Israel’s Monotonix are known and respected and perhaps even secretly coveted here in L.A. because of their world-wrecking live set and super-charged rock ‘n’ roll. Singer Ami Shalev speaks now while presumably fully clothed. This interview by Rena Kosnett.
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MONOTONIX: HOW YOU CALL IT? CHUTZPAH!
September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
DEAD WEATHER TO PLAY WEDNESDAY AT THIRD MAN RECORDS POP-UP STORE DOWNTOWN
August 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Dead Weather (who were just touring with Screaming Females) will perform this Wednesday at the opening of the 72-hour Third Man Records‘ pop-up store at (or next to?) the Regent Theatre at Fourth and Main downtown. The store will be open from noon to 8 PM Thursday and Friday and close that Friday night. [...]
THE PINE HILL HAINTS: SOME OF THE ABSOLUTE FREAKS
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Named after the Alabama cemetery where the band used to practice, the Haints’ uncanny specialty is a punk rock retrofit of the “dead” traditional music of the South and West. Guitarist-vocalist-fiddler Jaime Barrier muses on a vanishing America, punky get-up-and-go and the difficulties involved in mic-ing a musical saw. This interview by Ron Garmon.
MIXTAPE AND Q+A: BURGER RECORDS
July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
burger co-owner lee rickerd (r) and nobunny Download: The Burger Basher! Mixtape [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Hunx & His Punx “You Don’t Like Rock ‘n’ Roll” Harlem “South of France” White Night “Settle This” Nobunny “Monster Kiss” Thee Makeout Party! “Kids” Hunx & His Punx “I Won’t Get Under You” Devon Williams [...]
GRAMMY MUSEUM EXTENDS MICHAEL JACKSON EXHIBIT
June 27th, 2009 · 12 Comments
The Grammy Museum in downtown L.A. will extend the Michael Jackson: HIStyle exhibit, featuring world-famous Jackson fashion (one of which reportedly weighs about fifteen pounds!) and several videos of Jackson’s performances and appearances at various Grammy ceremonies. The Museum is located at Olympic and Figueroa and opens at 11:30 AM daily and 10 AM on [...]
ART BRUT: ALL OUR SONGS ARE TRUE
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Raw, confessional, witty and most elegantly tuneful for a mess of one-take dementia helmed by none other than Black Francis, Art Brut’s Art Brut vs. Satan sports frontman (and adopted quasi-Angeleno) Eddie Argos’ leanest and canniest songwriting yet. The dirty little secret behind ‘The Replacements’ awaits a less sympathetic journo. This interview by Ron Garmon.
