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Aside: Officially Coining “Rollerbladerhosen”

roll•er•blad•er•ho•sen [roh-ler-bley-der-hoh-zuhn] plural noun

1. Short shorts,  possibly leather, probably black, combined with a tight-fitting, logo-sporting T-shirt (often in a color to match the shorts) and, most importantly, the inexplicable presence of knee pads.

“Last night, Devo stripped off their yellow plastic jumpsuits to reveal rollerbladerhosen. Too bad they left the helmets at home.”

photo by Nicole Campos

Dangerbird Special: INCHES reviews Darker My Love, Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf, Eulogies

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It’s true. This week’s installment of the INCHES L.A. vinyl column focuses entirely on the output of local indie , Dangerbird Records. I hand-picked a combination of the label’s best-for-listening and most innovative releases, including stuff from all of the bands mentioned above — flagship players like Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf, Darker My Love, and Eulogies. MP3s from all four are included,  along with the requisite photos, reviews, and recommendations, plus a Top Ten chart from Origami Vinyl.

Darker My Love's 2008 7-inch series

Live in LA: Devo Whip It Good (on Spin)

Last night Devo surprised the hell out of the Henry Fonda Theater’s sold-out crowd. In short, the ancient New Wave innovators slayed, proving with grandly nerdy fanfare that, truly, age ain’t nothin’ but a number. They do it again tonight, except performing their 1980 LP, Freedom Of Choice, front to back, whereas last night’s show featured all of the band’s Brian Eno-produced debut, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!. Read about it here, and check out the excellent photos from Andrew Herrold.

Roundup: Jump Clubb, Nosaj Thing, Lucky Dragons + Miranda July + Paper Rad, Thavius Beck (MP3s, videos, etc)

Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up):

  1. Download Most Of Jump Clubb’s Debut LP For Free
  2. Nosaj Thing Talks Beat Junkies and The Smell, Stars in Sampler Porn (video)
  3. Lucky Dragons, Miranda July, Paper Rad included in Space 15 Twenty video exhibition
  4. New Thavius Beck Album Arrives Three Months Early (MP3)

    5. (all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)

*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.

INCHES reviews Lambo, The Marshmallow Ghosts (members of BMSR, Appleseed Cast), Bipolar Bear, and The Pink Noise (MP3s)

The latest edition of INCHES is up! Click here to read reviews of records by Lambo (AutoTune funk on Stones Throw), The Marshmallow Ghosts (featuring members of Black Moth Super Rainbow and The Appleseed Cast), The Pink Noise (Canuck punk on Kill Shaman Records), and Bipolar Bear (local crew whose latest is on Mexican Summer). Good, free tunes. Good, free photos. Good, free words. You’ll like it. Check out older installments here.

Lambo's "Computer Bagel"

L.A. Experiential: Dirty Projectors w/ Little Wings, The Happy Hollows, The Pixies w/ No Age

If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:

* read “Balls Deep In The R&B,” a feature about Dirty Projectors, here.
** listen to Little Wings’ “Boom!” on the Now Hear This sidebar

  • Region: Silver Lake
    Music: The Happy Hollows, Pepper Rabbit, and Dirt Dress
    Vitals: Spaceland on Monday, November 2 (beginning of residency)
    (details at LA Weekly)
  • Region: Hollywood
    Music: Pixies and No Age
    Vitals: Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, November 5
    (details at LA Weekly)