That's right, because you love The Pixies so much, here's a chance to experience Not Exactly The Pixies. Tomorrow night, local musicians (most of whom have not performed together before practicing for this event) will come together at the Echo, to perform songs from the legendary band, The Pixies. The artists include members of local bands Fishbone, Tribe 8, Shatto, The Larks, EZ Tiger, Romeo Crestwood, Bedroom Walls, The Stranglers, Wild Colonials, and several......

Artist: Dust Galaxy Album: Dust Galaxy Label: ESL Release Date: Fall '07 Listen to the track "River of Ever Changing Forms": If you missed Dust Galaxy at their Knitting Factory gig last Friday, have no fear, you can pick up their excellent self-titled CD. Dust Galaxy is the solo project of Rob Garza, co-founder of scenester label Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) but you won't be hearing any of the ESL's signature bossanova or other latin......

On any given Sunday there is a barrage of things to do in Los Angeles. This particular Sunday I received an invitation from Kamran V of Spaceland Records to go to "This is not a Fugazi Show" a tribute to Fugazi (a benefit for Art Share Los Angeles ). As I made my way there I had got a flat tire, I didn't let this deter me and borrowed my loftmates car. It was......

Artist: Antelope Album: Reflector Label: Dischord Release Date: 03/27/2007 There are people who are wholeheartedly devoted to the Dischord Records label, who will buy, nay, devour with a kind of religious fervor anything and everything that founder Ian MacKaye has deemed worthy. What's not to like or respect? Ian MacKaye has been a visionary for almost 30 years, ever since playing in the seminal D.C. punk band, Teen Idles. Full disclosure: I don't think......