L.A. RECORD!

the amazements

SEAN CARNAGE: NOISY AND GAY RIGHT FROM THE START

July 5th, 2009 · 19 Comments

Sean Carnage has done so much for L.A. music that there had to be a movie made to help document it. He’ll be celebrating four years of DIY shows (across six venues!) all this month at Women during his traditional Monday night residencies, and he’ll have the official Sean Carnage birthdayversary spectacular on July 27. This interview by Drew Denny.

[Read more →]

PODCAST: SEAN CARNAGE MONDAYS MEGAMIX

July 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

THE AMAZEMENTS: STICKY RUBIES

May 31st, 2009 · 63 Comments

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.

[Read more →]