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LCD Soundsystem at Fox Theater in Pomona

LCD Soundsystem Skirt City of Los Angeles In Return to West Coast

Even before LCD Soundsystem took the stage at the Fox Theater in Pomona, walking into the venue and seeing the stage set up caused goose bumps up and down my arm. A dozen music stations with various traditional and futuristic musical instruments littered the stage in clumps of components and

CFM photo by Denee_Petracek

Inter-Review With Charles Moothart on Eve of CFM Release

CFM – Still Life of Citrus and Slime: An Interview with Charles Moothart “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” -Samuel L. Johnson That famed opening axiom is no less true with CFM’s Still Life of Citrus and Slime, in which

Save Frank Zappa’s Vault Before It’s Too Late

Attn: Zappa freaks, art geeks, fanatical preservationists, and anyone else with their soul still intact. For the first time ever, Frank Zappa’s vault is open to the public. The gigantic, subterranean archive that sits underneath Zappa’s house in the Hollywood Hills is stacked with an endless supply of concert footage,

The Lumineers Folk Off At Red Bull Sound Space

You probably know The Lumineers from their folk-rock singles “Hey Ho” or “Stubborn Love”, but what you probably don’t know is that in a live setting they put on an full on absolute barn burner of a performance. They put Mumford & Sons in the shadows, the trio accompanied by

Wild Wing Promo by The Bait Shop

New Album Review: Wild Wing- The Glory Forever

Wild Wing has undergone a peculiar mutation in the last three years. Their first self-titled EP spilled into their second, Another Victory for the Forces of Darkness, both heavy on the combative wit and long instrumental rambling. Songs like “O, Cuntry!” and “Wild Wing Nightmare” are tapped into an unruly

BlackMountain by Magdalena Wosinska

New Album Review: Black Mountain- IV

Black Mountain and their body of work could be the soundtrack to both an acid party and a mass suicide for some death cult.  There is majick in their music.  Track listings are components to epic incantations.  Songs weave together to solve some kind of ancient mystery and their forthcoming

David “Minivan” Evanko & His Long Journey For Inspiration

Photographers are crucial to any underground music scene. “Only a rare eye can make such intense people doing intense things on sticky floors so unforgettable, even decades later,” said Jello Biafra, speaking of those like Ed Colver and Glen E. Friedman, those who braved the violence of the pit to

Thee Oh Sees at Berserktown II by David Evanko

Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Burger Boogaloo 2016 in Oakland

The Burger Boogaloo festival is the Burgerama of the North.  With Burgerama V still up in the air, the cousin of Burgerama, Burger Boogaloo is signed, sealed and delivered to take place Saturday, June 25th and 26th at Mosswood Park in Oakland. Every year Burger Records take their show on the

Janky Smooth And The NSA Show on Dash Radio-Music, News, Revolution

Are you tired of all the noise and propaganda in the Main Stream Media and on the News?  Everyday, the 6 companies that own almost all of the media you consume attempt to make it more difficult to identify “the truth” about what is happening in both foreign and domestic

Drab Majesty at Teragram Ballroom

Lust For Youth & Drab Majesty Bring Dark Vibes To Teragram Ballroom

It was a night of dark wave synth-pop acts—musicians whose sounds and performances not only blurred the line between singer-songwriter and producer, but gave us Angelenos an electro beacon for something profound beyond the hypnotic singularity of our cellphone glow. Spearheaded by Lust For Youth, it was a also a

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