Monday, May 12, 2008  12:01 am 

Es la Buena Ola

Que Bueno!

Portland cuates Magic Johnson follow the proud tradition of bands preoccupied with domestic issues (ah, the Barcelona Pavillion!) to deliver instant pyrokinetic no wave fun packing the same rambunctious punch of winningnest outfits Mika Miko or Finally Punk, ‘Telenovelas’, their new 7” on OlFactory records is instinctive block party hardcore that stretches like mega sugar high-inducing sticky as fuck pink chewing gum to bring together the grainy DIY superheroics of Jerusalem Crickets and the ramshackle street soul of UT, this is the musical equivalent of a Powell-Peralta skateboard covered with neon calaveras being smashed against the plasma screen TV during a house party that Chelo’s parents will never forget, awesome!

Magic Johhnson- Pa Su Mecha

And all our love to Bianca.

XYX have strapped us to their lucky charm keyring right by the paw of death, and we couldn’t think of a better place to be, their ‘Sistema de Terminacion Sexual’ Seven (first heard in Art for Spastics, claro) is blues noise charged with the taut wild-eyed sexual turmoil of Be Your Own Pet or Yeah Yeah Yeahs before they went AOR, and the ominous black magic of suicide bikers These are Powers, fuzzy guitars zig zag turbulent like a crippled joyride in the rusty carousel of vampire haunted Santa Carla, there’s a bunch of leather-clad kids with long yellow fangs and cool raybans floating in the darkness outside the bonfire of your keg-party and the rest of the story is pure splatter, which is the way we like it.

XYX- Nunca Nunca

HEALTH with Revenge of Shinobi and Medicine and Duty at the Freebutt tonight. BLAST

Glass Candy tomorrow. Life After Sundown.

labels >> Magic Johnson, XYX