The Cabeza de Vaca Arcestra continues exploring sight and sound as they provide the live score for Häxan, the eerie 1922 silent about “witchcraft through the ages.” Arcestra vocalist Nora Keyes answers questions and creates new ones. This interview by Tom Child.
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NORA KEYES: I NEVER WOKE UP AS A CHILD
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment
MAGIC LANTERN SELF-TITLED LP FINALLY REPRESSED!
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
Download: Magic Lantern “At The Mountains Of Madness”
(from the self-titled LP out now on Woodsist!)
Get you this now! From Magic Cameron:
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS:
In the run-up to the PLATOON release (it’s coming, peeps…at the plant), WOODSIST has repressed the LANTERN self-titled LP with new full-bleed artwork, extending the POWER of these VIBES. they are also selling [...]
PARTY WEIRDO FEST SET TIMES AND MAP
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments
All the info for tomorrow’s Party Weirdo fest in Long Beach!
GANGI ADDED TO PARTY WEIRDO FEST! COMPLETE LINE-UP INSIDE
November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Download: Gangi “Commonplace Feathers”
(from A out now on White Noise)
L.A. RECORD cover alum Gangi (now with drummer Chris Hathwell from Moving Units/Festival of Dead Deer) join fellow L.A. RECORD graduates Dead Meadow, Restavrant, 60 Watt Kid, Rainbow Arabia, Scotty Coats and more at Long Beach’s first-ever Party Weirdo fest this Saturday! We’ll be DJ-ing the [...]
L.A. RECORD + THE ACADEMY PRESENT PARTY WEIRDO ON NOV. 14 w/DEAD MEADOW + RAINBOW ARABIA + RESTAVRANT + DJ PUBE$ + MORE!
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
L.A. RECORD is happy to team up with the Academy, WESC and Crush Brothers to present this all-day-til-last-call event in downtown Long Beach at the Basement with L.A. RECORD alums like Dead Meadow, Rainbow Arabia, Restavrant, 60 Watt Kid, Scotty Coats and our superhuman Cha Cha buddy DJ Pubes plus many more! Stay tuned for [...]
BASTARD: WAITING FOR OUR LEMMY FIGURINES
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments
BASTARD is from East L.A.—born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley. They are a force to be reckoned—deflecting bullets with the power of rock. The sound is a mix of influences from kids who stayed true to their punk and metal roots, reminiscent of early Motorhead with a little bit of the Stooges mixed in. This interview by Taeil Kim.
FARMER DAVE SCHER: REVIVE THE NUTS
September 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Farmer Dave Scher is almost the Chris Darrow of his day, thanks to collaborations with Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, Nobody and the Mystic Chords of Memory, dios, Miranda Lee Richards and more. He is currently basking in the happy after-effects of his new solo album Flash Forward To The Good Times. This interview by Thomas McMahon.
EXENE CERVENKA: BECAUSE THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Exene Cervenka helped invent what Los Angeles is now and helped save the best of what it used to be. She releases a new solo album Somewhere Gone on Bloodshot in October and is moving back to California after years in a historic farmhouse in Missouri. She speaks now while camping on the beach. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
BILLY CORGAN PLAYING OPEN
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments
UPDATE: Click here for a review of Corgan’s band Spirits In The Sky!
Via: Open
BILLY CORGAN has announced that Mike Byrne has joined THE SMASHING PUMPKINS as their new drummer. The 19-year-old Portland, OR native will make his debut with the band on the Pumpkins’ next album—about which a major announcement is expected in September–and tour. [...]
THE VALLEY ARENA: WE DIED
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Long Beach’s Valley Arena deliver a dynamic, well-crafted modern rock album—I guess you could say that their sound has evolved and grown up, but they bring enough of their old building blocks to the studio to have assemble something mostly new, yet hazily familiar. They’re able to strike that delicate balance of their noisier/more frenetic elements with newly focused song structure that lends itself well to their individual playing styles.
