blaque Chris, and since everybody else and their dad is opining about their favorite albums of the decade on our site, we figured, hey, why not Chris?

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On Monday, Sean hosted a birthday rager for Kyle Mabson, his roommate and the official party engine of Pehrspace. A double-sized crowd appeared to celebrate Kyle’s special day and check out a solid-from-top-to-bottom lineup of performers that was headlined by Abe Vigoda. Sure, there were still people in the parking lot—but that’s only because the venue was too sweaty and insane for their sensibilities.

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—juan velasquez
Abe Vigoda, whose frontman Michael Vidal talked to L.A. Record about being one of 2009’s Most Beautiful People, will tour with Vampire Weekend this spring. Info and dates below:
In addition to the Vampire Weekend dates, the boys will also be playing a handful of shows with Nottingham punks Lovvers, Vivian Girls, Effi Briest and [...]

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L.A. RECORD XMAS PARTY [ON THE BEDROCK] 2009
FREE with RSVP to rsvp@larecord.com and DONATION OF CHILD’S TOY

flyer by the amazing champoyhate!
FREE with RSVP to rsvp@larecord.com and DONATION OF CHILD’S TOY
Each year since we started in 2005, L.A. RECORD has thrown an Xmas party. Back then it was Daddy Kev and Mike Stock DJ-ing off mismatched [...]

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The girls in the Raincoats have covered the Monks, but didn’t originally know the Monks possibly because they were so much like the Monks—formed perfectly from nothing and destined to disappear too quickly and leave anyone who discovered them later wondering how they’d ever happened in the first place. They play their first-ever Los Angeles show on October 11 at the Part Time Punks fest. This interview by Kevin Ferguson.

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Some volume issues during a performance on screen render the crowd restless. Murmurs ripple through, speculating and questioning.

“Can’t hear a fucking thing!” cuts through the darkness, crass and unconstructive.

“Well, you should’ve been there!” retorts another faceless voice, more lighthearted. By the end of the film, he couldn’t have been more right.

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Download: Foot Village “Reggae War Zone”

(from Anti-Magic out now on Upset The Rhythm)
Via Brian Miller from Foot Village—the release party for Il Corral founder and musician Bob Bellerue’s Live At The Smell documentary featuring short live sets from last fall by (in order of appearance) the Mae Shi, Foot Village, Ponytail, Abe Vigoda, High Places, [...]

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Nite Jewel stands built of bass, drum machine and synths, converting the heat of the crowd into energy as they go nuclear without all the messier consequence of things like mutant babies. The rhythms and melodies here are vaguely Afro-Cuban; humid white man’s funk in a world of—at best—grey and at worst, light beige. Ramona Gonzalez’s and Emily Jane’s voices float over the fringes and their beats descend like visitors from planets much more interesting than this one.

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It’s good to admire Kate Bush. Telepathe knows what’s up, and while they’re not ‘Wuthering Heights’ anywhere, the girls throw down a dance number in their ‘So Fine’ music video. Cross-breed Bush with Dre and a little Byrne and chop until you’ve got a whole new mutant, and that will make Melissa Livaudais and Busy Gangnes a pair of happy mother fuckers. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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Nosaj Thing was in 40 Bands 80 Minutes with Wives, HEALTH and Abe Vigoda and then followed madman visionaries like Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer to Low End Theory. He now joins half the next generation of L.A. beatmakers on Daddy Kev’s Alpha Pup Records with his debut full-length Drift. This interview by Chris Ziegler

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