quick hits
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.
Submit your events for the new CONCERTPAGE
I am printing a new edition of CONCERTPAGE—L.A.’s D.I.Y. events list—and I need your events! Simply go to CONCERTPAGE.ORG before this Sundat at 5pm & fill out the form. It’s that easy!
Religious Girls’ rite stuff
Drums, synths, chanting, paint, pandemonium…enter the mystical world of Religious Girls.
Alien artifacts: Halloween Swim Team explores the unknown
Dustin M. Krapes, Jon Navarro, & Scott Carillo bring the synths to the L.A. underground scene. Now they reveal all to Melvin Butel. SEE THEM AT PEHRSPACE TONIGHT!
No band is an island: Kevin Greenspon connects with concise music & a well curated label, Bridgetown Records
Quietly and purposefully, Kevin Greenspon has given shape & direction to contemporary underground sounds. Learn how & why he does it & SEE KEVIN PLAY THIS MONDAY NIGHT AT PEHR
I just nominated NASA Space Universe for the last space shuttle flight
NASA is having a contest to see who gets the last play on the space shuttle’s cassette deck. I immediately thought of NASA Space Universe, who are headlining Pehr this Monday…
Monday re-cap: Perfection?
It’s kind of hard to define anything as “perfect” in the less than ideal world we live in. But last night’s show came tantalizingly close…Physical Forms, Nicole Kidman, Generation, Dimples, So Many Wizards—get the complete photos here!
The return of the revenge of loud guitars!
This was a guitar-heavy show, to be sure. But the bands—Real Noriegas, Blood Beach, White Fang & Sexhair—would have been a blast if they had been playing pianos. It was not what they were playing but how…
Monday re-cap: The audience is the star of the show
It seems these folks traveled (from far away in some cases) to see some rad bands—Max Beast, Total Fang, Ghost Animal, and Skyline Electric—most of which were new to Pehr, just like themselves. SEE THE PHOTOS & READ ABOUT THE SHOW…
Pet sounds: Ghost Animal at Pehrspace tonight
Snow Cat. Phantom Falcon. Captured Koala. Meet the animals at the audiophonic petting zoo that is Ghost Animal. Includes two MP3 downloads. SEE GHOST ANIMAL PLAY PEHRSPACE TONIGHT!
Male Bonding: Behind the scenes with director Vice Cooler
Interview + documentary: He’s a ripper with XBXRX & Hawnay Troof, and now he’s making videos