The girls in the Raincoats have covered the Monks, but didn’t originally know the Monks possibly because they were so much like the Monks—formed perfectly from nothing and destined to disappear too quickly and leave anyone who discovered them later wondering how they’d ever happened in the first place. They play their first-ever Los Angeles show on October 11 at the Part Time Punks fest. This interview by Kevin Ferguson.
toots and the maytals
THE RAINCOATS: YOU NEED TO HAVE A BIT OF CHEEK
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS: YOU AND I ARE BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT?
August 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Toots and the Maytals are one of reggae’s fundamental bands and their songs have been loved if not covered by musicians from all over the planet. L.A. RECORD wakes a gracious Toots up from a nap he politely hopes to resume soon. This interview by Daiana Feuer.
RETURN OF THE RUB-A-DUB STYLE: DEEP INTO THE ROOTS
July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Dub Club is an L.A. institution and now (after almost five years of filming) the documentary Return Of The Rub-A-Dub Style—which follows both the organizers of Dub Club and the long line of original reggae and dub stars they’ve brought to perform exclusive shows in L.A.—is about to release. This interview by Nolan Knight.
THE HEPTONES: NOTHING HAS EVER TOPPED THAT
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments
The Heptones’ Leroy Sibbles touched more than the majority of Studio One’s hit songs, whether in his own band or as the obfuscated group of studio musicians known variously as Sound Dimension or the Soul Investigators or as the man who played the bass on classics by the Abyssinians or Dennis Brown. He will be leading the Lions at Dub Club tonight. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
