Israel’s Monotonix are known and respected and perhaps even secretly coveted here in L.A. because of their world-wrecking live set and super-charged rock ‘n’ roll. Singer Ami Shalev speaks now while presumably fully clothed. This interview by Rena Kosnett.
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MONOTONIX: HOW YOU CALL IT? CHUTZPAH!
September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
THE AGGROLITES: IV
June 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Since its 2002 birth by amalgamation, the Aggrolites have evolved from one more clutch of L.A. punks making rattletrap ska-noises to a slick and durable roadshow-reggae act, opening for cult-heroic likes of Madness and Michael Franti & Spearhead. This 21-track sprawl feels like an attempt at a kind of Exile on Main Street—a welter of hooks and ferocity whirling inside a restricted sonic space as emotionally expressive as the blues-rock the Stones pioneered.
THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE @ SPACELAND
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
In the Henry Clay tradition, they finished their set with a lot more people on stage than when they started. To be honest, by time they played their cover of the Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women” to close their set, I was so wasted, I couldn’t tell if they had all the members of Airborne Toxic Event onstage with them because I was seeing 1 ¼ people for every person at that point. The great part is that considering there was no stage diving and only one moderately scary wipeout—and I never saw more than a dozen or so (actual) people on stage at the same time—is that this was probably their mild show.
