Justin Maurer of Clorox Girls vs. tortas, toilets and ball-punchers in this excerpt from his upcoming chapbook, "Seventeen Television," out on Vol. 1 Brooklyn-soon! "Now I will rape you." The tiny Mexican hairdresser moved swiftly, waist and pelvis well ahead of his feet. I kept him at bay with my beer bottle and outstretched arm, offering a clink against his bottle. I managed to continually maneuver around him at arm's length. "No, somos amigos ," I offer. " Salut, mi amigo ." "I thought maybe you were interesting [...]
(out now on 17 TV ) Portland based all-male trio Clorox Girls power through catchy punk tunes that echo their late 70s punk-originator-influences on their new 7". They open with "Genocide," a rollicking, danceable track with a pop sensibility that belies the pessimistic verse "we can't win, that's the truth of it." B-side track "Bad Girls" kicks off with a rumbling drum beat, alternating a simple catchy repeated chorus of the song's title with howls that veer toward being sweet and engaging rather than animalistic or threatening. Playing in various incarnations for nearly a decade, Clorox Girls [...]
This week's new L.A. RECORD low is courtesy our contest to win tickets to tonight's killer Spits show , and in a fit of inspired obviousness, we solicited the grossest videos of people spitting. And did people ever deliver! After mopping up, we selected these winners. Thanks to everyone who took time to find gross Internet junk. If you didn't win, you can get tickets at the door for $12 tonight at Blue Star, 2200 E. 15th St., downtown - see you there! FIRST PRIZE: "WHATEVER" [...]
claire cronin The Spits are one of those bands keeping the planet from collapsing in on itself from pure shame and every self-titled album they have done—which is tons—is full of feral robot punk that will get you demoted at your job if you happen to have a job. They play Friday with Bleached, Clorox Girls and more . Win tickets here or buy 'em here. This reissued interview by the legendary John Henry. You guys have been around for quite [...]
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L.A. RECORD PRESENTS NOBUNNY'S 10TH ANNUAL EASTER SUNDAY BASH WITH NOBUNNY, AUDACITY, CLOROX GIRLS, WOUNDED LION, KING TUFF ON SUNDAY APR. 24TH AT THE ECHO, 1822 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 5:00PM/ $10/ ALL AGES
BIG FREAK WITH THE CLOROX GIRLS DJ SET ON MONDAY APR. 18TH AT THE BLACK BOAR, 1630 COLORADO BOULEVARD, EAGLE ROCK. 9:00PM/ FREE/ 21+
David Forth Dávila 666 is a garage punk band from Puerto Rico who sing in Spanish over fuzzed-out guitars and a rollicking rhythm section. Bassist A.J. joins us to talk about the benefits of always being able to see in 3-D and the benefits of always doing what you wanna. This interview by Kristina Benson. I was looking at the video for 'Tu.' Do a lot of Puerto Rican bands make music videos that depict them performing cunnilingus on their girlfriends and then killing people? [...]
Justin Maurer has been the leader of Clorox Girls for about a decade, has narrowly escaped organ theft in Turkey on at least one occasion, and has a book of fiction coming out this spring. Dan Collins and Daniel Clodfelter catch up with him in Long Beach at the Pike.
L.A.'s drunk-punk scene wouldn't be the same without Blaque Chris, and since everybody else and their dad is opining about their favorite albums of the decade on our site, we figured, hey, why not Chris?
Download: The Soft Pack "Answer To Yourself" (from the self-titled LP out now on Kemado) New issue! See you at the release party tomorrow at the Cha Cha Lounge! Find print issues here, buy back issues here and obtain a print subscription here. Please contact us if you'd like to advertise in the next one! Inside you'll find... THE [...]
This reconfigured Left Coast trio churns out happy, boppy, sub-two-minute punk songs... one of them in French!
Rock Star Photography has been updated with all sorts of new stuff. I finally got motivated and transferred a bunch of pictures from the digital over to the computer and got galleries made. New pix of Peelander-Z, Los Craptaculares, the Clorox Girls, Iron Guts Kelly, and KTP. They look sharp, especially ...
I just got a nice gift of Central Services (pic) from Fanatic Promotion , I've still got some Dora Flood , some SXSW band-age, and some other goodies. What I don't have right now is an excess of time, so let's get down to bidness. (I desperately want to hyphenate that Central Services song, but will post it as given.) Central Services - 4 Letter Word mp3 Dora [...]
You know, if you happen to be there... marnie stern ++ Friday, March 16th 09:00 p.m. Rock Plaza Central [Dirty Dog Bar; Yep Roc] my children, be joyful [mp3] 10:15 p.m. Clorox Girls [Emo's Jr; TKO/BYO] boys/girls [mp3] [...]
(Editor's note - a quick update from The Faintest Ideas. They play tomorrow, here's the info: Friday, March 16 11:00 p.m. The Parish II (214 E 6th St) ) "This is Martin from (Gothenberg's) The Faintest Ideas writing to give you a quick update from my perspective on a really weird festival, which is even weirder as I'm hallucinating from the fever I managed to get as soon as we landed... At least I managed to go into town for [...]
Due to a massive lack of planning on my part, there?s no actual album to download this week. However, thanks to the fact that most of the bands and record labels that I like being clued in to this whole ?free music? thing, we have an alternative. That alternative is ...
Second part of SXSW 2007 punk list. This one has fare more gothic metal feel to it. Not my usual flavor, but the dark gothic is really pleasant, in romantic sort of way. (Femur and Los Llamarada) I hope you enjoy this rather long punk list. I don't mind using this for drinking soundtrack. " SXSW 2007. Shiny Punk with Late Night Sweet " 01. El Jesus de Magico : New Moses (Columbus, OH) 02. Carbonas : Phone Booth (Atlanta, GA) 03. CPC Gangbangs [...]
I have to push that monstrous best/of list down a lot, so here is some local punk rock. I am not entirely sure why they call themselves the Clorox Girls as they are all dudes, but regardless, they are fully capable of rocking even the most uptight socks off. It is not often that I start a one-man mosh, but once you've listened to Don't Take Your Life five times in a row, it is all but impossible not to. You shouldn't expect anything epic, as their longest song on two (rather short) albums is 2:20, but if [...]
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