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.
Download: Foot Village “Reggae War Zone” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (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 [...]
I eventually did get out of the house by Thursday night, touring both floors of Amoeba Music prior to fading down Vine St. to 3 Clubs. Briefly fashionable after the 1997 movie Swingers, this venue I’ve long associated with dreadful music and gave the place up entirely after I quit martinis. Still, the Rumble’s night of indie-squawk sounded promising enough outside muffled through the walls. Both light and prospects were considerable dimmer inside, as French Miami- a trio of Bay Area collegians beloved of NME -was onstage thrashing around inside a math rock that was obviously failing to carry its twos and decimal points.
L.A. RECORD favorite Flying Lotus will perform a rare live set of music specially written to mesh with new visuals and other sensory overloading effects as part of the Labrat Matinee at the Downtown Independent movie theater—just about next door to the Smell—tonight! More info from dublab below: This matinee has transcended the afternoon and [...]
