FOOT VILLAGE, BATWINGS CATWINGS, BITCHES, AND TLEILAXU MUSIC MACHINE ON SATURDAY MAY 7TH AT THE SMELL, 247 SOUTH MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM/ $5/ ALL AGES

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Americans celebrate St. Paddy’s Day not because we love Ireland, but because drinking is such a big part of our lives. Drinking is a glorious edge-taker-offer, a social lubricant, a fast track to party time and getting busy. It’s often the worst thing you could’ve done last night for all those reasons. Here’s a mixtape of original songs to get you through this holiday in style!

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The feverish daze in which Foot Village and Mi Ami left the loyal denizens of The Smell’s new, smell-less tomorrow was a perfect segue into Lucky Dragons’ ethereal midnight dream.

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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” [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 [...]

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hello my name is red by sean carnage Download: Sean Carnage’s Mixtape #3 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] For the first time in four years—after 200+ Monday shows in a row—I’ve taken some time off from booking and hosting California’s most obscure new bands, and I must say, it’s been great to catch [...]

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la-underground.net Download: Sean Carnage’s Mondays mega-mix [Audio clip: view full post to listen] We asked Sean Carnage—interviewed to mark his four years of D.I.Y. all-ages shows here—to make a mixtape that captures a bit of what he loves about music in L.A. Download and listen above and annotated tracklist by Sean below: Realicide “Resisting The [...]

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post-party Upset the Rhythm is the independent London label that’s always taken good care of Los Angeles—they were one of the labels participating in that first burst of No Age vinyl in 2007 and also put out releases for L.A. bands like Soft Boiled Eggies and BARR and now Foot Village, who will be releasing [...]

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Download: Foot Village “T.A.K.E.” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Anti-Magic out in July on Upset The Rhythm) Via Brian Miller from Foot Village, who have rolled out a (very nice!) new website at footvillage.org that is loaded with free MP3s of other bands covering Foot Village that were all mashed together for [...]

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Stephen Perilloux

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