Scott H. Biram is an American hollerer with a bunch of room to himself between David Allan Coe and Jack Oblivian. He likes Black Flag but sometimes he gets weird like Dock Boggs, and he decides here to probably not take shrooms for a little bit. This interview by Sarah Bennett.

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Saint Vitus has held a special place in my heart since I first heard ‘Look Behind You’ on The Blasting Concept Vol. 2, where they unknowingly created a genre of heavy metal that had yet to be named. I spoke with founding member Dave Chandler prior to Saint Vitus’ return to the city where they started. This interview by Kurt Midness.

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On the surface, We Be Xuxa almost seems like a retread of old school American punk, but actually it evokes without constant copying—it’s fresh-faced punk, yet my heart hears Born Innocent-era Redd Kross in their sisterly choruses, and early early Black Flag or even Ramones in their strumming (minus Greg Ginn’s noodling) and Wipers downturns on the chords, and a Darby Crash-like insistence on writing lyrics too self-referential and profound to sing straight into the microphone. And there’s even a Urinals cover!?! And there’s a Beach Blvd-esque melodicism to Jessie Clavin’s bass lines, one that perfectly matches their Descendants-like love of making up pragmatic gerunds such as “Totion.” A lot of reviewers have said these gals (et dude) sound like X-Ray Spex, but that is a lazy lie!

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the screamers live at target video
The public demands and Cinefamily provides! A second showing of Joe Rees’ Target Video presentation (co-presented by L.A. RECORD and featuring never-before-seen-except-at-the-7:30-pm-showing clips of first-wave punk bands like the Plugz, the Suburban Lawns and many more!) has been added [...]

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Joe Rees’ Target Video filmed just about every punk band that pushed through San Francisco as the ’70s turned into the ’80s, including such ultimate artifacts as the Cramps live at the Napa State mental hospital and Crime live at San Quentin. He will present never-before-seen clips of punk bands from all over America tonight at Cinefamily. This interview by Chris Ziegler. UPDATE: Second showing added!

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The Screamers live at Target Video
L.A. RECORD is proud to partner with Cinefamily to present this unprecedented opening of the vaults of San Francisco’s Target Video, who filmed a giant chunk of the West Coast’s original punk bands (including the still-infamous Cramps at Napa [...]

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