The Forgery Series is a solo proj from Obits guitarist Sohrab Habibion along with some friends from Garden Variety. , Radio 4 , and Gas Huffer . They are "trying to tone it down a bit and make it less overtly rock," but that may change as they they refine what they are doing. They are playing their 3rd show on Friday night (probably just after 8pm) @ Mercury Lounge with Disappears , The Ponys and Woven Bones . Here is their tribute to [...]
Vampire Weekend Album Release Show At Henry Fonda Theatre Tues. Jan. 12th Happy Monday everyone! This first week back after the holidays certainly was a productive one! So many great shows so little time. I did manage to catch 60-Watt Kid and Glasser at Spaceland on Saturday. 60-Watt Kid BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND . Their lush spacey songs are will know doubt draw comparison [...]
Pearl Harbor (Los Angeles, CA) Well last week just flew by didn't it? December seems to do that.. This week is pocked with holiday celebrations and last shows of the year. An amazing amount of solid local bills this week. If you haven't ventured out to see local music in quite some time might I recommend getting out of your house to check out [...]
Los Angeles' Le Face have a cool Warsaw meets Wire post-punk thing going on. This track in particular, from their 1st LP Isolation has been on repeat a bunch this week. Kind of a lesser known band out of the same Smell scene that brought you No Age and Mika Miko, but maybe not for long? Le Face - Manic Depression Download audio file (Manic_Depression.mp3)
Davila 666 come from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they listen to dirty rap and dirty rock 'n' roll and have super-super-SUPER fans who come to every show ever. Tonight will be the last of a string of L.A. shows. This interview by Drew Denny.
It's time. Stop listening to whatever it is your abusing your ears with and check out our latest infatuation, Le Face . Here's what we think we know about 'em, thanks to the nice people over at the Dead Beat Records site: Le Face formed in 2006. They're from Whittier, California. They've apparently beaten up some audience members and so on, resulting in certain clubs banning the band -not the end of the world, it happens. Also, Le Face may have some "chemical dependency issues" and/or DUI's and sometimes don't play when they're supposed to. [...]
With a name inspired in equal parts by La Peste and Le Shok, Le Face know what they are aiming for when creating a classic punk record. They draw from the catchy post-punk attack of songs like "Better Off Dead" and "Color Scheme," yet speed them up and dirty them down to make one of the best punk records to come out of the state since the turn of the century.
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