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Steven Fiche Sharif Dumani has been a figure of the Los Angeles underground scene for quite some time, first as the guitarist of L.A. Times (whose unreleased 7” was just pulled from the vaults and released concurrent with this LP) and more recently as the leader of the mid-tempo psych band, the Moon Upstairs, who released one great album and toured with the Silver Apples.  With the Exploding Flowers, Dumani speeds it up and adds in some loud guitars, creating what is most likely my favorite album so far of 2011.  Like most L.A. musicians [...]

Photography by Aaron Giesel Darker My Love’s Tim Presley delivered one of the most unexpected and impressive LPs of last year with his solo project White Fence’s self-titled debut. At the time, it was one of the best records L.A. RECORD ever randomly received; about a year later, it is still completely fascinating. White Fence plays Friday at Blue Star with Cold Showers, the Urinals and Night Control ( win tickets here! ) so we are re-printing this interview by Daniel Clodfelter now! Was it your [...]

tracy chase The Horribly Wrong take the cartoonish violence from the childish id and cram it all into a gleeful, in-the-red punk rock rant. I’m talking axes and killing children and burning down the house with your whole family in it. It makes me want to drink Pabst from the can and slam into a wall. My main tocallo and fellow reviewer Daniel Clodfelter, who’s way more into lo-fi DIY punk than I will ever be, heard this record and said “eh,” but that’s what punkers said in the early ’80s about Glen Danzig, and look [...]

Photography by Aaron Giesel Darker My Love’s Tim Presley delivered one of the most unexpected and impressive LPs of last year with his solo project White Fence’s self-titled debut. At the time, it was one of the best records L.A. RECORD ever randomly received; about a year later, it is still completely fascinating. It’s a bent and beautiful 4-track project that lifts the listener out of him or herself and transports them somewhere they’ve never been. Presley speaks now just before the release of White Fence’s new LP, … Is Growing Faith. This interview [...]

Grinderman by Carlos Rossi Viewing from the bar, the frighteningly disturbing murals of Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch which covered the walls and the sanguine hued lights which engulfed the stage gave one the impression that they were at the gates of Hell rather than at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood.  Yet there was no thought of escaping. In the final show of their North American tour, Grinderman reminded Los Angeles how relevant and raw Nick Cave still is.  Throughout his set of strictly Grinderman material, Cave spat out his often dark and sexual lyrics while [...]

On this album, the duo, which consists of Josh Alper and Glenn Donaldson (and a drum machine), manages to do the same thing for late ’80s/early ’90s lo-fi that Viva L’American Death Ray Music did for the Velvet Underground, Bowie and ’70s punk: create an album which mines the troughs of their influences yet still manage to make the recordings relevant to the 21st century. And it’s really fucking good.

• Art Museums - SCULPTURE GARDENS

Walter Lure was with the Heartbreakers during everything that would later become history— L.A.M.F. , the Anarchy tour with the Sex Pistols and Live At Max’s and whatever else it says in Please Kill Me , which he hasn’t read. He speaks now before performing at the Knitting Factory with his band the Waldos. This interview by Daniel Clodfelter.

While it’s arguable whether the band is truly trying to emulate the Raveonettes or if they just sounded similar out of coincidence, it’s clear that they have many of the same influences as the aforementioned band—Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3 , Velvet Underground—and have came up with very close to the same result.

Hunx is Seff (of Gravy Train!!! and trash-glam-punk-pop going all the way back to an Appleby's in Tucson, Arizona) and Hunx and His Punx are Seff leading wide-eyed rocker babies through songs equal parts dirty Undertones and dirty underwear. They finish a wild visit to L.A. with an appearance at tonight's vital Burger Basher! next door to the Smell. This interview by Daniel Clodfelter.

• Hunx and his Punx - I Won't Get Under You

As guitarist/vocalist of the Epsilons; member of Traditional Fools; part time drummer for Party Fowl, Fresh and Onlys and Sic Alps, and leader of his own namesake band, which switches between the one-man-band format to its current full band incarnation, Ty Segall has managed to craft a unique sound and create a scene all his own, which has lead him into the arms and hearts of legendary garage rock figures like Eric Oblivian (Goner Records founder, member of Oblivians, Bad Times) and John Dwyer (Castle Face Records founder, member of Coachwhips, Thee Oh Sees , the Hospitals, etc).

• Ty Segall - Track 01

King Khan’s set was energetic and explosive as they plowed through their classic ‘60s R’n’B and soul inspired songs. At one point in the set, Khan was offered roses by an adoring fan though he quickly tossed them into the crowd. The most touching moment was when Khan introduced the song “Welfare Bread,” explaining that he and his wife were recently living on welfare until he was swept up by musical popularity; he then thanked the crowd and told them they were the reason he was able to get out of the gutter. By the end of [...]

This album is abrasive and full of noisy incongruent riffs and phrases, and though it is definitely not for everyone, there are moments where it seems true genius is lurking behind the hiss and noise. Mixing elements of garage and noise rock with hip-hop, grunts, growls, and even free jazz, Sticky Rubies is a unique and seemingly un-self-conscious addition to the recent wave of lo-fi underground albums to surface in the last few years.

As a young kid and future music nerd growing up in the 90s, the first band I obviously became obsessed with was Nirvana; and the first album I became obsessed with was their Unplugged in New York . From that album my early music palate expanded. First, it led me to the Germs by way of Pat Smear’s guest appearance on guitar, then later, to the Vaselines by way of Nirvana’s cover of “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam.” Having prefaced with this, seeing the Vaselines perform in Los Angeles was a rare, unexpected treat.

Wavves is Nathan Williams with recent reinforcement from drummer Ryan Ulish. They will play a special early show on Wednesday at the Echo, but they spoke even earlier with L.A. RECORD 's Daniel Clodfelter. And don't miss Dan Collins' review of Wavvves on this run-up to Wavves Weddnesday.

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.