Download: Sean Carnage’s Mondays mega-mix

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 Viral Self”
Just a brief sample from Robert Inhuman, whose music on “Resisting the Viral Self”—despite it’s audiophonic brutality—is all too human and affecting.

Winners “Mega Dik”
Andrew, the singer of “Mega Dik,” was something of a Monday Night super fan for years. When he later started making music with Eva (aka Kevin Shields), I was pleasantly surprised. These two are up north now, and I’m crossing my fingers they continue with their joyfully confrontational band.

The Amazements “Tutti Frutti”
“Tutti Fruit” is a song off the Amazements’ new Peter’s Poolboys’ LP Sticky Rubies. They’re kinda like Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band wrestling U.S. Maple in a hot tub full of beer: avant garde and loose.

I.E. “You Think You’re Punk”
“You Think You’re Punk” could only have been written by Margot Padilla. Margot’s Totally Mag! magazine is a sick send-up of celebrity pop culture and perfectly compliments her music.

Mikki & the Mauses
Here’s a new band with a devastatingly catchy track. They’re playing my four year anniversary show on July 27th, and I’m really excited about that after all this time, there’s so many new bands to discover.

NASA Space Universe
NASA Space Universe apparently broke up recently, but I’m holding out hope for new music from these OC bros because, even a year after I got this track, I am still listening to it all the freaking time! Perfect for after work/school venting.

John Thill
Thill’s also moved up north, but he was just back for a Monday night appearance to remind us all what genius creations his acoustic jams are.

Foot Village “Crow Call (Anavan remix)”
The members of Foot Village and Anavan have been big Monday supporters, and if there was any justice in the world, this remix would be burning up dance floors around the planet

Kyle H. Mabson “Don’t Stop Believin”
“Don’t Stop Believin’” sums the Sean Carnage Mondays story very nicely I think. My Monday partner Kyle created this…I only included a short excerpt—if you are brave there’s a twenty minute version that will take the top of your head off. Enjoy!

Stream: The Amazements “Time Anus”

(from Sticky Rubies out now on Peter’s Pool Boys)

This album is abrasive and full of noisy incongruent riffs and phrases, and though it is definitely not for everyone, there are moments where it seems true genius is lurking behind the hiss and noise. Mixing elements of garage and noise rock with hip-hop, grunts, growls, and even free jazz, Sticky Rubies is a unique and seemingly un-self-conscious addition to the recent wave of lo-fi underground albums to surface in the last few years. There are moments that bring to mind some of my favorite “Go fuck yourself!” indulgences of Royal Trux and Pussy Galore. These dudes definitely love Neil Haggerty, as they take elements from the early careless noise of Pussy Galore all the way to his flirtation with rap near the end of Royal Trux. The James Brown cover—“Get It Together”—is as far removed from James Brown as it possibly could be while still carrying some of Brown’s funky elements, though drowned under dollops of noise. While songs like “Time Anus” and “Head on a Stick” are repetitive to the point of monotony—with tin-can recording that makes the pain so much more intense!—others like “Tutti Fruit” and “Show Money” are pleasant noisy surprises, which gives the album an overall feel of accomplishment. This is a band I definitely need to catch live—if they’re anything like this album, I’ll be in for a treat.

—Daniel Clodfelter