Thanks to Heidi sending me this video.

Skinny Puppy Pro Test

Labels: Goth Love, Videos

It was me and maybe 20 other people, industry types who were talking about kids and private schools in the Valley. We were sitting inside a rehearsal space at Swinghouse, which is that sort of anonymous in a "What the hell kind of factory is this?" building on the corner of Formosa and Willoughby. I sat down quietly in a corner and a really tall guy with glasses came over and greeted me. Then he came back and asked me if I was Beth.
"Liz, actually," I answered.
That's when I knew that this was the person I was set to watch perform because the publicist probably gave him my name and even though people almost always call me Lisa, sometimes my name ends up as Beth.
Terry Sullivan is his name. He has played in countless bands over the past two, maybe three, decades. This is his solo project. Onstage with him are guys who look like the Friends of Rodney, older guys who had played with just about everyone and would hang out at the reincarnation of the English Disco and spin yarns on the smoking patio. The set was short, maybe a half-hour, and solid. This definitely wasn't like watching friends play in a garage. The music appealed the part of me that screams if and when I hear "Alex Chilton" on the radio and
can't decide which Cheap Trick song I like best. Power pop madness, kids, get on it.

Labels: Awesome Local Bands

You know we love Pop Noir over in these parts, but did you know that tonight the band is opening up for Moros Eros and Young Love at Knitting Factory? Totally true. Pop Noir goes on at 8 p.m.

If I didn't have a previous engagement at the same time, I would be there.

But, it gets better. Pop Noir is opening up for The Autumns at The Echo next week. It's like the booking agent at The Echo read my mind, or at least the last two issues of The Rockit.

Labels: Awesome Local Bands, Pop Noir, Upcoming Shows

My latest story for Santa Monica Mirror.

It's about the Battle of the Bands at Rusty's Surf Ranch.

Labels: Other Writing

BUBONIC PLAGUE GIVAWAY











In January, we told you that Bubonic Plague was one of the L.A. bands to watch in 2007.
Here's what we said:



"If The Slits and Throbbing Gristle met up to drink absinthe in the alley behind The Smell,
the result might be Bubonic Plague."



Now you, dear readers, have the chance to catch Bubonic Plague for yourself.



The band is playing on Saturday February 2 at M/R/X. Since 2003, M/R/X has brought Los Angeles the best music culled from the darkest depths of the underground and Bubonic Plague is no exception. This time around, the band will be performing with the spectral incarnation of its singer, Geneva. The result will be a multimedia event you don't want to miss.



The Rockit is giving away one pair of tickets each
to the first two people who correctly responds to this command:



Name two members of Throbbing Gristle.



Email your answer to rockit@therockitnews.com for a chance to win.



Winners must be at least 18 years old.



Bubonic Plague @ M/R/X

2/03/07

Roberto's

686 N. Spring Street, 2nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA

18+

9 p.m.- 2 a.m.

w/DJs Job Leatherette, Ingo, Reanimator, Tony X, Bundy and Erick Dead

Cover: $6










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Labels: Awesome Local Bands, The Rockit

You should have been there.

Depeche Mode-- Martyr (Booka Shades Dub)
Sieg Uber Die Sonne-- Love is Okay (Villalobos Mix)
Felix da Housecat-- Silver Screen Shower Scene (Laurent Garnier Mix)
Digitalism-- Digitalism in Cairo
Madonna-- Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Mix)
Royksopp -- What Else Is There (Thin White Duke Mix)
Stardust-- Music Sounds Better With You
The Rapture-- House of Jealous Lovers
Nelly Furtado-- Man Eater
Scissor Sisters-- I don't Feel Like Dancing
Stevie Nicks-- Stand Back
Dot Allison-- Substance (Felix da Housecat Mix)
Gorillaz-- Dare (Soulwax Mix)
The Clash-- Mustapha Dance
Le Tigre-- After Dark (A Touch of Class Mix)
Pet Shop Boys-- Flamboyant (Hell Mix)
Smash TV-- Queen of Men
Bloc Party-- Like Eating Glass (Black Strobe Mix)
Nam: Live-- Church of Nam (Zombie Nation Mix)
Green Velvet-- Flash (Danny Tanaglia's Nitrous Oxide Mix)
Depeche Mode-- John the Revelator (Tiefschwarz Mix)
New Order-- Perfect Kiss
Madonna -- Jump (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
Ellen Allien & Apparat-- Sleepless
Tok Tok vs. Soffy O-- Missy Queen's Gonna Die (Smash TV Mix)
Virgin Prunes-- Baby Turns Blue
Primal Scream-- Some Velvet Morning
Ultravox-- Reap the Wild Wind
Tears for Fears-- Change
The Church -- Under the Milky Way

Labels: Clubs, DJ Sets