Here's the problem with reviewing a record like RTX 's JJ Got Live RaTX ....what song should I choose to post? This record is utterly, utterly brilliant--not a surprise, because Jennifer Herrema and her heavy metal bandmates (and yes, this is HEAVY METAL) have amazingly made records that are double the brilliance of the album that proceded them. They were tight last time around, but with this record, they are full-on unfuckwithable. Their sound is surprisingly basic in nature: hard, fast, blues-tinged Rock and fuckin' Roll! The band that made Western [...]
Home Sweet Home Based out of Sunset Beach, CA, RTX have been making the musical landscape of OC and SOCAL alot kooler since settling here in 2004. Of course this "Career of Evil" started way back when and Jennifer Herrema has seen her share of accolades and accomplishments. Nevertheless, we here at Inflight at Night are proud to announce that RTX will be spreading the stoke across the pond this holiday season as part of the NME Rock and Riot Tour as main support for Primal Scream . If you are [...]
dan monick Download: RTX "Cheap Wine Time" (from JJ Got Live RATX on Drag City) Tons of fun with RTX's Jennifer and Kurt over at L.A. RECORD . I back this band hard ( I even wrote their bio ) and the new album is great. Hanoi Rocks plus Enigma-era Roky to me, though L.A. RECORD [...]
By ANDY VIHSTADT Jennifer James Herrema is keeping the Royal Trux torch burning with her current outfit, RTX . JJ Got Live RaTX , which isn't actually a live album, comes out next Tuesday on Drag City. The first single sounds a bit like Chocolate and Cheese -era Ween. Grab it below. MP3: RTX, "Cheap Wine Time," from JJ Got Live RaTX (Drag City)
Off the wire via: RTX PRIMAL SCREAM TOUR....HELP RTX has been asked to support PRIMAL SCREAM on 20 UK dates......we really want to do it but $$$ is a huge concern.....they can offer a guarantee but that would only cover 1/3 of the costs for a 5 (yes 5!!!! twin guitars this time!) piece band to fly [...]
Picture this. A dark club, late on a Saturday night. The thick fog of smoke hangs low over everyone's head. The smell of beer and pot surround you, and the music is loud and intense. The smell and sounds engulf you and slowly you start to sway and bang your head. The music seeps into your every fiber and the rest of the world drops away. This is what it is to be young and to be alive. This was every Saturday I was in high school. This was the first thing that came to my mind as I listened [...]
christine hale Download: Sian Alice Group "Motionless" (from 59:59 out now on Social Registry) This interview with Sian Alice Group at L.A. RECORD cost me like $30 in Skype credits but switched to conversation in the middle and friendly goofin' off by the end so you bet it was worth it. Great folks—once we uncovered shared [...]
It's a curious thing to have an album with " Live " in the title not, in fact, be comprised of concert recordings (though Joan of Arc did it once , and they're probably not the only ones). Then again, it's rare to have a curious rocker quite like RTX 's Jennifer Herrema. The perennially unorthodox Royal Trux singer is readying her follow-up to last year's RaTX (aka Western Xterminator ), and confusingly enough, it's a studio [...]
RTX hail from right down the street in Sunset Beach from me in Long Beach, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I must let you I am friends with a couple of the folks in this band, but that doesn't take away from the fact that they've created an arena sized piece of Rock N' Roll with their new album, JJ GOT LIVE RaTX . The album doesn't hit store shelves until later this month (October 21st) via Drag City, but I just happened to get a copy of the it on wax today. Now I have [...]
(via Signalresponse ) highlights from pmharper : Tonight I attended my high school reunion in Toronto. It was great to see old friends. 06:44 PM September 27, 2008 Great rally in Rockland, Ontario. Photos at http://tinyurl.com/4q9ne5 [...]
RTX -'J.J. Got Live RaTX.' (Drag City) Another violently cool release from Drag City... Four years ago, Royal Trux was disbanded by its' founders and main runners Jennifer Herrem and Neil Haggerty. This is the third album that 'junkie icon guitarist' Herrema has put out under the RTX banner. Being on Drag City, rightly or wrongly clearly makes this violently cool, to a certain sorta indie hipster, though the roots of this album have far more to do with pre-grunge metal. Not the eighties boys who spent more time on their hair than thier [...]
Download: Big Star "Thank You Friends" Just got the best note I ever got over at L.A. WEEKLY on the Flying Lotus / Blank Blue / Not Wave article . Full disclosure: I didn't seed this and I have no idea who wrote it. If I know you, I owe you something nice. If I don't, once I know who you are, I will initiate the owing-you process. As always in these situation: thank you, friends! Also [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alaska in Winter : "Berlin" [mp3] from Holiday (out November 18th) other Alaska in Winter posts at Largehearted Boy All the Saints : "Sheffield" [mp3] from /FIRE ON CORRIDOR X/ other All the Saints posts at Largehearted Boy Brother JT3 [...]
Download: Scotty Coats 'Beautiful Ones' Download: NON STOP 'Hydration Explosion' (both from Not Wave out now on Rong/DFA) Three conjoined reviews for L.A. WEEKLY on the happily coincidental release of bunch of electronicoid-psychedelicish tracks from locals. Indulge my reminiscing below; get MP3s and junk for the trouble. [...]
I like Bad Dudes , and I KNOW you guys like Bad Dudes too, cause everyone likes Bad Dudes. And your google searches prove it. I like RTX . They played at the Prospector with Tweak Bird many moons ago, and I totally missed out because I didn't know I liked them. I was pretty pissed about it, which is how you're going to feel if you miss them tonight. I like Earthless but iono if you guys like Earthless. I don't [...]
by beatmasterspeech (LA) On the local heroes front, the Los Angeles blackened metal band Lightning Swords of Death will be laying waste to the Relax Bar tomorrow night. If you are a fan of 1349 and the like, give these guys a shot-- pure evil from the city of angels. Also, if you haven't heard of LA's fucking hard rockin' RTX , I highly suggest you get your ass down to Spaceland this Saturday to be wowed and plowed. They have that something special that reminds you of [...]
In my life, in my entire life, I have made three banana loaves. Therefore, I am an expert, and have devised a recipe of my very own that I'm sharing with you now. I'm no Raymond Sokolov , but I'm pretty handy with a spatula, if you know what I mean. The key to cooking is confidence. Strut while you stir. Don't let a recipe push you around. You know what you like, and you're the one who's gotta eat it. Cooking isn't rocket science, and it's not alchemy, either. You put stuff together, you mix 'em [...]
This is a huge day at the record store. A lot of this stuff is well worth picking up. Top Five New Releases: El-P : I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux) - Adult Swim tie-ins and Trent Reznor guest spots. The underground hip-hop record of the year? It's getting great reviews, but I haven't listened to it all the way through yet. Watch " Flyentology " over at Adult Swim. Appearing at the Troubadour on 3/26 LCD Soundsystem : Sound of Silver (DFA/Capitol) - This is getting record of the year [...]
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