Sun 18 Nov – Mika Miko, No Age, Jay Reatard, The Strange Boys
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Last night I decided that I wanted to go to a show in downtown at a tiny underground indie/noise/punk venue called The Smell. Why? Because two of The Smell's brainchildren were performing: No Age & Mika Miko. Along with these two were The Strange Boys, Jay Retard, and Disaster.

The night started around 8:30 when I caught the Metro 81 which was a straight-shot to where I needed to go. So I got off at my stop and started heading in what…

Sat 29 Sep – Neighborhood Festival

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I have never been to a concert/festival like the Neighborhood Festival, but I can assuredly say that I will go again next year. Here’s the premise: Steve Aoki puts together this indie festival of artists on his label and his friends who just put on amazing shows. I’ll just give a rundown of the artists I saw and listened/danced/rocked/jumped to.

Starting off the day (around 3:30) was Funeral Party. I’ve never heard of them before, but they are the epitome of an indie scene punk band, complete with synths and a great bassist.…

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You might be surprised to hear that this distortion-electro artist called Boys Noize is German. If you aren’t, then you need to do some reading up on modern electro artists (I have quite a bit of stuff written here, just look around). France is all over the house/electro scene right now. Back to the CD. It’s quite good.

the rest of the review of Oi Oi Oi can be found here:
http://nikgomez.com/2007/10/20/boys-noize-oi-oi-oi/

Sat 21 Jul – Daft Punk, Ratatat, Sebastian, Kavinsky
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I almost feel bad writing this, almost sorry for you. But I also feel that I would be doing you a disservice by not letting you in on the most revolutionary concert I have ever been to. I can honestly say that the full 5 hours that I (and a friend) spent at the LA Sports Arena seeing SebastiAn, Kavinsky, Ratatat, and Daft Punk were well spent. Here is a rundown of the experience (because it was an experience).

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