the echo and echoplex

Luther Russell || Listen

“Luther Russell displayed the maturity to turn one of the most heartbreaking situations of his life into the greatest artistic success of his musical career. The former frontman of The Freewheelers wrote his fourth solo album, Repair, in the midst of a troubled divorce from his wife. To escape the torturous thought of remaining near to the site of tragedy, Russell moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles. While there, he had sudden thoughts of discontinuing his blossoming music career due to stress and emotional distraction. Though Russell was reluctant to once again becoming musically active, he decided to turn is rampant emotions of sorrow into the form of song. The result of endless hours of recording was Repair, Russell’s fourth album and his best one yet. To Russell, it was more than just another album. It was symbolic of moving on while continuing to pursue personal hobbies. Though it is a break from his more ambitious expenditures, Repair showcases Russell at his most natural and straightforward, resulting in songs that are both catchy and highly memorable. ” - Obscure Sound

with:
Sarabeth Tucek
Magic Mirror

8:30pm / $7 / 18+

The Dept. of LA Parks and Recreation & Spaceland Productions present:

The Black Pine || Listen

“Guitar chords come out of ether, grow into an incessant chord progression, and suddenly duet vocals, or electric piano, sometimes a lush section of strings blooms from sparse beginnings. The Black Pine shows patience and measured angst with an emotional vocab that most bands this side of the Atlantic just cant master. Dark songwriting that doesnt aspire to goth, and the ability to conjure deep sadness without gettin emo on everyone, makes the Black Pine a rare species these days.” - LA Alternative

with:
Princeton || Listen

at:
Pershing Square
532 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI:
Spaceland Thursdays at Pershing Square
Pershing Square Info

8pm / FREE / All Ages / Outdoors

The Dept. of LA Parks and Recreation & Spaceland Productions present:

The Moon Upstairs || Listen

“Singer/guitarist/keyboardist Sharif Dumani and bassist Aaron Ebensperger had both toured and collaborated with rock ‘n’ roll soul man Cody Chesnutt a few years back and eventually made the Moon Upstairs their full-time project along with guitarist Mark Sogomian, drummer Josh Mancell, and the newest member keyboardist/guitarist Dave Baine. Inspired by the sounds of George Harrison, Pink Floyd and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, the music of the Moon Upstairs is both organic and atmospheric.” - Bio

with:
Saint Motel

at:
Pershing Square
532 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI:
Spaceland Thursdays at Pershing Square
Pershing Square Info

8pm / FREE / All Ages / Outdoors

The Dept. of LA Parks and Recreation & Spaceland Productions present:

The Section Quartet || Listen

The section quartet consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello, but please don’t call it a string quartet. “We’re a rock band,” insists first violinist, arranger, and founder Eric Gorfain, allowing, however, that “we’re playing classical instruments and we’re classically trained, so we kind of straddle the line.” Cellist Richard Dodd is less willing to compromise. “We play electrified instruments, really hard and loud, like a band,” he says. “I try to play with very little vibrato, and I get a solid bite into the string all the time. It’s a very aggressive style that probably wouldn’t go over too well with many orchestras.” - Strings Magazine

with:
The Minor Canon || Listen

at:
Pershing Square
532 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI:
Spaceland Thursdays at Pershing Square
Pershing Square Info

8pm / FREE / All Ages / Outdoors

The Dept. of LA Parks and Recreation & Spaceland Productions present:

Bodies of Water || Listen

“Bodies of Water prides itself on being as natural in its aesthetic and sound as its name portrays. Songs of joy, songs of pain, but mostly just good old fashioned testimonial songwriting. And if there’s a religiosity to the band’s songs it seems to be more than just the trappings of a bunch of indie rock kids trying to play gospel. When they say that a divine hand moves us in ways we can’t understand, it ain’t ironic. And when they squeal together in upward spiraling melody mountains, it sounds like truth seeking, not posturing.” - LA Alternative

with:
Miniature Tigers

at:
Pershing Square
532 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI:
Spaceland Thursdays at Pershing Square
Pershing Square Info

8pm / FREE / All Ages / Outdoors

101 North
Exit Glendale / Echo Park Blvd.
Go straight off the exit (pass the lake on your left)

THE ECHOPLEX will be on your right at 1154 Glendale Blvd (main entrance is through the alley)

For the Echo, turn right on Sunset
THE ECHO will be on your left at 1822 Sunset Blvd.

101 South
Exit Alvarado
Left off the off-ramp (heading North on Alvarado)
right on Sunset Blvd.

THE ECHO will be on your right at 1822 Sunset Blvd.

for the Echoplex, turn right on Glendale Blvd
THE ECHOPLEX will be on your left, at 1154 Glendale Blvd, (main entrance is through the alley)

2 South
Highway ends at Glendale Blvd.
Exit Glendale Blvd. South

THE ECHOPLEX will be on left at 1154 Glendale Blvd (main entrance is through the alley)

For the Echo, turn left on Sunset
THE ECHO will be on your right at 1822 Sunset Blvd.

VALET PARKING
Valet parking is available across the street at Taix French Restaurant (1911 W Sunset Blvd) for $5.

Bus / Metro Routes: LADOT Transit or MTA

Get directions from Google Maps

M.I.A. || Listen

“I have the most interesting record,” rapper-producer Maya “M.I.A” Arulpragasam told us recently. Now that Rock Daily had a chance to check out Kala (due August 12), we totally agree. For starters, the one Timbaland-produced cut (”Come Around”) is the most conventional track on the album. There are also bird calls, Indian drummers, rapping Aboriginal children and eerie glitch-and-grind beats that’d make Thom Yorke puke with envy. With M.I.A. spitting catchy rhymes and id-channeling reveries, the overall sound is something like a inimitable female MC collaborating with robots and ghosts in a jungle — thickly detailed electro-rap both primal and futuristic. - Rolling Stone

with:
Low B || Listen

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $20 / 18+

M.I.A. || Listen

“I have the most interesting record,” rapper-producer Maya “M.I.A” Arulpragasam told us recently. Now that Rock Daily had a chance to check out Kala (due August 12), we totally agree. For starters, the one Timbaland-produced cut (”Come Around”) is the most conventional track on the album. There are also bird calls, Indian drummers, rapping Aboriginal children and eerie glitch-and-grind beats that’d make Thom Yorke puke with envy. With M.I.A. spitting catchy rhymes and id-channeling reveries, the overall sound is something like a inimitable female MC collaborating with robots and ghosts in a jungle — thickly detailed electro-rap both primal and futuristic. - Rolling Stone

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $20 / 18+

with:
VHS or Beta || Listen
Institubes || Listen
Protokoll || Listen
Walter Meego || Listen

9pm / $15 adv, $17 dos / 18+

Dandi Wind
Passions
Bedtime For Toys || Listen

Plus Resident DJs:
Franki Chan
Paparazzi

@ The Echoplex
(Beneath the Echo)
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Main Entrance is Through the Alley

RSVP at Going.com to get in for FREE : http://losangeles.going.com/dandiwind

9pm / $10 / 18+

with:
Franki Chan
Paparazzi
Andee Frost (Australia)

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main entrance is through alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $5 / 18+

Busdriver
P-Trix
K-The-1

Plus Resident DJs:
NOBODY [Rough Trade/Plug Research]
EDIT [Alpha Pup/Ghostly/Planet Mu]
THE GASLAMP KILLER [MHE]
DADDY KEV [Alpha Pup/Konkrete Jungle]

Plus:
Resident MC NOCANDO [Alpha Pup/Project Blowed]
Resident Artist MEAR ONE

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
http://www.myspace.com/lowendtheoryclub

10pm / $5 / 18+

The Locust

“The hardcore scene that grew out of the fertile grounds of the early to mid-’90s San Diego punk scene has very few survivors left. Bands formed and broke up at an alarming rate, often releasing albums posthumously; however, 12 years after their inception, and despite a revolving door membership, flagship noisemakers The Locust continue to pierce the eardrums of noiseheads worldwide. The band’s 2003 effort, Plague Soundscapes, was a monumental shift forward. It was their first disc for Epitaph subsidiary Anti- (home to folks like Tom Waits and Porter Wagoner) and also marked the beginning of their relationship with Mars Volta and At the Drive In producer, Alex Newport. With his capable hands behind the boards, the band had never sounded more professional or more punishing in their career.

Their latest effort, at least aesthetically, falls in line with their past works. The lengthy song titles (“One Manometer Away From Mutually Assured Relocation”), provocative artwork, and inventive album title are traits now very familiar with Locust fans. But from the opening blast of synths and guitars from New Erections it becomes quickly apparent that once again, The Locust are redefining the genre they helped create, which will leave imitators scrambling to keep up.” - Popmatters

with:
The Bronx || Listen
Qui with David Yow

+ 2 very special guest headliners

@ The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main entrance is through the alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

5:30pm / $15 adv, $17 dos / All Ages

The Happy Hollows || Listen

“Los Angeles continues to breed killer new bands like some sort of musical rabbit farm. This three-piece litter of sweet sonic babies is known as the Happy Hollows, appropriate as it’s hard not to smile like an idiot when they commander a club stage. A spin through their “Bunnies and Bombs” EP reveals the power-puffy trio bashing out hyperactive power-pop with a serrated buzz-saw edge of noisy guitars and Pixie-fied beats. Songs like “Meteor” and “My Wet Tongue” bops with an abandon familiar with 1990s “college rock” before it gets swallowed up by all things “indie.” But the main attraction is super-fine lead singer/guitarist Sarah Negahdari, a woman after my own heart with her trademark striped tube socks and wild rock babe ways. We double dog dare you not to develop a mad crush on her after just one show. It’s nigh impossible. Resistance is futile.” - Metromix LA

with:
The Billionaires
The Henry Clay People || Listen
The Soft Hands

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

I See Hawks in LA || Listen

“Their songs are rife with mournful social commentary, environmental tragedy, wily humor, outsider guile, and political undercurrent. Seldom has there been an album with such joyous music-making, such corrosive, acid-etched lyrics.” - WM Smith, No Depression

with:
Bubba Hernandez
Dave Gleason

8:30pm / $7 / 18+

Spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

10pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

Any Day Now
Good With Grenades
Eastern Conference Champions || Listen
Maxeen

plus HELL YA! DEEJAYS

8pm / Free for 21+, $5 for 18+ / 18+

Mike Stinson || Listen

5pm / FREE / all ages

Old Time Relijun || Listen

Old Time Relijun, at first, sounds like the wackiest of fliers come to life. “I’d like to start a band. I’d like a thunk-thunk-thunkin’ upright bass, a squealing sax, an ever-so-slightly off-beat rhythm guitar, and a dude who teaches throat singing classes wailing away on top of it all. I play pretty tight drums. Who’s interested?” What’s thrilling about these cats is that, when they cook, they sound like they’re making the sort of music most anyone with passion could make. They sound like they’re having obscene amounts of fun making it. But deeper listening reveals the twisted talent beneath the cleansing racket. And, good times aside (but well within reach), they know that messy, obnoxious dance music is too powerful to play strictly for chuckles. Having fun + taking one’s art seriously (enough) = talent (at least, of one sort… and Old Time Relijun, they’re multi-talented). - Dusted Magazine

with:
Jail Weddings
The Holy Kiss || Listen
Woman
Jeremy Jay

8pm / $8 / 18+

The Faraway Places || Listen

“According to the band’s Website,principals Donna Coppola (keyboards,vocals) and Chris Colthart (guitar, vocals) met in Boston while watching a Sun Ra video, and their music—first put out under the moniker the Solar Saturday, and fleshed out by an ever-changing ensemble of players—evokes the experimental, jazzy and frequently downright wacky spirit of the Arkestra’s work. Except that the Faraway Places are a helluva lot more listenable: They combine jangly and fuzzy guitars, layers of electronic and orchestral flourishes and a pop sensibility that straddles 60’s England and 70’s California, with Ms. Coppola’s matted voice sounding like a cross between Nico and Kim Deal. Unfocus on It, their debut album, manages to be both cool and warm, especially on the wistful ‘Summertime’ with its melancholy string arrangements and back-up sighs, and the Beach Boys-meets-Bowie ‘City on the Ocean’.” - New York Observer

with:
Tables & Chairs
Club Tropicana

8:30pm / $5 / 18+

Deerhunter
The Blood Arm || Listen
Indian Jewelry || ListenNo Age
Midnight Movies || Listen
Jay Reatard
Foreign Born || Listen
Pissed Jeans
xBxRx || Listen
Darker My Love
The Nice Boys
Langhorne Slim || Listen
Great Northern || Listen
Triclops || Listen
Red Fang
Best Fwends
Vultures (San Diego)
Luke Top
Moonrats
Rumspringa
The Strange Boys
Abe Vigoda
Bad Dudes || Listen
Jail Weddings
+ many many more

Tickets purchased day of show must be purchased at the Echoplex Ticket Office at 1154 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026. The Entrance to the Echoplex Ticket Office is through the alley

5pm / $12 / All Ages

The Explosion (very last west coast show)
The Fuse! (Reunion show and only show)
Lavender Diamond || Listen
Busdriver || Listen
Boom Bip || Listen
Entrance || Listen
American Steel || Listen (First LA show in 7 years!!!)
The Mae Shi
The Fleshies || Listen
Bobby Birdman || Listen
Residual Echoes
Imaad Wasif
Times New Viking
Hit Me Back
Thee More Shallows
Greg Ashely of Gris Gris
Partyline (members of Bratmobile)
Brother Reade || Listen
Wooden Shjips || Listen
Love or Perish
Devon Williams
Sabertooth Tiger || Listen
Sleepover
+many more

Tickets purchased day of show must be purchased at the Echoplex Ticket Office at 1154 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026. The Entrance to the Echoplex Ticket Office is through the alley

5pm / $12 / All Ages

Midnight Movies || Listen

“The music that supports Olivier has a Velvety quality to it as well, with simple (but powerful) tribal drumming ala Mo Tucker, walls of noisy guitar, and easy but indelible melodies. Just as the music of the VU was always informed by (and inseparable from) New York, Midnight Movies is all about Los Angeles. From the name of the band—those Hollywood cult classics played on late-night TV—to the fact that it records for a label founded to release movie soundtracks (New Line) to the overall feel of the music, you couldn’t imagine Midnight Movies hailing from anywhere else. This is where noir was born, and Lion the Girl has its dark, mysterious and foreboding atmosphere. One could easily imagine Olivier and her mates scoring any David Lynch film. Or walking off the street into a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard and seeing the band, in any decade from the 1960s to the present.” - Popmatters

with:

Irving || Listen
The Architects
Gore Gore Girls || Listen

@ The Echoplex
(Beneath the Echo)
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Main Entrance is Through the Alley

8pm / FREE / 21+

special guest dj set by BUZZCOCKS

with:
Languis || Listen
The Tartans

Hairdresser on fire. Panic. Jeane. Vicar in a tutu. Hand in glove. Oscillate Wildly. You’ll hear them all tonite. . .or as many Smiths/Morrissey tracks we can fit in to 4 hours of dancing. With Smiths/Moz covers by LANGUIS & THE TARTANS! PLUS. . . the first 50 paid through the door will receive a FREE CD: The Smiths live in Oxford, 1986!! (Volume 5 in the PTP mix series)

plus resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

10pm / $5 / 21+

Manic || Listen

“L.A. group Manic has honed in on what makes them special—recording beautiful alternative pop-rock songs that have a slew of hooks and thoughtful melodies. Unable to exactly pinpoint who or what they sound similar to, the listener will instead focus on the actual music and grooves. Having already done the poor rock ‘n’ roll group thing (they emptied their bank accounts and traveled off to the U.K. to make their mark), Manic is no stranger to risks. ‘Another New Home’ is filled with risks too; indeed it’s a thought-provoking glimmering pop record that will last a good test of time or two, inspiring other artists that taking a few chances could change their course.” - Smother.net

with:
Strangers Smile
Unarmed
Supa Floss

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Manic || Listen

“L.A. group Manic has honed in on what makes them special—recording beautiful alternative pop-rock songs that have a slew of hooks and thoughtful melodies. Unable to exactly pinpoint who or what they sound similar to, the listener will instead focus on the actual music and grooves. Having already done the poor rock ‘n’ roll group thing (they emptied their bank accounts and traveled off to the U.K. to make their mark), Manic is no stranger to risks. ‘Another New Home’ is filled with risks too; indeed it’s a thought-provoking glimmering pop record that will last a good test of time or two, inspiring other artists that taking a few chances could change their course.” - Smother.net

with:
Minutes til Midnight
Policy
Dead Ponies

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Manic || Listen

“L.A. group Manic has honed in on what makes them special—recording beautiful alternative pop-rock songs that have a slew of hooks and thoughtful melodies. Unable to exactly pinpoint who or what they sound similar to, the listener will instead focus on the actual music and grooves. Having already done the poor rock ‘n’ roll group thing (they emptied their bank accounts and traveled off to the U.K. to make their mark), Manic is no stranger to risks. ‘Another New Home’ is filled with risks too; indeed it’s a thought-provoking glimmering pop record that will last a good test of time or two, inspiring other artists that taking a few chances could change their course.” - Smother.net

with:
Oreskaband || Listen
The Snow
On The Surface

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Manic || Listen

“L.A. group Manic has honed in on what makes them special—recording beautiful alternative pop-rock songs that have a slew of hooks and thoughtful melodies. Unable to exactly pinpoint who or what they sound similar to, the listener will instead focus on the actual music and grooves. Having already done the poor rock ‘n’ roll group thing (they emptied their bank accounts and traveled off to the U.K. to make their mark), Manic is no stranger to risks. ‘Another New Home’ is filled with risks too; indeed it’s a thought-provoking glimmering pop record that will last a good test of time or two, inspiring other artists that taking a few chances could change their course.” - Smother.net

with:

Clark S. Nova
Tygers of Wrath
Good On Paper

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

with:
The Submarines || Listen
Pop Noir || Listen

Plus:
Blake Miller (Moving Units)
Maurice De La Falaise (HTDJs, Transistor, Par Avion)
Maria Holland
June D (White-Doves NYC, The Musebox)
Royal Rumble

spinning the best in: indie, international pop, britpop, electro, disco, post-punk, new wave, no wave, hiphop and more..

FMI:
Hang The DJs on Myspace

9pm / $8, $5 with Sunset Junction wrist band / 18+

with:
A For Attack || Listen
Sabertooth Tiger || Listen
The Nation Blue (from Australia)

Plus Underground DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

10pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

With:
The Ronelles

Plus Underground DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

10pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

ENTER FROM GLENDALE

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $10 / 21+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with:
Trinity & Tony Tuff

Plus:
Tippa Lee & Andrew Wright

and Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $15 / 21+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

Foreign Born || Listen

“Freshly signed to Dim Mak, On The Wing Now shows talent, balls and the type of gusto that’s missing from so many bands today. Describing their sound is a little hard to do; they manage to infuse the best parts of shoegazer and indie rock and put a good shot of late ’80s/early ’90s Britrock (a la Stone Roses) in the mix for a totally unique sound. You know a record has to be good when the first track is the same name of one of your favorite venues. Such is the case with Foreign Born’s ‘Union Hall,’ a track full of chanting and soaring vocals, hand claps and haunting sonic textures. ‘Into Your Dream’ sees the band playing with the dirty side of rock with driving, pounding drums and fuzzy guitars. Listening to it, it’s hard not to think of Black Angels or Velvet Underground.” - The Tripwire

with:
In Waves
Nevenka

8:30pm / FREE for 21+, $5 under 21 / 18+

Girl Talk || Listen

“Pittsburgh native Greg Gillis (Girl Talk) absolutely detonates the notions of mash-up on his third album, the violently joyous Night Ripper. Rather than squeeze two songs that sorta make sense together into a small box, Gillis crams six or eight or 14 or 20 songs into frenetic rows, slicing fragments off 1980s pop, Dirty South rap, booty bass, and grunge, among countless other genres. Then he pieces together the voracious music fan’s dream: a hulking hyper-mix designed to make you dance, wear out predictable ideas, and defy hopeless record-reviewing.” Pitchfork Media’s review of Night Ripper

with:
Dan Deacon || Listen

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

7pm / $15 adv $17 dos / all ages

Girl Talk || Listen

“Pittsburgh native Greg Gillis (Girl Talk) absolutely detonates the notions of mash-up on his third album, the violently joyous Night Ripper. Rather than squeeze two songs that sorta make sense together into a small box, Gillis crams six or eight or 14 or 20 songs into frenetic rows, slicing fragments off 1980s pop, Dirty South rap, booty bass, and grunge, among countless other genres. Then he pieces together the voracious music fan’s dream: a hulking hyper-mix designed to make you dance, wear out predictable ideas, and defy hopeless record-reviewing.” Pitchfork Media’s review of Night Ripper

with:
Dan Deacon || Listen
White Williams

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

10pm / $15 adv $17 dos / 18+

Simian Mobile Disco || Listen

“Comprised of two blokes named James (that would be James Ellis Ford and James Anthony Shaw) from defunct Astralwerks also-rans Simian, dancefloor-friendlier Simian Mobile Disco burst onto the scene about a year ago with the aforementioned “Hustler” and a bunch of ace remixes for like-minded Klaxons and the Rapture, as well as Air and the Go! Team. “It’s the Beat” should prove one of 2007’s most primal and infectious dance anthems come year’s end. Opening on a murky, skeletal pulse, a slightly roboticized vocal– with very human sass– drops in amid the blips, bloops and scratches with some very Go! Team-derived hip-hop chatter. But when the song hits its stride at the three-minute mark, look the fuck out: A dense, swirling cloud of lush, twinkling synthesizers takes over for an electro-psych breakdown, and the song quickly reassembles itself with an absolutely colossal polyrhythmic drum track. “It’s the Beat” finds SMD puréeing the thrust of house with the shriller sounds of rave and the icy precision of techno, and it’s one of the most satisfying tracks– electro or otherwise– to drop yet this year.” - Pitchfork

with:
Boys Noize

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $20 / 18+