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• Thursday, June 10, 2010  11:14 am 

  Norse God of Sunsets

  When the Earth’s surface cracks open and the fertile soil turns into a hard clay; when flames burst from the sea and your sweat boils your skin into blisters, only the coolest of sounds can save your soul. For me, this usually means soothing drone, blissed out beats, and a bunch of other cliched reverb [...]

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• Monday, April 19, 2010  6:05 am 

  Summer Slim

  High fives all around! Let’s get stoked for summer! Its really close! Here in LA we’re currently experiencing what they call ‘earthquake weather’. Honestly, I’m not sure what that is. Is it weather that rocks? If so, then Batwings Catwings are the perfect sound for the season. (Thats like a terrible dad joke, isn’t it?) [...]

  Featuring >> Batwings Catwings, Brian Miller, Dead Wife, Deathbomb Arc, Knight Rider, no age

  
  

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• Wednesday, March 24, 2010  12:05 am 

  Life Molded from Graph Paper

  There is a balance of anonymity and intimacy here in LA that, although dangerous (i.e roadrage, drivebys, plastic surgery), has helped create one of the most diverse sounding music scenes in America. Tied together by a few brave DIY music venues like The Smell, Sync Space, Echo Curio, and Pehrspace, people from many different walks [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, E&E, Rabbits, tik///tik

  
  

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• Friday, March 5, 2010  12:05 am 

  Pop Cops

  While most of the world suffers due to global warming, Los Angeles is becoming more tropical in the summer and now gets rain in the winter. So no more droughts and Hawaiian vacations for all. Already the land where fun music like the Beach Boys and Mötley Crüe came from, the propensity for catchy tunes is [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Girls in the 80s, Kid Infinity, xxjfg

  
  

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• Wednesday, February 24, 2010  12:05 am 

  Virtues of the Tweenage

  Long gone are the shocking days of the unauthorized remix. Z-Trip’s work is done as mashups have gone from underground to the driving force of mainstream radio (at least here in Los Angeles). Even the video game DJ Hero only makes sense in a post-mash up world. Cultures no longer clash, but rather swirl together [...]

  Featuring >> Black Ivory, Brian Miller, Genuine Guy, John Oswald, Sickboy, v/vm, xxjfg

  
  

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• Thursday, January 21, 2010  12:05 am 

  Peace Reenactments

  What is the future without the past? Give me a simple answer to the question, “What is time?” Lovely all these nonsense shapes that words can form, isn’t it? Let’s slow it down a bit then. Focus. A bunch of “stuff” happened in the past. Some of that stuff is music. After letting that music [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Nothing People, VNC, xxjfg

  
  

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• Wednesday, January 20, 2010  12:05 am 

  Hurricane Batman

  When you hear the banshee coming from down the mountain, she is still only a whisper. Surprise surprise (and much to your delight) when you find out that the banshee is always so gentle. How about an added bonus: The banshee loves MC Hammer! Yeah, it doesn’t get much sicher. So acts like Universal Studios [...]

  Featuring >> Bermuda Triangles, Brian Miller, Coyote Clean Up, Miguel Mendez, xxjfg

  
  

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• Tuesday, January 5, 2010  12:05 am 

  2000 Zen

  Everybody gets exactly what they want. While I can’t explain why in the world we wanted 2009 to be so bad, this metaphysical law is fantastic now because everyone wants 2010 to rule. Anyone with a twitter or facebook account knows what I’m talking about. “2010 is gonna rule!” is the quote of the day [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Internet Forever, tik///tik, xxjfg

  
  

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• Thursday, October 22, 2009  1:22 pm 

  The Littlest Frankestein

  Sorry for being bad of late. We’re on the way to getting things sorted…For now, here you have another awesome post from Brian, getting ready for Halloween as we do. Living here in California, the whole mystique surrounding the Cali-Lo-Fi-Tropical thing has a been a little lost on me. Best Coast sounds great, but I’m [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, E&E, Inca Ore, Matthieu Le Berre

  
  

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• Thursday, October 8, 2009  3:27 pm 

  Meet Mister Spottless

  Brian DBA scores again!  Natty stuff, get on it! While techno may be the country music of Europe, here in LA it is usually just the music of douche-bags. Then the punks got their hands on it and things really got fucked up. Enter King Ahab (Twitter). Punk in attitude, but still a virtuoso that [...]

  Featuring >> Alaskas, Brian Miller, Captain Ahab, VNC, rRope

  
  

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• Monday, September 21, 2009  12:05 am 

  A Breathing That Comes From A Direction With No Name

  20jazzfunkgreats’ LA reporter Brian Miller is back with another savoury post. I am absolutely loving the Mincemeat or Tenspeed ‘Green Velvet piercing Genesis P-Orridge’s face with poison switchblades’, but then how would I not? Let it all kick off. After spending most of the past 15 years in and around California, there are more sadly [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Strip Mall Seizures, Uphill Gardners

  
  

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• Tuesday, June 30, 2009  12:05 am 

  Will rock and shock the nation

  We are celebrating Upset The Rhytm’s US tour with a bunch of glorious exclusives from artists that shall be participating in the jaunty shindig, beautiful stuff and much much love to Chris, Claire and Brian ‘tunes’ Miller. Remember: This Friday (3rd July): New York at Monster Island Basement Saturday 11th July: Los Angeles at the [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Former Ghosts, Lucky Dragons, The Urxed, Upset the Rhythm

  
  

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• Wednesday, April 15, 2009  5:28 am 

  Brian’s Cali trip: Slimer Fetish

  Here in Los Angeles there is a 5th season that is essentially like summer, but about 10000000000x hotter and shittier. It isn’t here quite yet, but I live in fear of it. It is kinda like living in Antarctica’s bizarro world opposite. Supposedly we’re in for another ice age soon, but I can’t help but [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, CP, Realicide, Social Junk

  
  

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• Monday, March 2, 2009  12:05 am 

  Brian’s Trip: Nite Crimes

  Another postcard from Brian Miller at Deathbomb Arc HQ, another chance to rejoice. Pretty awesome. / / / / / \\\\\\\\ Some lovely sounds from Los Angeles this time, both of the ragamuffin sort and the prim and proper. Although both camps represent a distinctly working class, far beyond Hollywood, urban pop mentality. The duo [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, Father's Day, Knight Rider, Oth, We are Dios, xxjfg

  
  

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• Thursday, January 22, 2009  12:05 am 

  Everyone has seen someone naked, alright?

  Welcome to the second instalment of Brian Deathbombarc’s tour of LA. Step into the awesomeness, and say thanks below. The Valley of Smoke is what Native Americans called the area now known as Los Angeles. Geographically predisposed toward fires, dusty air, and an apocalyptic feeling in general, it didn’t help in the 80′s that we [...]

  Featuring >> Brian Miller, E&E, John Thill, Nicole Kidman

  
  

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