skinny wolves
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Skinny Wolves Promotions:
MIKA MIKO (USA, Kill Rock Stars)
NO AGE (USA, Fat Cat Records)
CAP PAS CAP
Monday 25th June
Boom Boom Room
Doors 8.30 / 10euro
//MIKA MIKO (USA, Kill Rock Stars)
www.myspace.com/mikamiko
www.mikamiko.tk
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mika Miko has made a name for themselves by being truly on their own program. The 5 piece all female "punk" band will defend the term with all their power because they are just that, an amazing Punk band, both in spirit and attitude. Pounding their way through interesting, fast, pop songs that leave you wondering how they pull the steam all the way through. Imagine a high school dance where Red Cross, Black Flag, X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Germs are all playing at with an updated flare of excitement and anxiousness. That feeling you are thinking of is the feeling of Mika Miko and the sound you are imagining is only part of the equation that makes Mika Miko a local favorite in L.A. and everywhere else.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Think about the thousands of "kids" who have seen Mika Miko play live and have heard their 7" on PPM, their self released cassette tape, and their songs on a couple various comps and the internet. Now think about a full-length CD (KRS) and LP (PPM) that "kids" have been waiting for (to them it seems like forever) that really captures the essence and intensity of the group. And, opening for such bands like The Gossip, The Moving Units, Gravy Train!!!, XBXRX, Deerhoof and already headlining shows [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]without[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] a record out. Put all that together and you have a sea of emotions, I know, but somewhere in that dark ocean of thought popping their just-out of teenage range heads are Mika Miko, wondering when you are going to get up from your office desk and join them and the rest of the kids for a night of punk fun.[/FONT]
MP3 // Capricornations
//NO AGE (USA, Fat Cat Records)
www.myspace.com/nonoage
www.thesmell.org/ppm
Two young heavyweights from the LA Skate / Art / Punk underworld, No Age are comprised of Dean Spunt and Randy Randall. Formed from the ashes of the fondly remembered Wives, No Age purvey a stripped, essential, life-affirming skewed take on pop delivered via a clearly defined punk rock aesthetic, taking in noise, energy and melody in equal measure. Reminiscent at various junctures of the likes of early Black Dice, The Ramones, and/or My Bloody Valentine, 'Weirdo Rippers' documents a fast developing band hitting their stride. Harnessing an explosive dynamic tension, No Age's music is prone to switch from syncopated punk-rock squalls to melodic, transient flashes of colour, or conversely, a pop song might spontaneously cut through the noise. On some basic, fundamental level, No Age simply don't behave quite how you expect them to – they are their own band, full of their own conviction, and following their own trajectory.
The band have continued Wives tradition of incendiary live shows, playing as frequently as possible, expounding a visceral energy on an equal footing with their recorded output, via guitar, drums, vocals and a minimal amount of effects. No Age's music is deceptively simple in it's construction, yet thoroughly compelling.
No Age played their first proper show at The Smell, LA, in April 2006, where both Randy and Dean are also involved in a curatorial, social, and artistic sense. The Smell is an all ages space dedicated to underground music and art. Citing The Smell as seminal and inspirational to many, and at least partially responsible for the existence of both their bands to date, it's a mutually supportive grass roots space reflecting No Age's DIY ethic. It is this building that features on the front cover of their debut album for FatCat, 'Weirdo Rippers'. The band also make video, performance and visual art under the name No Age and by themselves, and recently curated the 'Get Hurt' exhibition in LA, featuring works by Devendra Banhart, Rich Jacobs, Ron Rege Jr., Matthew Thurber, Susan CianCiolo, and Ashley Macomber to name a few.
MP3 // Get Hurt
MIKA MIKO (USA, Kill Rock Stars)
NO AGE (USA, Fat Cat Records)
CAP PAS CAP
Monday 25th June
Boom Boom Room
Doors 8.30 / 10euro
//MIKA MIKO (USA, Kill Rock Stars)
www.myspace.com/mikamiko
www.mikamiko.tk
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mika Miko has made a name for themselves by being truly on their own program. The 5 piece all female "punk" band will defend the term with all their power because they are just that, an amazing Punk band, both in spirit and attitude. Pounding their way through interesting, fast, pop songs that leave you wondering how they pull the steam all the way through. Imagine a high school dance where Red Cross, Black Flag, X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Germs are all playing at with an updated flare of excitement and anxiousness. That feeling you are thinking of is the feeling of Mika Miko and the sound you are imagining is only part of the equation that makes Mika Miko a local favorite in L.A. and everywhere else.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Think about the thousands of "kids" who have seen Mika Miko play live and have heard their 7" on PPM, their self released cassette tape, and their songs on a couple various comps and the internet. Now think about a full-length CD (KRS) and LP (PPM) that "kids" have been waiting for (to them it seems like forever) that really captures the essence and intensity of the group. And, opening for such bands like The Gossip, The Moving Units, Gravy Train!!!, XBXRX, Deerhoof and already headlining shows [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]without[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] a record out. Put all that together and you have a sea of emotions, I know, but somewhere in that dark ocean of thought popping their just-out of teenage range heads are Mika Miko, wondering when you are going to get up from your office desk and join them and the rest of the kids for a night of punk fun.[/FONT]
MP3 // Capricornations
//NO AGE (USA, Fat Cat Records)
www.myspace.com/nonoage
www.thesmell.org/ppm
Two young heavyweights from the LA Skate / Art / Punk underworld, No Age are comprised of Dean Spunt and Randy Randall. Formed from the ashes of the fondly remembered Wives, No Age purvey a stripped, essential, life-affirming skewed take on pop delivered via a clearly defined punk rock aesthetic, taking in noise, energy and melody in equal measure. Reminiscent at various junctures of the likes of early Black Dice, The Ramones, and/or My Bloody Valentine, 'Weirdo Rippers' documents a fast developing band hitting their stride. Harnessing an explosive dynamic tension, No Age's music is prone to switch from syncopated punk-rock squalls to melodic, transient flashes of colour, or conversely, a pop song might spontaneously cut through the noise. On some basic, fundamental level, No Age simply don't behave quite how you expect them to – they are their own band, full of their own conviction, and following their own trajectory.
The band have continued Wives tradition of incendiary live shows, playing as frequently as possible, expounding a visceral energy on an equal footing with their recorded output, via guitar, drums, vocals and a minimal amount of effects. No Age's music is deceptively simple in it's construction, yet thoroughly compelling.
No Age played their first proper show at The Smell, LA, in April 2006, where both Randy and Dean are also involved in a curatorial, social, and artistic sense. The Smell is an all ages space dedicated to underground music and art. Citing The Smell as seminal and inspirational to many, and at least partially responsible for the existence of both their bands to date, it's a mutually supportive grass roots space reflecting No Age's DIY ethic. It is this building that features on the front cover of their debut album for FatCat, 'Weirdo Rippers'. The band also make video, performance and visual art under the name No Age and by themselves, and recently curated the 'Get Hurt' exhibition in LA, featuring works by Devendra Banhart, Rich Jacobs, Ron Rege Jr., Matthew Thurber, Susan CianCiolo, and Ashley Macomber to name a few.
MP3 // Get Hurt
