FOXY AUTOPSY by LONNIE NGUYEN
@ HOUSE PARTY
SAT | SEPT 15
Word on the street was that female rap duo Foxy Autopsy was going on at 9, which EVERYONE knew meant 11:30. Another rumor was Foxy Autopsy were dusting off their infamous white track suits and dance moves. A crowd gathered at 10 for Ninja Academy, a [...]

JAIL WEDDINGS by LONNIE NGUYEN
@ QUE SERA
FRIDAY | AUG 31
What a great show and I liked it all, too: Woman, the band split international-playboy-style between NYC, USA and Mexico City, DF, and led by an able Australian—Beefheart splatter guitar over caveman rhythm section and split ursine vocals; sounded like Link Wray catching up to Black [...]

PHOTO by LONNIE NGUYEN
@ FINGERPRINTS
FRI| AUGUST 24
Minus The Bear prepared for their in-store at Fingerprints by spending the night before at a Mandy Moore show in Hollywood: “Sometimes, you just gotta go see Mandy Moore,” guitarist Dave Knudsen admitted between songs. At their last stop on a record store tour to promote last Tuesday’s release [...]

@ ZEPHYR
SAT | AUGUST 18
Surprise from Riverside’s one-man Pegasissy with a thrift organ for tones and beats and heaving reverb on the vocals that sounded like Timmy Thomas—the singer who demonstrated in 1972 that drum machines actually do have soul—through a Rallizes vox-box. Waiting for the hand of Arthur to come down and tap him [...]

PHOTO by JENNY STOCKDALE
@ ALEX’S BAR
SAT | AUG 11
Usually, a band’s very first show is marked by a certain level of charming incompetence. It’s a little known rock & roll fact that even Beethoven flubbed a few glissandos during his first live performance—for which he was roundly beaten. Occasionally though, a group is able to [...]

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
@ THE PIKE
FRI | AUG 3
When a band draws their name from a concept based around timing, they should at least be able to start within an hour of their posted set time. I can only nurse a beer for so long before I find myself needing another one. And that costs [...]

PHOTO by LINDSEY NICKS
@ ALEX’S BAR
SUN | JULY 29
I feel so torn about the Husbands’ live show at Alex’s last Sunday. What I would love to say is: The Husbands rocked. They sounded like Joan Jett and the Stooges. Everyone was ecstatic. One question that nagged at me all night though: You can take a [...]

By Michael Coyle
@ The Prospector
Tues | July 17
Notes from the back corner: Lipstick Terror did the scream-and-dance thing in black tees without sleeves. This is them in a run-on sentence: fastburstsoftunelessloudandkeepthatmicupintheairwhenyou’renotsingingintoit. Next: Attractive and Popular, who also had an anti-sleeve thing going on, though their outfits were accessorized with tinfoil bowties and gold cummerbunds. They [...]

PHOTO by MALLORY DITCHEY
Fri | July 13
Os Mutantes @ The El Rey
Os Mutantes started as little kids doing covers on national TV under state dictatorship and became the most majestic band—what if Brian Wilson came out of the Mickey Mouse Club and Homeland Security wanted to stick him in Guantanamo Bay? That was Mutantes in [...]

By Jennie Warren

ENTRANCE by JENNIE WARREN
WED | JUNE 27
ENTRANCE @ ARTHUR MAGAZINE BENEFIT
SILENT MOVIE THEATRE | LOS ANGELES
Bassist Paz Lenchantin moved out of Long Beach last Tuesday, but her band Entrance fed my desire for Sabbath and heavy acid rock on songs like “Grim Reaper Blues.” Singer/guitarist Guy Blakeslee’s voice (and look) [and admiration for [...]