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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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I had the intention of getting something up on Olympia, WA’s The Old Haunts before their show last night in San Pedro at The Attic (upstairs of La Conga), but spent way more time at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books than I expected. No matter, as there are still two opportunities to see The Old Haunts in Los Angeles this week – tonight at The Echo with The Teenagers and on Monday at The Smell.
The Old Haunts are Craig Extine (vocals and guitar), Scott Seckington (bass) and Tobi Vail (drums) who formerly drummed for Bikini Kill and is the latest edition to the band. Having just released their 3rd full length, Poisonous Times, on the Kill Rock Stars label, The Old Haunts are currently in the first week of their month long US tour in support of their new release. In the tradition of other former Pacific Northwest stalwarts – Dead Moon, The Sonics and The Wipers – The Old Haunts with the release of Poisonous Times, maintain their under-produced quirky-spirited janglely garage rock of their prior releases.
Fatigue has set in. Between long hours at the day job, starting to run again in the mornings (my usual posting time), staying local as gas prices rise, and the general lack of interest in what the Los Angeles music scene has generated lately, have all led to April becoming a bust around IfAN (5 pathetic posts). For those few readers who come here daily, we’ll be back up and running on a normal posting schedule soon and with a new look (I’m tired of this design).
In the mean time, I did do a quick write up on The Muslims show at the Phoenix Grill at UCI the other night over on Heard Mentality. The Muslims blogger buzz has been snowballing lately, though we here at IfAN have been into the band for some time, and can’t wait for all those now lauding the band to see them live on their tour with The Night Marchers. If you haven’t checked out The Muslims yet, you can download a bunch of tracks from their MySpace and you can see them at Alex’s Bar this Sunday with Long Beach’s Tijuana Panthers.
heav·y; Of great intensity, Having great power or force, Indulging to a great degree, Of great significance or profundity…
Not since the The Clash has a band’s name been as succinct and appropriate as The Heavy. These four guys and one gal hailing from the town of Bath (UK) have an arsenal of sweet baadasssss songs that transport you back to a time when blow was big, hair was bigger and Dracula was black. However you slice, dice, cut or sort it, their album Great Vengeance and Furious Fire, released in the UK last year and here in the states just a few weeks ago, is one goddamn heavy piece of work.
The songs on Vengeance range from the crackling lo-fi, slow trip, blood-in blood-out variety (“Brukpocket’s Lament”, “Who Needs the Sunshine”), to red light, 3am, freak nasty party jams (“Colleen”), to the top-down, hot pursuit, supercharged single “That Kind of Man”. An homage to blacksploitation films and the music that accompanied and often outshined them, it’s as if The Heavy created the soundtrack to their own film that’s never been made. There are outrageous, cheeky, rough and raw moments strung throughout the album, and like any great work, Vengeance is unapologetic and uninhibited. Read more »
Saturday, April 19th: Fingerprints in-store events in honor of National Record Store Day
4:00pm – Rob Halford (Signing)
6:30pm – Limbeck (Acoustic Performance)
8:00pm – Silversun Pickups (Acoustic Performance)
Wristbands are required for the Acoustic Performances and are free and available to music club members (???) beginning at 11:00am on Friday (in person or on the phone) or to anyone who comes by Saturday morning (I recommend getting there on the early side for the SSPU wristbands).
Also, Fingerprints has a bunch of exclusive 7″ vinyl on sale as well, including stuff from R.E.M., Black Keys, Stephen Malkmus, Built To Spill, plus more.
They sure look the part, don’t they? Yeah, I was about ready to write this off too, but then (((eagle winged palace))) lulled me into such a sense of utter calm with their new song “Hand Of Doom” that I couldn’t summon the will to rip on their outfits.
Check them out tomorrow night at Boardners for Radio Free Silver Lakes’s Let’s Independent with Minor Canon and Luke Top.
MP3: (((Eagle Winged Palace))) – Hand Of Doom
Tuesday, April 15th: (((eagle winged palace))) @ Boardners – 1652 N Cherokee Ave.