Luis & the Wildfires make records between egg crates and a tacked-up Charlie Feathers LP in a tiny backyard shed in Altadena where the spirit of the the Sonics, Eddie Cochran, Little Willie G and Gene Vincent observe kindly from the corners. The hardiest die-hards of Wild meet for High Life and cookies doled out by Wild owner Reb’s wife and son. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
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LUIS AND THE WILDFIRES: NEVER NOT HAD A HANGOVER
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments
KID CONGO POWERS: YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS!
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Kid Congo Powers was a Cramp and a Bad Seed (and a founding member of the Gun Club) before striking off on his own with a flock of Pink Monkey Birds. He speaks now just minutes after finishing recording a new album in a high school gymnasium in Kansas. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
L.A. RECORD TO DJ AT SUNSET JUNCTION SUNDAY w/SONICS, MIKA MIKO, MORE
August 21st, 2009 · No Comments
L.A. RECORD’s Chris Ziegler and Charlie Rose will be the main stage (Bates stage) closing DJs from 5 PM to 10 PM on Sunday at Sunset Junction, which is right after Fool’s Gold and Tiny Masters of Today and during Mika Miko, the Sonics and Built To Spill as well as covering several unsupervised hours [...]
L.A. RECORD NEW ISSUE RELEASE PARTY TONIGHT!
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Hello to all! Tonight we celebrate the release of Vol. 4 Issue 4—Pasadena country singer DAVID SERBY on the cover and the much-touted NOSAJ THING decked out on the poster, and then inside you’ll find BRUCE LaBRUCE discussing love and romance and STEVE ALBINI of SHELLAC discussing fish, food and forest fires! Plus the mighty [...]
THE SONICS: WE MIGHT TRY TO BLOW PEOPLE’S HEADS OFF
June 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Sonics weren’t pioneers so much as cavemen—the first humans to discover tools, fire and the absolute rudiments of chemistry. Their original ‘60s songs still sound wild and feral today, and their debut Here Are The Sonics! devours most of the million punk rock records that timidly followed it. This will be their first Los Angeles-area show ever. This interview by Dan Collins.
SONICS TO PLAY QUEEN MARY IN JUNE!
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments
L.A. RECORD is very excited to learn that the Sonics are headlining one of the days at Long Beach’s Ink N Iron festival this June 5, 6 and 7. As far as we know, this is the only Sonics show in Southern California in decades? And their only show close to L.A. in recent memory, [...]
