The 2nd annual Folktale Fest, and the triumphant return of Sean Carnage Monday nights at Pehrspace after a very brief hiatus, made for a packed crowd on a warm summer night. As I entered I found Sacramento performance artist/musician Mom dancing away, half-clothed and squeaking in a cutesy pitch-modified falsetto to novelty type music in a classic Mouseketeer hat.
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FOLKTALE FEST II @ PEHRSPACE
June 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment
LIVE AT THE SMELL @ THE DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT
September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
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.
MONOTONIX @ SPACELAND
April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Monotonix threesome is the hairiest, sweatiest 3-headed creature since mythological times. There’s a blues-riffing guitar and a rousing drumbeat, but the physicality of the band’s performance overshadows everything else. The look in singer Levi “Ha Haziz” Elvis’s eyes, wide open and peering about, is louder than the English and/or Hebrew words he’s growling into the microphone.
POP NOIR SIGNS TO RCRDLBL
June 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Our highly recognizable artists Joe and Luke McGarry have just signed their band Pop Noir to RCRD LBL, also sometime online home of L.A. RECORD alums like Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, Cold War Kids, Dead Meadow, Flying Lotus, HEALTH, No Age, Mae Shi and more. Congrats to them and we look forward to a triumphant [...]
