life in la

Ariel Pink & Haunted Graffiti at the Echoplex tonight. Yesss.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Life in L.A.

Things sounded good when they played on our roof a few months ago, although you can hardly tell from this crappy/amazing video of them warming up with Foilly Foibles Gold:

in celebration

Lucas Trouble - Miss Syphilis
Ultravox - Quiet Men

BECAUSE

John Maus is playing at Tiny Creatures tomorrow night

and there is a god

John Maus - This Is The Beat

talk with full mouth

Pizza! used to be the New Motherfuckers. The New Motherfuckers are now Pizza! They make nerdy playful hyper new wave, have two drummers, and play shows in the building I live in so sometimes I hear them from my bedroom.

Pizza! - Repress Yourself!
Pizza! - Houses
Pizza! - Hotlanta
The Avant-Garde Volkpenis (Pizza!) - Blue Moob

These are unmixed recordings from their Myspace, these songs sound better live.

Pizza! at Tiny Creatures last weekend:

Parlour games

Bubonic Plague / Instant Coma sounds like it was made in a Belgian basement in 1980 or something. I once saw them play at the old Parlour Club here in LA (ah memories I miss that place) ad it was great. The album can be purchased from Human Ear Music here.

Bubonic Plague - Polyhedron
Bubonic Plague - Gray Wave City