Middle Class is Mike Atta, Jeff Atta, Matt Simon and Mike Patton (no, not that Mike Patton). Depending on who you ask, you might be told they are the first ever hardcore band, or you might get kicked in the gut with a pre-scuffed Urban Outfitters combat boot. They’re returning to the Echo to play a badass L.A. RECORD show with Kid Congo, the Urinals and Grant Hart this Friday. This interview by Jonny Bell.

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Battles played wildly for a packed room at the Echoplex on May 2nd, 2011. Photos by Michele Yamamoto.

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“What to say about Yuck? Songs! Like with the G chord and all that. Something about Yuck’s “aw shucks” approach to recording and playing live is so disarming that all the “but wait, doesn’t this just sound like Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo and Dinosaur Jr.” feeling goes right out the window.” —Billy Gil [...]

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In honor of Low End Theory’s Japan benefit show tomorrow, we are posting VJ/artist/electronic musician Strangeloop’s guide to sci-fi, avant-garde anime and films that feel like DMT trips. He brings the psychedelic visuals that accompany the sonic landscapes of Flying Lotus. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Stonefeather is a band that never ceases to amaze, especially their latest show at the Echo Tuesday, March 15.  From the moment this band takes the stage, its radiance and talent engages the crowd is song after song of rhythmic electricity. From the acoustic opening cover of hip-hop hit “Deuces” to the energetic finale original [...]

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Death Alison Mosshart may still be running around with Jennifer Herrema’s DNA, but when RTX rolls onto the stage you know who has been living the real deal forever. Unfortunately, the years of abuse have taken their toll and the fog that has settled over Jennifer’s gorgeous face and laserthinkingmusicalgenius pretty much makes impossible any [...]

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FEB 19, 2011. Hor$eplay + Amanda Jo Williams + Dead By Dawn + The Glass Goblins @ Sancho, 1549 w Sunset Blvd. $10 sliding scale / OPEN BAR!

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Tiny Creatures was born in May 2006 with its release of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti’s My Molly EP and grew into a gallery space that September when founder and director Janet Kim opened her home to a community of artists and performers in search of a space that could absorb their wildness and reflect their [...]

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHlgTc9vCZ0] A fan video for a track from Gonjasufi’s upcoming A Sufi And A Killer LP on Warp—we can’t wait for this album! Release party March 15 at the Echoplex with Gaslamp Killer and Mainframe!

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Tall and courtly like some 1950s Nashville idol, Earle’s brand of C&W insurgency is highlighted by a knack for raising the ghosts of traditional America inside a context colored by our 21st-century blues. Our chat finds him dealing well with being a Southern boy in the East Village. This interview by Ron Garmon.

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