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Where has ‘weird’ gone?
It’s a new place to bury your brain: Mind Cemetery! Hear a track & see them at Pehr on Monday…
Geoff Geis’ pretty ‘Princess’
‘Princess’ cruises into Pehrspace this Monday. The dude from Pizza! & Big Whup explains gives you the royal tour…
Married in music: Eli and Mary Chartkoff of The Monolators
On the eve of their 10th anniversary, Mary & Eli Monolator talk about being creative as a couple.
Watch the world premiere video: “Fountain” by W-H-I-T-E
Cory Hanson meets “a homo-erotic cult of men in jean cut-offs” in his newest video. Watch it.
ThunderSnail: Out of the shell
Thundersnail’s first show since 2008 is this Monday at Folktale Fest II. Get the details…
Drew Denny’s tears and ecstasy: an interview by Geoff Geis
Drew Denny tells Geoff Geis about the death of her father, her travels around the world, the future of Big Whup, and more
Quick Hits: Kroyclub
Kroyclub plays Pehrspace for the first time tonight. Hear their Captain Ahab remix.
Quick Hits: Creepy Marbles
R U reaady for some “Chuggly Throbb”? What does that even mean? These former-Dreamgoatz explain. See them Monday.
The Vice Cooler video workout at Dem Passwords
Vice Cooler has turned his underground aesthetic into a burgeoning career as a video director.
Quick Hits: Penelope Edmund
“I love percussion!” says this solo player from the UK. We love her music. Check out Penelope’s first L.A. show Monday, May 9 at Pehr.
New video alert: Chapter 24
England’s Chapter 24 has an amazing new video, & you can watch it here. See the band live at Pehrspace on Monday!
Quick Hits: Tujunga
“I’ve always hoped my music could serve as some kind of comfort or catharsis” says Tujunga’s John Casey Connolly. Read about the group & see the show on Monday.
No Babies’ sax & violence
Prepare to be stunned! The incredible, inimitable No Babies is at Pehr tonight. Get the details.
The Seizure’s nocturnal Transmission
Tonight: The Seizure release Sunset Transmissions at Pehrspace. Read an interview & learn how you can win a Vapir NO2 vaporizer.
Hail to the Chief: Lottery League originator Jae Kristoff
Meet the man who started it all & win tickets to L.A.’s Big Show this Saturday on Demolisten this afternoon.
Tonight: Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk
Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk…they play & collage rad music! See them tonight at Pehrspace with Religious Girls, Dealer, & Moon Pearl. Get the details!
Quick Hits: No Paws
Perfect pop? No Paws chases the dragon’s tail tonight at Pehr when they play with Jon Barba, Whitman, Splinter Cake, & Former Ghosts. Hear their new single!
Travis Barker’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Long time friends Christopher Payne (Whitman) and Jon Barba take you on a tour of the West Coast’s wildest venues.
Scuttering toward L.A.: The insect sounds of Splinter Cake
Have you heard the buzz? Kelly (aka Splinter Cake from Portland, Oregon) travels with spiders & sings about flies. Hear his song & see him this Monday at Tear Fest at Pehrspace.
Quick hits: Melted Cassettes
“All social revolutionaries that have committed themselves to the cause of evolving and integrating human consciousness should be held with high regard and respect.” Celebrate MLK with Melted Cassettes. Read the interview.
Rock classically, think futuristically
Oh yeah! Son Cats know what music lovers want: “Volume, sweat & transcendentalism.” Read about the duo & hear their latest single.
Studio spotlight: Chris Schlarb’s Sounds Are Active
Chris Schlarb started recording bands while still in high school. Now he has his own studio and a distinct philosophy: let musicians call the shots.
The “Emotional Pornography” of Mikki & the Mauses
Finally the band admits their tunes are “more like music therapy for the world’s most uncomfortable humans or some shit.” Hear, feel & see…
Lolly Gesserit: Wretchedness & magic (simultaneously)
Performer Elijah Forrest mixes equal parts noise & tenderness into his tractor beam-like music.
Quick hits: Summer Twins
Sisters Chelsea & Justine have been making music since before they could go to shows on their own.
If it rocks like fuck, it must be Mock Duck
No you are not seeing double—Mock Duck really is two guys named Clay who present themselves identically…and jam like Siamese twins. See them this Monday at Pehrspace!
New band alert: Skull Tape
Hear Brad Breeck’s post-Mae Shi super group with XBXRX, Robotanists, RWOF, & Signals folks.
Fantastica Bastidas confess: “It was love at first jam”
This trio is one of L.A.’s most searing rock bands & they’re playing Saturday with HNMR & Monday at Pehrspace as part of the Michael Nhat release party. Get the details.
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World premiere video: Big Whup “B.O.N.I.Z.H.E.A.R.T. <3 <3 <3″
Big Whup is premiering two videos, and here’s one of them. Directed by Kate Gill.