CONTENTS 10 | WISH YOU WHERE HERE 12 | WHAT WE LIKE RIGHT NOW 16 PROFILE
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HOCKEY BON IVER MIIKE SNOW
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FEATURES 28 | PORTUGAL. THE MAN PORTUGAL. THE MAN TAKES ON THE BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES & GEORGE W. BUSH 34 | FLEA CITIZEN OF THE WORLD, DE FACTO FACE OF OUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE. “THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVEDWITH MUSIC THE BETTER OFF WE WILL ALL BE.” 44 | RECORD REVIEWS 48 | WE ARE HERE 52 | SHOW LISTINGS
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VOLUME ONE | ISSUE ONE PUBLISHER Blink Media MANAGING EDITOR SoďŹ a M. Fernandez DESIGN/LAYOUT Anne Grant LIVE MUSIC EDITOR Rebecca Brinegar CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Peter Weiss Craig Rosen Chris Martins Amy Lyons Monty Buckles ONLINE Joseph Ho CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Henry Diltz Peter Weiss COVER Photo by Peter Weiss BLINK MEDIA LLC PRESIDENT Rebecca Brinegar AD SALES Michael Levitt Poptimist Los Angeles is published by: Blink Media LLC 1016 W. Jefferson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90016 FOR ADVERTSING: (323) 556-4286 FOR EDITORIAL: sf@wearepoptimist.com FOR LIVE SHOWS: rb@wearepoptimist.com WANT TO CARRY POPTIMIST? HOW ABOUT A BACK ISSUE? Shoot us an email: distribution@wearepoptimist.com All content Copyright 2009 Poptimist Los Angeles 2009. No part of Poptimist Los Angeles may be reproduced in any form without written consent from Blink Media.
KEITH RICHARDS AND RON WOOD, LOS ANGELES, CA 1979 “We were on a small jet from LA to San Diego in 1979. The band was ‘The New Barbarians’ - Ron Wood’s solo record touring band featuring Keith Richards. They were my captive audience here-or maybe I was theirs.” - HENRY DILTZ
WISH YOU WHERE HERE NOVEMBER
HYPE MACHINE NOVEMBER
THINGS WE LIKE RIGHT NOW DAYTROTTER SESSIONS For those of you who don’t know, Daytrotter is rad. Its purpose: “One band a day, every day for a total of 28 Daytrotter Session songs each week.” As bands travel through America’s heartland, they take two hours out out of their itineraries to stop in for a Daytrotter Session at the Horseshack in downtown Rock Island, Ill. There, they use borrowed instruments, play with their touring mates, utilize an often unkempt toilet, eat some food and then cram back into their vans to head for their next destination. What they leave are “three songs that are them as they are on that particular day, on that particular tour -- dirty and alive.” From Death Cab, Bon Iver, Of Montreal and the Fleet Foxes, to the obscure and unknown -- they all have a home on Daytrotter. We think Daytrotter is brilliant and highly recommend their site to all of our readers: WWW.DAYTROTTER.COM
GOOGLE LAUNCHING MUSIC SERVICE The digital music market, currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes, has a new competitor. Google is reported to be launching a new aggregation service that will integrate search and music. Sources claim that Google has been securing content from music labels for the past several weeks and has full participation from EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner. The Google service will make easier to discover, sample and purchase music. Users will be able to listen to music on a Google page and then click a button to purchase it from various digital distributors such as Amazon or Apple. Business Week reports that music startup LaLa is going to be the engine behind new digital music offerings for both Google and Facebook. Google is hosting an event at Capitol Studios to announce the music-related offering and from what we glean from the invitation, music service iLike is also playing a big role in the Google effort. 12 POPTIMIST
KAREN O. & THE KIDS The Hollywood Arclight was packed with hundreds of thirtysomethings sporting sweater capes and Burger King crowns with one thing in common; vivid memories of a much simpler time. The “Where the Wild Things Are” soundtrack captures that sentiment thanks to Karen O. and Tom Biller of the Afternoons. The kids include: O.’s YYY bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, along with Tristan Bechet (Services), Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, the Dead Weather, the Raconteurs), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Greg Kurstin (the Bird and the Bee), Jack Lawrence (the Dead Weather, the Raconteurs, the Greenhornes), Oscar Michel (Gris Gris) and Imaad Wasif (New Folk Implosion, Alaska). This is the perfect teaser and compliment to both the movie and book. BEST ONLINE MUSIC CHARTS EVER In the physical world, charts are built on shipped albums. Online charts are a simple count of digital downloads. We Are Hunted is different. They aggregate, search and analyze music across the blogosphere and social networks to produce a list of the top 99 songs music nerds are chattering about. In other words, good new music. Minimalist in design, super clean with quick loading audio for each track. Don’t take our word for it, see for yourself: WWW.WEAREHUNTED.COM URBAN COOL DESSERT CHIC Poolside shows, fresh drinks and great food. Ace Hotel and Swim Club embraces great design with the laid-back feel of Palm Springs. The interiors evoke an indulgent camping experience. Walls are covered with tent-like drapes and include slats that encourage guests to personalize rooms with photos or artwork. Vintage furnishings make each room feel hand-crafted and utterly unique. Bohemian, authentic details like an old ranch hand bar (The Amigo Room) and individual outdoor patios complete with outdoor fireplaces embody Ace Hotels’ philosophy: thoughtful design, cultural authenticity, and rich experience. Ace Hotel and Swim Club is a great fall getaway: WWW.ACEHOTEL.COM WEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 13
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YOU SHOULD KNOW 18 HOCKEY Meat-and-potatoes electro pop that nobody in their right mind would find even slightly abrasive. 20 BON IVER Justin Vernon continues to impress with his high register wails and buttery guitar plucks. 22 MIIKE SNOW Pleasant pop tunes that seem to have no ambition or pretension to be anything but agreeable. 24 MSTRKRFT They clearly have an aversion to vowels, but these boys totally dig sound. 26 THE COOL KIDS Industry iconoclasts and bicycle aficionados. Who knew? 28 U-N-I U-N-I’s “A Love Supreme” is a musically inventive set of life lessons, odes to fun, story raps, and -- of course -- serious swagger. 30 PORTUGAL. THE MAN Portugal. The Man takes on the Beatles, the Stones & George W. Bush. 36 FLEA Citizen of the world, de facto face of our local music scene: “The more people who are involved in music, the better off we will all be.” WEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 15
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HOCKEY BY: MONTY BUCKLES
Hockey is made up of four
leased album-turned-part
good-looking young men
of Capitol Records 2009
that often sport facial hair
roster is “Mind Chaos.”
and are from the great Pa-
Founding members Ben
cific patch of indie rock,
Grubin and Jeremy “Jerm”
Portland, Oregon. As of this
Reynolds coined the phrase
writing, they are on tour
“mind chaos” to describe
with Portugal. The Man, and
the happenings in a Uni-
they play the kind of acces-
versity of Redlands course
sible
meat-and-potatoes
called “The Great Remem-
electro pop that nobody in
bering: Evolving Beyond the
their right mind would find
Pathology of Modernity.”
even slightly abrasive. This music isn’t going to They have enough of a new
make your head explode
wave spring in their step to
with a million valid revela-
keep them from being too
tions, but in the same vein
square to the ears of the
as LCD Soundsystem, it’ll
folks in their demographic,
probably make you want
and they even still paint
to dance, just like founding
their own pleasingly ama-
members Ben and Jerm in-
teurish, D.I.Y.-style record
tended.
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BON IVER BY: AMY LYONS
A triumvirate of soul-killing circumstances -- a band breakup, a romantic relationship’s fizzling, and a nasty liver infection -- sent Justin Vernon into seclusion in 2006. After holing up in his dad’s cabin during one Wisconsin winter, the then 25-year-old Vernon emerged as Bon Iver, delivering up the musical fruits of his frosty, wood-chopping, deer-hunting retreat, 2008’s “For Emma, Forever Ago” (Jagjaguwar). Known for his aversion to engineers and producers, Vernon reveres the folk tradition and continues to impress with his high register wails and buttery guitar plucks. In concert, he hands out lyric sheets to audiences, allowing fans to re-create the massive amount of overdubbing on the album. Thus, a Bon Iver concert is often a mass sing-a-long, an audienceas-back-up-vocalist affair. Think “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” with hauntingly heartbreaking additives. During live gigs, Vernon is joined by Sean Carey, Michael Noyce, and Matthew McCaughan. There won’t be any secluded log cabins for Bon Iver this winter. A live BBC performance of “Skinny Love” made the cut on Rhino’s “Later Live 2 with Jools Holland” compilation released last month. The recently released “Twilight: New Moon” soundtrack included a track from Bon Iver, along with songs from Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke and the Killers. The film is out in November, and in January, Vernon is traveling to the New York Guitar Festival to perform a piece with friend and fellow Volcano Choir member, Chris Rosenau. All signs point to a happier times for Bon Iver. ■ 18 POPTIMIST
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MIIKE SNOW BY: MONTY BUCKLES
Miike Snow write pleasant pop tunes that seem to have no ambition or pretension to be anything but agreeable. This is a good. Singer Andrew Wyatt and his cohorts Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg -- aka Bloodshy & Avant, the Swedish duo that’s penned songs for Madonna, Ms. Dynamite, and Kylie Minogue -- can also sound surprisingly soulful (albeit in a low-key fashion) and sneak introspective lyrics under tasteful and cheery beats. This is good as well. Your mom would enjoy Miike Snow. So would your little brother. Chances are, you would too. The b-i-g-g-e-s-t song on the group’s eponymous 2009 release is the ballad “Sylvia.” Its vocals and riff generate a surprising amount of tension until it hits the crescendo of electro bleeps and blorps. It’s a long song, but worth it, and a good palate-cleanser between the tunes that make your feet tap involuntarily. Another single off the disc, “Animal,” is more straightforward than “Silvia” in that it’s immediately catchy and somewhat reminiscent of the late ‘60s flower power anthem “Something in the Air.” You can imagine these songs coming out of outdoor speakers on summer nights, or quietly playing inside stores and restaurants, so slight you barely notice, but when you do you’re happy. Hopefully Miike Snow continues doing albums like this and will, unlike “Something in the Air’s” Thunderclap Newman, be around for a while. ■ WEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 21
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MSTRKRFT BY: AMY LYONS
They clearly have an aversion to vowels, but the boys of MSTRKRFT (pronounced “master craft”) totally dig sound. Jesse F. Keeler (JFK) and Alex Puodziukas (Al-P), the decidedly deft duo from Toronto, are electronic mix masters who specialize in throbbing house music that, like the title of their catchy collaboration with N.O.R.E., inspires clubbers far and wide to “Bounce.” Since their inception in 2005, MSTRKRFT have remixed the best of ‘em, breathing new, funky life into tunes by Lil Wayne and Keri Hilson (“Turnin Me On”), Usher (“Love in This Club”) and Crystal Method (“Keep Hope Alive”). They also have two original LPs, “The Looks,” and this year’s “Fist of God,” and weave various techno, 22 POPTIMIST
electro, rock, rap, and punk influences into their beats. Their November tour schedule is jam-packed through the middle of the month, with shows in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the latter gig taking place November 14 at the Vanguard -- home to one of the city’s best, and loudest, sound systems.
LIKE THE TITLE OF THEIR CATCHY COLLABORATION WITH N.O.R.E., MSTRKRFT INSPIRES CLUBBERS TO “BOUNCE.” If you want to see two fine young Canucks working turntables like professional gamblers working a highstakes blackjack table until the wee hours, MSTRKRFT is your ticket. ■
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THE COOL KIDS BY: CHRIS MARTINS
“Definitely in the first three months of 2010. If it’s not out by then, I’m leaking it. That’s the pure, honest truth.” So says Chuck Inglish, one half of Chicago’s the Cool Kids, on his group’s exceedingly long-awaited album debut. Shortly before the release of their game-changing 2008 EP, “The Bake Sale,” Chuck and partner-in-rhyme Mikey Rocks announced that the “When Fish Ride Bicycles” LP was soon due. Yet despite all the promise packed into the crisp beats and clever rhymes of that unbelievably stylish first outing, the better part of two years has passed with only a mixtape to show for it. “We’re really hard on our music,” Chuck says. “There could be a song that we liked originally, but then three months will pass and we’re not feeling it anymore. We don’t want people to hear it because that means they ain’t going to like it in three
months either.” So they’ve been scrapping, revising, and rebuilding from scratch (and without reusing material from the “Gone Fishing” mix). The Cool Kids have also been touring the world on the strength of what little music they’ve released, recently wrapping up a series of stateside dates with their idols, Clipse.
“WE’RE REALLY HARD ON OUR MUSIC. THREE MONTHS WILL PASS AND WE’RE NOT FEELING IT ANYMORE. “ Perhaps learning from the Virginia duo’s label troubles, these two aren’t rushing into a contract. “I want the ability to drive this car,” says Chuck. “You shouldn’t have to impress a panel of people to put out something that has your name on it. You, as the artist, should be critical enough to know what’s good and what isn’t.” ■
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U-N-I BY: CHRIS MARTINS
No matter your personal feelings for the eternally showstopping Kanye West, there’s no denying the dude’s influence on rap -- specifically, the culture’s growing embrace of form-fitting threads and synth sounds cribbed from electronica. Both elements are woven into the fabric of Inglewood’s U-N-I, the rising duo comprising emcees Thurzday (he of the designer digs) and Y-O (Mohawked maven of thrift store couture). The former is actually a dead ringer for West -- and the latter could pull off a vocal stand-in -- but U-N-I has its own identity steeped in a soulful positivity whose roots run closer to the Soulquarians family tree. Listen to their breakout single, “Land of the Kings,” and you might assume it’s a collaboration between MGMT and N.E.R.D. “It’s a new day,” says Thurzday. “We’re in a generation that listens to all kinds of music, so to use different elements and sculpt them into something new to create an unfamiliar sound -- that’s natural.” U-N-I are po-mo Internet kids to the core. The group’s handle comes from the Roots’ classic, “UNIverse at War”; they scored an early hit with a sneaker-inspired Wu-Tang Clan remake, “Kicks Rule Everything Around Me”; and their new album gets its title from John Coltrane’s most famous release. U-N-I’s “A Love Supreme” is a musically inventive set of life lessons, odes to fun, story raps, and -- of course -- serious swagger. ■
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PORTUGAL. THE MAN “Portugal. The Man Takes On the Beatles, the Stones & George W. Bush” by: Craig Rosen
Portugal. The Man isn’t a man at all, but a band, and a damned fine one at that. They’ve also been pretty prolific, releasing five albums and a pair of EPs in a mere four years, including their latest and greatest, “The Satanic Satanist.” It’s a collection that’s so good the band opted to re-record it acoustically and release it to their fans under the title “The Majestic Majesty.” Despite the apparent nod to “Their Satanic Majesties Request,” the Rolling Stones’ 1967 psychedelic-soaked answer to the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” P.TM singer/guitarist John Baldwin Gourley says the similar titles are purely coincidental. “I was never a Rolling Stones kid,” says Gourley via phone during a stop on the band’s recent U.S. tour. “I told our manager that I wanted to call the album ‘The Satanic Satanist of the Majestic Majesty’ and he called me out on it right away. My friends have actually gotten pissed at me for not knowing that [Stones’ album title], but it was always that dancing. Any time I saw [Mick Jagger doing] that chicken dance, I thought, ‘Man, I don’t like that.’ It just wasn’t my thing.” During his formative years in Wasilla, Alaska, Gourley was 28 POPTIMIST
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more in tune with the Beatles, ‘70s AM radio, and soul legend Curtis Mayfield. It’s those sounds that influenced “The Satanic Satanist,” which found P.TM upping the stakes by enlisting noted producer Paul Q. Kolderie (the Pixies, Radiohead), as well as Adam Taylor (the Lemonheads, the Dresden Dolls) and Cornershop sitarist/keyboardist Anthony Saffery. “This is the first time we went in with someone who wasn’t a friend beforehand,” Gourley explains. “We really didn’t know Paul, Adam and Anthony at all. It made us really nervous and very self-conscious and I think that added to what the album became.” In Gourley’s mind, that self-consciousness has helped keep Portugal. The Man -- which also includes keyboardist Ryan Neighbors, bassist Zachary Scott Carothers, and drummer Jason Sechrist -- interesting and evolving by changing musical styles from album to album and keeping themselves and their fans guessing. “I think eventually we’ll probably find that groove and we’ll become comfortable with everything and then we’ll become Paul McCartney and put out bad music. He’s one of the best songwriters of all time, but I wish he’d just look back and be self-conscious again,” says Gourley before asking, “My God, was that awful to say? The Beatles are my favorite band.” Portugal. The Man isn’t only about throwing minor jabs at rock royalty. In their songs, the band takes on such heavies as former President George W. Bush, who’s alluded to in the opening lyrics of “People Say,” the country-soul sing-along that kicks off “The Satanic Satanist.” Gourley croons, “Save me / I can’t be saved / I’m a president’s son / I don’t need no soul” and later adds, “What a lovely day / Yeah we won the war / May have lost a million men / But we got a milWEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 31
lion more.” The song’s upbeat melody is in stark contrast to its dark subject matter. “You always have to have some lift,” Gourley explains. “You never want to be too much of a downer.” Gourley and pal Austin Sellers also provide some visual delights for fans with the psychedelic packaging of the CD version of “The Satanic Satanist,” which features an elaborate series of die-cut panels. “The CD is teetering on this cliff right now,” he says. “It’s ready to go. I was just thinking we really need to do something that makes it worthwhile, not to buy necessarily, but if you do buy it, you get something for it. And if you do throw it away, it’s just paper, there’s no plastic 32 POPTIMIST
and there’s only one glue spot, so you can recycle it.” The always-prolific Gourley already has an album’s worth of new tunes in the can. In the new songs Gourley dug deeper into the small-town psyche and came up with a collection of songs that are, by his description, “very dark,” and accented by hip-hop styled drum loops. The material, recorded with Saffery, includes a song Gourley wrote on a guitar that indie icon Elliott Smith used while recording his first two albums. And what’s the title of that song? “Some Men.” Surely that’s not a play on “Some Girls” by the Rolling Stones? “I just thought of that,” Gourley laughs. “Damn it.” ■
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citizen of THE world, De facto Face of our lOcal Music scene. “The More People That Are Involved With MuSic the Better off we will all be.” Words & Images by Peter Weiss
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the Blur/Gorillaz/the Good, the Bad & the Queen frontman and Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen recorded an as of yet unnamed, largely improvisational project that was born out of an earlier jam session at a Nairobi club. Flea says, “Damon is a contemporary of mine, someone who has covered a lot of musical ground as a musician. Tony Allen is one of my favorite musicians of all time. He invented the Afrobeat sound for Fela Kuti. That is his beat, it is one of my favorite sounds ever.” He continues, “Playing with those guys was such a natural thing, the same thing I strive for when playing with other musicians. I can’t wait to get the recording finished.” An early listen of the rough tracks revealed music that though loose and atmospheric, showed great pop structure and invention. Flea’s panache for invention isn’t limited to performance. Perhaps its most concrete manifestation sits in a classic 1920s terra cotta building at the historic Sunset Junction. Here, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music offers lessons to musicians of all ages, but its true purpose is providing free instruction to more than 300 students. Flea says, “I’ve had some questionable good ideas but this wasn’t one of them. When you start a non-profit music school for kids who can’t afford musical education and aren’t getting it from public schools, anyway you slice it, it’s a good idea.” Flea hates asking people for anything, especially money, so his only reservation about the endeavor is that he and his staff need to come up with a million dollars a year to fund scholarships and keep the little neighborhood school afloat. To that end, he has used his many connections in music -Eddie Vedder, Tracy Chapman, Metallica, Andy Summers, and most recently, Ben Harper -- to play a series of fundraisers for the school. “I know from the belly of my heart WEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 39
that music is important and the more kids -- people for that matter -- the more people who are involved in music then the better off we will all be,” says Flea. Flea’s other investment in budding musicians’ future is FLEABASS. The company manufactures sturdy, cool-looking bass guitars that aren’t a rip-off for beginning players. Flea says, “I just wanted kids to get an instrument that is a real instrument and not a toy. They are very reasonably priced, that is really important to me, and each bass is set up and ready to play.” While Flea’s influence and expertise is musically based, it is also decidedly and distinctly Angelino. He says, “I’m not patriotic to the USA, I see myself more as a citizen of the world, but I am patriotic to my neighborhood and to this city.” When Brendan Mullen, founder of the city’s groundbreaking punk club the Masque, passed last month, the Los Angeles Times had Flea write an appreciation. Similarly, in May, the Lakers again turned to their hometown blogger to perform the national anthem, and the team ended up with a crucial second round Game 5 victory over the Houston Rockets. “Our sports teams are as big as anything for me,” he says. “The Dodgers and the Lakers, I mean when you are there, being with all those like-minded people, it doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, what part of the city you’re from, what color you are; when you’re there and everyone comes together and wants Lamar Odom to make that free throw, it’s just beautiful.” ■
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MONSTERS OF FOLK MONSTERS OF FOLK LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS INC. PRODUCER: MIKE MOGIS
★★★★ Just when you thought you’ve had an ass full of the whole supergroup concept comes Monsters of Folk, which combines the considerable talents of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and M. Ward. Visually, MOF isn’t likely to be as stunning as M. Ward’s She & Him partner Zooey Deschanel, but on record the quartet more than makes up for it with the beauty of the songs collected here. – Craig Rosen
THE HAPPY HOLLOWS SPELLS LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS PRODUCER: DAVID NEWTON
★★★ Witchy whoops and orgasmic outbursts are the signature sounds of the Happy Hollows on their meaty debut album “Spells.” The trio -- Charlie Mahoney, Chris Hernandez and the kickass Sarah Negahdari -- deliver monstrous guitar riffs and a cacophony of drum lines on tracks like “Faces” and “Death to Vivek Kemp,” while also showcasing a lullaby-like sweetness in “Second Lieutenant,” and a droll sense of humor in the “Back to the Future” send-up “DeLorean.” Catch them in residence at Spaceland throughout November. – Amy Lyons
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RECORD REVIEWS ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM FLORESCENT BLACK LABEL: BIG DADA PRODUCER: ANTI POP CONSORTIUM
★★★★ Seven years later, NYC alt-rap innovators Anti-Pop Consortium have returned to beam breathless braggadocio and prophetic ramblings from a fully digitized future. A real-deal aural beatdown, this barrage of verbiage spans 17 tracks of dense, glitchridden soundscapes, but the bruises are expected -- badges of honor, even. If “Fluorescent Black” sounds less radical than the crew’s earlier oeuvre, it’s only because the rap game (now open to tight pants and computer skronk) has begun to catch up. The mold that fits APC has yet to be invented. – Chris Martins
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME LABEL: 4AD/BEGGARS USA PRODUCER: JOHN CONGLETON, BRANDON EGGLESTON, & SCOTT SOLTER;
★★★ A dozen tracks based on bible verses. That’s “The Life of the World to Come,” the latest release from the Mountain Goats. It’s a touching bit of spiritual supposition, and each track showcases John Darnielle’s no-nonsense singing style. With its snippets of narrative about Adam’s banishment from the Garden of Eden (“Genesis 3:23”) and tales of life paths filled with darkness (“Isaiah 45:23”), the album feels holy but lands just this side of holy-roller. – Amy Lyons
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THE CRIBS IGNORE THE IGNORANT LABEL: WARNER BROS. PRODUCER: NICK LAUNAY
★★★★ How does a promising new band go from good to great? By enlisting freelance axe-slinger Johnny Marr, that’s how. With the addition, Brit bro trio of Gary, Ryan, and Ross Jarman deliver an incredible mix of melody, angst and aggression on memorable tunes “Cheat On Me” and “Hari Kari.” So what if the title track sounds a bit like the Smiths’ “Shelia Takes A Bow,” you’d have to be ignorant to ignore this fine effort. – Craig Rosen
HEAVY TRASH MIDNIGHT SOUL SERENADE LABEL: BIG LEGAL/FAT POSSUM PRODUCERS: JON SPENCER/MATT VERTA-RAY
★★★ Jon Spencer’s been having his way with various forms of rock ‘n’ roll for more than two decades in Pussy Galore, the Blues Explosion, and his latest combo, Heavy Trash. With Matt VertaRay of Speedball Baby/Madder Rose fame at this side, Spencer rams his hands into the bloated corpse of rockabilly soul and works it like a hand puppet. Garage rock hasn’t sounded this pungent since the Cramps unearthed the Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird.” – Craig Rosen
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RECORD REVIEWS THEMSELVES THE FREEHOUDINI LABEL: CROWNS DOWN/ANTICON PRODUCER: THEMSELVES
★★★★ “CrownsDown” finds its inimitable authors, Doseone and Jel, pared down and full of fire after the dissolution of their Krauthop sextet, Subtle. At last, Themselves presents itself as a simple thing: the emcee, the deejay, and the inordinate amount of skill contained therein. A notorious beast when it comes to battlerap, Doseone is here more aggressive than ever -- a razor-sharp master of styles owning the fertile ground that is Jel’s Bomb Squad-checking, electro-infused boom-bap. It’s Themselves’ best, and proof that left-field rap can have a warrior’s pulse. – Chris Martins
CHRISTMAS ISLAND BLACKOUT SUMMER LABEL: IN THE RED RECORDED BY: MIKE MCHUGH
★★★ Blackout Summer is sparse, minimalist pop, not unlike the L.A. punk band the Urinals (their early material, before they put out records indistinguishable from literal urinals). Intelligent, catchy, and vaguely unsettling, Christmas Island does it. – Monty Buckles
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LIVE NOVEMBER
WE ARE HERE THURSDAY, NOV 5, 2009 THE BRAVERY
NYC’s the Bravery will be rockin’ the Wiltern Theatre in support of their upcoming release “Stir the Blood,” out on 12/1/09 THE WILTERN THEATRE: 7:00PM www.myspace.com/thebravery
MONDAY, NOV 9, 2009 DAVID GRAY
A fantastic new record (“Draw the Line”) and an amazing live performer to match, David Gray at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre is not to be missed. ORPHEUM THEATRE: 8:00PM www.myspace.com/davidgray
TUESDAY, NOV 10, 2009 INARA GEORGE
One half of the Bird & Bee, KCRW and Grey’s Anatomy darling Inara George is playing the Eastside’s Bootleg Theater. BOOTLEG THEATER: 8:00PM www.myspace.com/inarageorge
WEDNESDAY, NOV 18, 2009 THE SWELL SEASON
Love the movie, love the story -- we love the Swell Season, who are in town with their “Once” follow-up, “Strict Joy.” WILTERN THEATRE: 7:00PM www.myspace.com/swellseason 48 POPTIMIST
SATURDAY, NOV 28, 2009 PEACHES
Canada’s naughtiest former teacher schools L.A.’s electro clash dance kids. Been loving Peaches since the club scene in “Lost in Translation.” THE WILTERN THEATRE: 8:00PM www.myspace.com/peaches
SATURDAY, NOV 21, 2009 PETER BJORN AND JOHN
2009’s “Living Things” provided an amazing soundtrack to spring and summer. Catch them at the Nokia Theatre for the last show of their U.S. tour. NOKIA THEATRE: 8:30PM www.myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn
SATURDAY, NOV 21, 2009 THE XX & FRIENDLY FIRES
Digging the XX’s self-titled disc and cannot wait to see how it translates live. Their local stop with the Friendly Fires is at our favorite venue in the heart of Hollywood. HENRY FONDA THEATRE: 8:00PM
FRIDAY, NOV 20, 2009 RAY LAMONTAGNE
LaMontagne’s live performance is nothing less than fascinating and he’s playing three consecutive nights at downtown’s historic Orpheum Theatre. ORPHEUM THEATRE: 8:00PM www.myspace.com/raylamontaugne
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NOVEMBER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 SPACELAND SO MANY WIZARD, PIZZA!, OLD BLOOD, FORT WIFE THE ECHO PART TIME PUNKS, TIMES NEW VIKING, SIC ALPS, AXEMEN THE HOTEL CAFE MIA MAESTRO 9P, THE APPLETONS, 10P, MADDIE DEUTCH & EVAN VIDAR 8P, CARLEE HENDRIX 7P, THE TROUBADOR BLACK GOLF, SHILOE THE VIPER ROOM SOUND OF THE BLUE HEART 10:30P, I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME 9:30P, COMPELLA AND THE TWISTER 8:30P THE REDWOOD JUNKYARD, PAGING BETO, THE KOOPAS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE (FREE) MISSISSIPPI MAN 11P, DIETRA SRUSCHEV 9P, AMANDA JO WILLIAMS 10P, SHAKEY GRAVES 12A SPACELAND THE HAPPY HOLLOWS, PEPPER RABBIT, DIRT DRESS THE ECHOPLEX REZUREX , VIERNES 13, LOS CREEPERS , THE HOWLERS, GAMBLERS MARK, HOT ROD FUNERAL, LA CHOLITA’S DEAD GIRL BURLESQUE TROOP THE ECHO SHONEN KNIFE, TY SEGALL, MIKE WATT THE HOTEL CAFE CURT SMITH OF TEARS FOR FEARS W/MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT 7P, MARIE DIGBY 930P, KANDACE FERREL 1030P (PLEASE NOTE, WE WILL BE CLEARING THE ROOM AFTER THE CURT SMITH SHOW) THE VIPER ROOM DAINTY 12A, DAYBREAK ENDS 11P, SHATTERED ATOM 10P, YOUR DIVINE TRAGEDY AT 9P, CAPTAIN CUTTHROAT AT 8P THE EL REY WHITE RABBITS, LOCAL NATIVES AND GLASS GHOST TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) BLACK WHALES 10P, DEVLIN 9P, PIGEON 11P SPACELAND WARPAINT, SEASPIN, CORRIDOR THE ECHOPLEX LUCERO “RAMBLIN’ ROADSHOW AND MEMPHIS REVUE” WITH JACK OBLIVIAN, JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES THE ECHO PORT O’BRIEN, VANGELICALS THE HOTEL CAFE CAITLIN CROSBY 10P, KATE MILLER HEIDKE 9P, KAT PARSONS 8P, PERRIN LAMB 7P THE TROUBADOR STARS OF TRACK & FIELD THE VIPER ROOM THE ALWAYS ALREADY 12A, ACTRESS 11P, THE GOOD CHEER 10P, PAINT IT BLACK AT 9P, RUBYLITH AT 8P THE REDWOOD JOE BUCK YOURSELF AND THE .357 STRING BAND CINESPACE DIM MAK TUESDAYS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 BOOTLEG ($10) PAUL LIVINGSTON 8P, MIA DOI TODD 9P, GOOD LISTERNERS 10PM SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) SHOTGUN SHOWDOWN 10P,. CUE THE MOON 9PM, EXDETECTIVES 11P 52 POPTIMIST
SHOW LISTINGS SPACELAND CLUB NME MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON , THESE UNITED STATES THE ECHO LOW VS DIAMOND, MELEE THE ECHOPLEX DUB CLUB THE HOTEL CAFE BUTCH WALKER, THE CHAPIN SISTERS, TONY LUCA 9P, SPENCER DAY 7P (PLEASE NOTE, WE WILL BE CLEARING THE ROOM AFTER THE TONY LUCCA SHOW TROUBADOR BROADCAST THE VIPER ROOM THE KIN 10:30PM, THE FILTHY SOULS 9:30PM, DEAD COUNTRY 8:30PM, KEVIN HAMMOND 7:30PM THE EL REY RUSTED ROOT WITH CROWFIELD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 BOOTLEG ($10 21+/$14 18+ FREE BEFORE 8:30P ) MAGNOLIA MEMOIR 9P, ELENI MANDELL JAZZ COMBO 8P , WITH DJ BONE BRAKE, BRIAN FEZES, WOODY JACKSON, ANDY KAULKIN, NATE WOLCOTT 8P SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) LAST AMERICAN BUFFALO 10:45 MUSIC FOR ANIMALS 11:45P, DIAMOND LIGHT 9:45P , CRICKET AND THE 2:19 8:45P SPACELAND STILL FLYIN, YELLOW FEVER, HEARTS OF PALM UK THE ECHO AVI BUFFALO, AARON EMBRY, WILDBUNCH THE ECHOPLEX NORTEC COLLECTIVE FEATURING BOSTICH, FUSSIBLE THE HOTEL CAFE WILL HOGE W/ FREEMAN 7PM, SONG AND WAGER 10PM, STATE SHIRT11PM, YOUTH SYMPHONY 12A THE SMELL THE CHINESE STARS, SENSITIVE HEARTS, RENE HELL, SEWN LEATHER, HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM THE TROUBADOR TAHUTI 80, BROOKVILLE THE VIPER ROOM THE CHASE 12AM, MISS WILLIE BROWN 9PM, THOMAS DYBDAHL 8PM THE REDWOOD 13 GUITAR RUMBLE AREA ROTATING DJ’S FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BOOTLEG ($8) BEWARE OF SAFETY 12A, WOOLEN 11P SPACELAND, KARMA TO BURN, 16, TOTIMOSHI THE ECHO FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS HOTEL CAFE BUDDY 9P, OR, THE WHALE 10P, GRAYDON 11P, CAVE COUNTRY 12A, JOHN PRINGLE 7P, YELLOW RED SPARKS 8P THE SMELL HAWNAY TROOF PANTHER, DAVID SCOTT STONE THE TROUBADOR LUDO, MEESE, HA HA TONKA, WITHOUT A FACE THE VIPER ROOM LUST 12A, UHLE 11P, AUKUS 10P, BLACKLINE 9P, HYPNOGAJA 8P, DJ JAMIE SCRAP THE REDWOOD DUANE PETER’S GUNFIGHT, A PRETTY MESS, THE UV’S SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 BOOTLEG ($8) GAMBLE HOUSE 11P, SHE’S YOUR SISTER 12P SPACELAND JASON FALKNER, NICO STAI, WAR CHILWEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 53
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SHOW LISTINGS MUDDY REDS 9:30P, SLIPPING INTO THE DARKNESS 11:30P, THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT 8:30P THE ECHOPLEX 60 WATT KID, BEST COAST, GOWNS THE HOTEL CAFE CAITLIN CROSBY “80’S PROM” 10P, ARI HEST WITH DECLAN 8P, GET ARI HEST KEVIN EARNEST 7PM THE SMELL CAPTAIN AHAB, BEST FWENDS, TOTALLY MICHAEL, I.E. THE TROUBADOR LISA HANNIGAN CINESPACE DIM MAK TUESDAYS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 BOOTLEG ($10) VIA TANIA 10P , EL MAY 9P , SONOS 11P SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) JOHN CARPENTER 9:30P, THE GOLDENHEARTS 8:30P, THE PASSPORTS 10:30P SPACELAND/CLUB NME THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE, GREG ASHLEY (OF GRIS GRIS), WYE OAK THE ECHOPLEX DUB CLUB THE HOTEL CAFE BUTCH WALKER 10:00, WAZ 9P, EMILY KING 8P, ROYAL WOOD 7P (PLEASE NOTE, WE WILL BE CLEARING THE ROOM AFTER THE WAZ SHOW.) THE SMELL HEALTH THE ROXY SWITCHFOOT THE TROUBADOR FU MANCHU, IT’S CASUAL THE WILTERN THE BRAVERY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) IDYLLISTS 11P, HELLO KAVITA 9P, GYPSY RIVER HAUNTS 10P, GRANT HART (FROM HÜSKER DÜ) 8:30P SPACELAND NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP WITH MR JONATHAN TOUBIN / MR IAN SVENONIUS THE ECHOPLEX DEAD MEADOW, IMAAD WASIF, THE GROWLERS, USELESS KEYS THE ECHO F*CK BUTTONS, GROWING THE HOTEL CAFE JASON REEVES & GUEST 9P, GET JASON REEVES, JAKE NEWTON 8P, LINDA GOOD 7P, THE NORTHSTAR SESSION 10:30P, WEINLAND 11:30P THE SMELL RAINBOW ARABIA JAVELIN, PIT ER PAT, THE URXED, BLACK CHURCH THE ROXY EVERCLEAR THE TROUBADOR ATTACK ATTACK!, I SET MY FRIENDS ON FIRE, MISS MAY I, OUR LAST NIGHT, THE COLOR MORALE AREA ROTATING DJ’S FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 BOOTLEG ($12) GRAND ARCHIVES, SARA LOV, SPACELAND HEADLIGHTS, ANNI ROSSI, POMEGRANATES SPACELAND GIL MANTERA’S PARTY DREAM, ABE VIGODA, LOVVERS, AN ALBATROSS, LE FACE THE ECHO OMBA ESTEREO THE ECHOPLEX THUNDERHEIST, WINTER GLOVES, SUGAR AND GOLD THE HOTEL CAFE LINDSEY RAY 9PM, DAVID CHOI 8PM, ANDY DAVIS & JOY WILLIAMS 11PM FREDDY & WEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 57
NOVEMBER FRANCINE 10P, ZACH POO THE SMELL LOVVERS, THE URINALS NEVEREVER, SIGNALS THE ROXY AFRO PUNK TOUR FEAT SAUL WILLIAMS AND FRIENDS THE TROUBADOR FUN DUSTY RHODES & THE RIVER BAND, THE JAKES THE MUSIC BOX THE RAVONETTES THE NOKIA THEATRE MUTEMATH THE REDWOOD BARRIO TIGER, RATS EYES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 BOOTLEG ($10) TOY ROBOT, SWAGGER STICKS 9P THE ECHOPLEX RUSSIAN CIRCLES, YOUNG WIDOWS, HELMS ALEE THE HOTEL CAFE BOBBY SYVARTH 9PM, PETE AND J 8PM, THE QUIET 10PM, THE STEELWELLS 11PM, D HENRY FENTON 12A, DANIELLE ATE THE SANDWICH 7PM THE SMELL SUN ARAW WET HAIR, SAM GOLDBERG, SEAN MCCANN, TALK NORMAL THE TROUBADOR THE CAT EMPIRE THE VIPER ROOM CHASE LONG BEACH, RADIUS, PLASTIC PARACHUTE, COURTING DISASTER, THE FOGS, BEC HOLLOCRAFT THE REDWOOD THE CHOP TOPS, LORDS OF ALTAMONT, SIN ALLEY, INAZUMA THE ORPHEUM THEATRE RAY DAVIES VANGUARD/GIANT MSTRKRFT SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 BOOTLEG ($8) DAISY MCCRACKIN, HENRY WOLFE, SPACELAND/HELL YA! NIGHT FERRABY LIONHEART, PAIGE STARK, CHARLIE WADHAMS, GRAHAM FOREST THE ECHOPLEX MISSION OF BURMA, THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE THE ECHO PART TIME PUNKS THE SMELL AN ALBATROSS, ALL LEATHER, BIPOLAR BEAR, P R O T E C T M E THE TROUBADOR CARTEL, THIS PROVIDENCE, THE SUMMER SET, THE DARES THE MUSIC BOX THE MOUNTAIN GOATS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE MISSISSIPPI MAN 11P, MOOSTACHE 9P, THE COLOR TURNING 10P, SPIRIT VINE 12A THREADSPINNER 8P, SPACELAND THE HAPPY HOLLOWS, THE DRUMS, EVAN WAY, RANDOM PATTERNS THE HOTEL CAFE TOBY LIGHTMAN W/ASLYN 8P, JOSHUA JAMES 10P, EMILY GREENE 7P TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 BOOTLEG ($10) HORSE FEATHERS 11P, LOCH LOMOND 10P, ALL SPOTS TO BLACK 9P , HELEN MONEY 8P SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) JUBILEE 10:30P, JULIANNA BARWICK 8:30P THE HOTEL CAFE CAITLIN CROSBY “DISCO NIGHT” 10P, RACHEL ROBINSON 8P, AL58 POPTIMIST
LIVE SHOW LISTINGS LISON GEDDIE 9P, JULIA ILOWIECKI 7P, THE SMELL THE FINCHES, LAKE, KARL BLAU, RED PONY CLOCK, STELLALUNA THE TROUBADOR THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW 12A, THE LAZYSTARS AT 11P, INTERSTATE BLUES 10P, THE DEADLIES 9PM, THE CHARLIE RIVERS TRIO 8PM CINESPACE DIM MAK TUESDAYS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) JOSHUA NORTON 8:30P, ANGLOS 9:30P, BLACKBIRD ON A WIRE 11:30P, KID THEODORE 10:30P SPACELAND/CLUB THE HIDDEN CAMERAS, GENTLEMAN REG , GENERATIONALS ECHOPLEX DUB CLUB THE HOTEL CAFE BUTCH WALKER 10:30P, HOLLY CONLAN 9PM, RYAN CALHOUN, 8PM, JES HUDAK 7P THE WILTERN THE SWELL SEASON CLUB NOKIA ROYKSOPP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 SILVERLAKE LOUNGE ($8) TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN 9P, THE DELTA MIRROR 10P, HEALAMONSTER & TARSIER, JESUS MAKES THE SHOTGUN SOUND BORDELLO ($8) BLACK MATH HORSEMAN 11P, RAJAS 9P, OJOS ROJOS 10P, BOOTLEG ($8) SAMUEL STEWART 10P, ANDREW LYNCH 11P, HATTER 9P THE HOTEL CAFE JAY NASH 10P RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA 9P, SALLY JAYE 8P, CORB LUND 7P, REBEKAH LEBEAU 11P THE SMELL BATRIDER, MONSTER THE TROUBADOR THE WHIGS, THE FEATURES, THE DEAD TREES THE VIPER ROOM THE STONE FOXES, IRONHEEL 12:15A, THE STONE FOXES AT 10:30P, PURPLE MELON AT 9:30P, NEW REGIME AT 8:30P THE NOKIA THEATRE THE CRANBERRIES, CLUB NOKIA SNOOP DOGG AREA ROTATING DJ’S FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 BOOTLEG NEIL YOUNG TRIBUTE ECHOPLEX NEON INDIA ECHO CLUB UNDERGROUND HOTEL CAFE JAY NASH 10P, RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA 9P, SALLY JAYE 8, CORB LUND, 7P, REBEKAH LEBEAU 11P THE SMELL THE MOON RATS MOONRATS THE TROUBADOR IGLU & HARTLY, POP NOIR THE VIPER ROOM CUNNINLYNGUISTS 11P, GRIEVES W/ BUDO 10P, LOOPTROOP ROCKERS 9:15P, TUNJI 8:30P THE REDWOOD MIKE WATT & HIS SECONDMEN, THE CHAMPANTIES, SYMBOL SIX THE ORPHEUM THEATRE RAY LAMONTAGNE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 BOOTLEG ($10) X86 11P, RED TIDE 10P SPACELAND MALBEC, ST. LEONARD’S, LOQUAT, DAZZLER THE ECHOWEAREPOPTIMIST.COM 59
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