Neil Hamburger (Drag City)
“Despite his appalling comic timing, muddled delivery, and cliched material, stand-up Neil Hamburger nevertheless emerged as one of the most acclaimed and name-checked comedians of his generation; like Lenny Bruce before him, he was a hipster icon whose trailblazing riffs defied conventions at every turn, transcending the confines of hilarity with kamikaze recklessness. Prior to his ascendance, comedians were expected not only to be funny, but insightful as well; Hamburger changed all that forever.” - Answers.com

The Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser Yo-Yo Extravaganza
In case you haven't heard about K-Strass yet, he's become known in recent months as ‘the yo-yo Borat who keeps fooling dumb TV stations.’ It seems he claims to be a yo-yo champion who uses his skills to spread a message about environmental awareness. But once he's on the air, it becomes clear that K-Strass is not what he seems.” - NPR.org

“A man calling himself Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser has fooled five Midwestern television stations into putting him on the air as a supposed Yo-Yo expert. When it comes time for K-Strass to demonstrate his yo-yo trick, he always finds a way to screw it up. The trick is on the TV station. Is this guy a modern-day Andy Kaufman or a freak who lives in his mom's basement?” - Minneapolis City Pages

The City
"The trio is spread across Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but this mishmash of home addresses doesn’t come through in the trio’s music: They play cohesive, pop-infused rock songs that would make Joan Jett proud." - O.C. Weekly

The Groggs
Hard hitting '70's influenced rock garage (carport?) power.

Jonas Reinhardt
"Jonas Reinhardt resurrected the sounds of Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze, and Tangerine Dream. The music is still replete with swirling synths and vintage elements, most notably the Michael Karoli guitar lead that peals over an open-throttled Klaus Dinger beat. But more important than the influences they crib is the energy that drummer Damon Palermo (Mi Ami), guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am), and bassist Diego Gonzalez (Citay) bring. They don’t just rock a Neu! beat; they really rock, and by doing so yank Jonas Reinhardt out of the past and into the now." - Dusted

Cloudland Canyon (Holy Mountain)
Originally an all-things-not-Panthers outlet for guitarist Kip Ulhorn swapping musical ideas with Simon Wojan (now in King Khan and his Shrines), Cloudland Canyon spent several years interpreting the more structurally-challenged examples of Krautrock, '70s psych of the drone-discovering variety, spots of unnerving (in a good way) improv here and there, and the wonderful '90s bands that started out as head-scratchers and ended up as innovators (first-wave Siltbreeze and Kranky highlights). Fin Eaves, the band's third full-length overall, is the inaugural album from Cloudland Canyon Phase II. Joined once again by significant-other Kelly Ulhorn and a rotating cast of contributors, Kip has crafted a unique take on really, really goddamned loud and noisy. Most important--hinted at on 2008's Lie in Light--are big, unavoidable pop hooks clawing their way out of a pulsating, throbbing thickness of guitar, bass, who-knows-what-type-of-effects and understated but omnipresent drumming. Imagine a Flying Saucer Attack foundation supporting noise on par with the first two Iran albums, or maybe even Jesu, with flowing vocals providing the major pop-hook components. - Holy Mountain bio

White Cloud

Cowboy and Indian
Featuring Daniel James from Leopold and His Fiction.

Idea The Artist

Punk Rock Sideshow w/DJ Tragic & the Duchess of Hazard, every Monday

David Liebe Hart (Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job)
“As Los Angeles-based fans of Tim and Eric know, David Liebe Hart, the slightly off, but obviously harmless Christian Scientist puppeteer and singer/songwriter, has been one of the city’s…er best kept secrets for over two decades. I’ve seen Hart with “Doug the Dog” and his ventriloquist dummy “son” Chip the Black Boy performing outside of the Hollywood Bowl and the La Brea Tar Pits, singing his songs about alien abductions, staying off drugs and how badly he wants a girlfriend since I first moved here.” - Richard Metzger, Dangerous Minds

Capt. Ahab
Los Angeles electropunk duo extraordinaire! Captain Ahab’s warped 80’s dance pop sound and sexually explicit lyrics prompted Muzik magazine to deem it “pure smut” and XLR8R, “stunningly brilliant.”

Influences include: giorgio moroder, mannheim steamroller, aphex twin, laibach, sparks, mannie fresh, human league, alan parsons, merzbow, emitt rhodes, oingo boingo, wesley willis, don dorsey, dj deeon, they might be giants, the shaggs, rhapsody, charles dodge, rod lee, like-a-tim, skinny puppy, joe meek, costes, jerry goldsmith, shannon, dat politics, divine, steve reich, atom heart, john zorn, mike patton, sigh, information society, alphaville, china mieville, anthony rother, meco, weird al yankovic, hrvatski, pdq bach, tom lehrer, david arkenstone, blectum from blechdom, nobukazu takemura, tangerine dream, azis, eugenics council, huey lewis & the news, squarepusher, kate bush, was (not was), gd luxxe, raymond scott, dj screw, goblin, hammerfall, abba, ennio morricone, bleachmobile, isao tomita, aube, the boredoms, emperor, iron maiden, dr. hook, cock esp.

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