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"It's a contributory factor to epilepsy. It's the biggest destructor in the history of education. It's a jungle cult. It's what the Watusis do to whip up a war. What I see in the discos with people jogging away is just what I've seen in the bush."-Harvey Wood, Director General of the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation, on disco (1979) Harvey Wood (who is a square and a racist) speaks of disco disparagingly for the reasons outlined above, and it is the...

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Monday, 30 July 2007
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I awake to a friendly, apologetic voice of a gal pal asking for forgiveness for her birthday-bash plans that have taken us to a rather rashly hip, hot and sticky London club with a DJ bill tough enough to satisfy any pair of skinny jeans. The venue is three stories full of drunken asymmetrical haircuts and runny eyeliner. It’s a wonder how any brace of dancing shoes manage to stay sane and not get lost in this sweaty, pungent, rock...

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Monday, 30 July 2007
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A pregnant woman stood stage left amongst a packed Troubadour crowd for Wednesday night’s sold out Tokyo Police Club show. For a few hundred revelers and the potential hipster in the making, tonight would mark the first audio/visual outing of the young group who hail from Newmarket, Ontario, otherwise known as Canada. Just infants in the big scary world that is indie rock, and really their second time stepping into Los Angeles, it was more than likely that the band...

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Sunday, 29 July 2007
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Last night, Ground Control (or at least three members of the GC team) was lucky enough to catch Tokyo Police Club as they played to a packed, sweaty house at L.A.'s Troubadour. You can look forward to the forthcoming review, but take our word for it now, they kicked much ass, barreling through a bunch of songs from their forthcoming album. Forthcoming album you say? Yeah, that's right. They've in fact just signed to Saddle Creek to produce their as-yet-untitled...

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Friday, 27 July 2007
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If a new Interpol album and tour wasn't enough for the post-rock fans out there, the Liars have confirmed their own new album as well as plans to tour North America alongside Interpol this fall. "Liars", the Liars' fourth album, will be released August 28, 2007 on Mute with the first single "Plaster Casts of Everything" available via iTunes (or for you old school fans, 7'' vinyl) on August 14. According to early statements, Angus Andrew of the Liars seems...

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Thursday, 26 July 2007
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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, labels need to embrace the free mp3 download revolution. Barsuk Records, from Seattle, WA, are embracing it like a mofo. We’ve been in touch with them a lot lately, covering artists like Rocky Votolato, John Vanderslice, Menomena and What Made Milwaukee Famous, and when we’re looking for a song to post, good ol’ Barsuk is like, “Here you go, have a song on the house!” I think they understand that most...

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Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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I was in Barney’s Co-Op not too long ago looking for some dope sale items and found myself dancing a little bit to the music playing in the store. I couldn’t place it for some reason and it was bothering the crap out of me. I hate doing this, but I didn’t have a choice, “Hey man, who is this?” I said to a worker while pointing to the ceiling. He said, “I think it’s Moving Units.” After a quick...

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Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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My most vivid Warped memory was from the Los Angeles Warped Tour in 2002. This was our first year on the tour and our first run that we've ever done in a bus. So for these shows I was well-rested and excited as hell to be a part of the festival. We were on the Drive-Thru stage that year, which was the size of a larger side stage. I remember the stage being set up in between the main entrance...

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Monday, 23 July 2007
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After an EP, In the Remote Woods (StarTime International), L.A.’s Foreign Born found themselves prancing on stage with the likes of the Walkmen and Cold War Kids, trekking coast to coast in a grease-driven van and self-releasing a limited run (500) of their debut full length, On The Wing Now. Now sold out and freshly inked to Dim Mak to give the album a proper release, the boys are ready for the next step, or so it seems. Opening with...

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Monday, 23 July 2007
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After a few minutes, it gets hot. Really hot. With all of us wedged in the space, one can see the skid row charm of the Little Radio Warehouse is equal part ghetto and fabulous: the wooden rafters and exposed brick are great but there's no ventilation. The difficulties of the venue aren't all too unusual: it seems that the majority of concert-goers over the history of time have suffered a variety of physical ills. We stand for long periods...

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Sunday, 22 July 2007