Are You Ready Eddy? – Emerson, Lake & Palmer Ready an’ Willin – Whitesnake Are You Receiving Me? – XTC Talking Loud and Clear – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark So What Happens Now? – Art of Noise We All Stand – New Order What Time Is It? – Spin Doctors 10:15 Saturday Night – The Cure Where are the Prawns? – The [...]
2009's Liebe Ist Für Alle Da is an example of one reason Rammstein leaves lasting impacts in countries whose primary languages are not German -- a juxtaposition of beastly masculinity and beautiful orchestration that transcends the tongues we all speak.
Slant 6, "Double Edged Knife" Slant 6 was part of a whole DC scene that probably was my gateway drug into punk; I came up into it through DIY and Dischord, which probably accounts for a certain independent take...
Even in 2009, Devo inspire mad, uh, devotion. The merch booth was mobbed; tons of folks bought the trademark red flowerpot hats, multiple designs of T-shirts, vinyl copies of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo and Freedom of Choice , etc. These Akron, Ohio dance-rock icons also draw a pretty nerdy crowd. Crocodile booker Eli Anderson noticed a similarity between D&D aficionados and Devo fans, and...
With the exception of Rammstein (a raging postindustrial roar of a rock band) and Tokio Hotel (a neo-glam group of anime-like youngsters), Germany has been strangely silent on the band front in recent years. Well, silent but for the racket coming out of KMFDM, which has released either an EP or a...
Last night my friend Sergio, in town from Detroit this weekend, and I made our way to Club Nokia at LA Live in downtown LA last night to see KMFDM in concert. The German industrial band is currently on their Kein Mitleid Tour and not only was I lucky enough to attend but I [...]
A Place To Bury Strangers will be performing tonight at the Echo | Photo via A Place To Bury Strangers' Myspace Our Pick: A Place To Bury Strangers, Darker My Love, All The Saints @ The Echo Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview , #2 , Review ) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet . San Franciscan folk rockers Vetiver...
Last night David and I met up with Darion, Loy and pretty much ever gay guy in LA to attend a special performance by Aussie comic Pam Ann at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, CA last night. Pam Ann’s shtick is that she is a saucy flight attendant … and she is hilarious! I [...]
Fall is in the air. When two shirts, a sweater, jacket, two pairs of socks, boots and a scarf just isn’t enough, you know it’s getting cold. In reality, it probably is close to average for this time of year, but considering that it reached 106 degrees in Portland this summer, the adjustment is hard! Amelia Arsenic. [...] ShareThis
David and I made it home from NYC late last night … we ended up getting in at 1AM … which was not fun but at least we made it safe and sound. We were very surprised to see that water was falling from the sky upon our arrival: I suspect LA missed us so [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK Yo La Tengo w/ Endless Boogie Thursday, October 15 Avalon Hollywood Info THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Great Lake Swimmers w/ The Wooden Birds & Laura Gibson Monday, October 12 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] Mono w/ Masterati Tuesday, October 13 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] The Streets Wed Oct 14 @ The Glass House [ENTER TO WIN] Thurs Oct 15 @ Club Nokia w/ Gift...
Filed under: Gaming , iPhone , App Store , App Review Pitfall + War of the Worlds = Canabalt . [ iTunes Link ] The result of a 5-day coding session with the Flixel framwork , the free, web-based Canabalt quickly acquired fans and was soon ported to the iPhone. It's a fast-paced, great-looking game without complicated combinations or controls, and I can't stop playing. Gameplay The premise is this:...
Gibbs and DiNozzo reverse roles after a murder leads to one of Tonys old investigations being re-opened in the next “NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service“. The episode called “Bounce” will air on February 17.