NOISE ROCK NUGGETS
CategoryMetal, schmetal: SAZA is “like, totally medieval”
This is the serious Black Metal shit! Asher, Harley, Hazel & Will are simultaneously L.A.’s most dangerous AND most tasteful band…
Vitamin Wig C invites music fans to ‘fall in love in the Uncanny Valley’
Inside the far-out zone that Robbie Hansen’s Vitamin Wig C operates, things get mystical really fast…
Tricky Youth activates your ‘inner freak’
Press play on Tricky Youth’s phenomenal new album & be transported to a liminal state between Nü Metal and Noise, Hip Hop and Techno…
Wryngwyrm: ‘Black Metal for lonely girls’
L Coats, also known as Wryngwyrm, crafts Black Metal masterpieces in a day via the power of persona…
After 27 years Solar Wimp explodes with music
Jeremy, Mark & Justin explain the band’s history—from Peoria, Illinois to Los Angeles—& why it’s quitting time!
Filmmaker Bill Badgley talks Rebel Dread—& debuts a sick new band, NOÏ
The legendary Federation X-er is back with new music at Oracle this Friday. Plus, you can stream Bill’s latest film—get the details!
Pretty sure this is a drug reference: ‘A Lovely Sort Of Death’
Cinematic, seductive, pop culture-explosive—and deadly. See the band live this Friday, November 11 at Oracle Tavern…
San Pedro’s “Super loud & annoying” RIG is back to bug you
RIG is a classic ’90s SST band that’s back together & better than ever. See RIG live this Friday, November 11 at Oracle Tavern
STUNTDRIVER’s iconic ‘Red Road’ to redemption
Kym Priess welds majestic soaring metallic arcs to the late night bump ‘n grind of the shaggiest Electro. Musical heaven. Don’t miss the show!
“Trying to convey an acid trip with mere words”: Speak In Tongues lives again in a wild new book
Author Eric Sandy & publisher Joe Biel take us behind the scenes of the deluxe oral history of Cleveland’s beloved punk DIY venue.
Noise Rock shows its Pride: Japanther, Early Humans & Black Eyes in DC, 2002
20 years ago, New Lou Reeds’ Stephe DK, Coffinberry’s Nick Cross & I set out from Cleveland to see the best bands ever play Gay Pride…
An oral history of Junking Theory, one of 1999’s greatest bands
In this debut “Noise Rock Nugget” we examine a classic Speak In Tongues band featuring Bobby, Raphi, Danny and Dave…
Experimental folk singer Brian Straw talks new music, sobriety & Speak In Tongues
Brian Straw’s revelatory “Baby Stars / Dead Languages” channels the rebellion and slop of youth into a spare and supernatural new form.
Listen: No Wave icon Lydia Lunch & Sean Carnage talk music, sex and life on the underground scene
It’s not often one gets the chance to spill the ol’ guts to a legend. So when Lydia Lunch calls, that’s a big freaking deal.
Friday: Last IE show, Treasure Mammal, & more
Concert Extravaganza & ALC fun-raiser to fight HIV featuring IE, Treasure Mammal, Weird Women, Acid Dad, Fantasy Boy (Peter Moran), Adult Release (Mabson). DJ Sich Mang. C’mon down.
Elevating the game: Moment Trigger debuts radical new music this Monday
From Masonna to…Stacey Q? Add Moment Trigger to the list of electronic experimentalists turned pop. Hear the new tunes & see them at Pehrspace.
Bill Badgley (of Federation X) on “Kill All Redneck Pricks”
The filmmaker talks about growing up with Karp and making the documentary that tells their story.
Do you believe in Magick?
WARNING: Magick Orchids’ new album may cause involuntary movement of your limbs! Read & download.
Fiends in Low Places
Sick of falsehoods & false idols? So are Low Places. Tonight they headline Metal Monday V, all will be purged. Get the details!
Gathering of the Juggalos: The Final Motherfucking Chapter
Like Vanilla Ice’s career, the final Juggalo Gathering report from Dalton “D-Tox” Blanco was lost in a smoke cloud somewhere in the Midwest. Here it is now—uncut & uncensored.
Gathering of the Juggalos, Day 4 & 5: Hammer Time!
The Gathering is half over and it feels like it’s been weeks. The Port-O-Potties are some next level shit, as in up and over the toilet seat!
Vitamins provide essential musical nutrition
Sounding like Hawkwind & Stereolab in a car crash on the I-70, Vitamins delivers what your ears need at Pehrspace. Get the details.
Juggalo Gathering, Day 3: HOLY SHIT
Juggalo camp: the arrival. “This place is already crawling with hardcore Juggalos, and we are a day early.”
I.E.: Everything is Totally Gay
Walt Gorecki interviews Margot Padilla, the “rave-queen of the DIY scene,” about Totally Gay Night this Friday at Sancho.
Gathering of the Juggalos, Day 2: What da fuck?!?
D-tox had to sleep in a ditch and dreamed of hanging out with skunks in a shitty forest with no light. Read the exclusive reporting.
He’s only Human (Hands)
“The driving force is to create a sense of dark mystery; the feeling of the invisible becoming visible.” See Cole Miller Thursday night at Sancho.
Juggalo Gathering day 1: Leaving L.A.
Kevin Blechdom, “D-Tox” & “LardOG” go to the Gathering of the Juggalos. A SEANCARNAGE.COM exclusive!
The clan who fell to Earth
D’on: “I work my ass off being glamorous for an alien agenda.” No-Ra: “No you like the part about killing everybody…” Get the details before Monday’s FSP show at Pehr or risk atomization!
Interview: Fred Kiko of KXLU’s Demolisten
Fred hosts KXLU’s Demolisten and has heard more bands than all of us put together.
Crazy messy fun: Leah Peah debuts at Sancho
Transplanted Virginian Leah Peah has been on the L.A. scene for a year but has not yet performed.