Redd Kross

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, January 21 Baron von Luxxury, Yellow Alex, Yung Skeeter THE SATELLITE Electro-pop comes in splendiferous shapes and sizes. And Baron von Luxxury brings the wicked-wit version, in which DeBarge, ELO, Hall & Oates and other formerly uncool '80s soul stylists float through the disco in super-s ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, December 31 Redd Kross, The Melvins ALEXANDRIA HOTEL Despite the myriad achievements of the human race throughout history -- moonshots, pyramids, penicillin and the late-night food truck -- one never-realized dream haunted civilization: getting Redd Kross and The Melvins to play on the same ... More >>

Music Picks: Fishbone, the Growlers, Redd Kross

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, December 7 Black Mambas THE REDWOOD The Black Mambas -- along with The Neumans and The Hurricanes -- are L.A. label Wild Records' newest signees. But instead of building into the label's Sun Records-style sound of '56, the Mambas stagger into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk vel ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, August 31 Mark de Clive-Lowe BLUE WHALE As one might expect from a hapa Japanese-New Zealander who arrived in L.A. via Boston, New York and London, this keyboardist/DJ/music producer is a complex synthesis of musical styles and cultures. Mark de Clive-Lowe honed his craft in the United King ... More >>

Redd Kross Have a New Record After 15 Years

See also: Still a Malcontent: A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off! The McDonald Brothers, the driving force behind punk legends Redd Kross, stand well over six feet tall and have awkward gaits. Ahead of their new album -- Researching the Blues, our today -- they're sitting together ... More >>

Music Picks: Rusko, HARD Summer, SMOD

Also, Beachwood Sparks, Jesca Hoop, Ravi Coltrane and others

Abigaile, Kitchen 24 to Open Monday

Monday, Feb. 6, sees two restaurant openings: Abigaile in Hermosa Beach and Kitchen 24 in West Hollywood. Like a phoenix, Abigaile rises from the ashes of Union Cattle Co., which closed in January. Same owner (Jed Sanford), new concept (upscale American brasserie), new chef (Max DiMare of Wood Taver ... More >>

Union Cattle Co. Closing; Becoming Abigaile

This Sunday, South Bay local Jed Sanford will close down a Hermosa Beach landmark. Union Cattle Co. will shutter for a month-long overhaul and will reopen in early February as Abigaile, an upscale American brasserie with touches of Italian, French and Spanish influence. The chef is Max DiMare of Woo ... More >>

SXSW Bands from A-Z: M-Q

​ Here we are once again, with our servicey enterprise that's both informative and educational. A mix of genres awaits you at the jump as we go through awesome bands in M-Q playing SXSW official showcases.

THE SPITTLE SCREEN

Off! Releases New MP3 -- Seconds Of Pleasure Within (NSFW)

​ Keith Morris, Steven McDonald, Mario Rubalcaba and Dimitri Coats are Off!, the rippin'-est "supergroup" since the Wylde Ratttz, and today they release a 34-second track from the fourth of the four EPs due for eventual collection and release on Vice later this month. It's called "Full Of ... More >>

Live Review: OFF!, Redd Kross (aka Red Cross) and Scream at Club Lingerie

Diamond Bodine-FischerOFF! at Club Lingerie​Club Lingerie, Hollywood. Last Wednesday evening. By 9:30 the line wrapped around the block, by 10 a roomful of people shuffled their feet, snuck looks at the crowd around them and sipped their beer. Around 10:30 Keith Morris -- founder of Black Fl ... More >>

LA Punk Revival Show: Tonight Redd Kross and Scream join Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Raymond Pettibon's OFF! EP Release Party

​Here's a little last-minute communication from Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and his new band OFF!: TONIGHT at CLUB LINGERIE in Hollywood! Surprise guests are RED CROSS (performing the early punk hits) followed by SCREAM (original lineup)! OFF! is on first at 10pm so hurry across t ... More >>

KNOW YOUR PUNK

LA Punk Supergroup OFF! (Featuring Members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Etc.) Signs with Vice Records

Raymond Pettibon will provide art for OFF!'s Vice Records debut​We previewed in our print section a few months ago the live presentation of OFF!, the Keith Morris-led quartet featuring members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Burning Brides and Earthless, and the art of Raymond Pettibo ... More >>

Long Gone: The Great Lost Quick Album

Band's sole album, Mondo Deco, is reissued on vinyl

Rock Picks: The Strange Boys, Memory Tapes, Scout Niblett, Four Tet

Also, El Perro Del Mar, Phranc, Moonrats and others

Rock Picks: MIKA MIKO, SILVER PINES, OLIN & THE MOON, LIVING THINGS

Also, Tim Eriksen, Spaceland on Ice With Twilight Sleep, and others

LA Labels Recovering from Lumberjack Mordam's Closure; Where Do They Go Next?

It was the e-mail that every record label dreads. At the beginning of July, Toledo-based distributor Lumberjack Mordam Music Group informed its clientele that it was no longer in the music distribution business. It was the latest chapter in the saga of a struggling music industry that includes Feb ... More >>

Sparks Light Up Royce Hall with Performance of Classic Album and New Material

View more photos in the Sparks slideshow. All photos by Timothy Norris Sparks at UCLA Royce Hall, Sat., Feb. 14 To borrow the title from Sparks' 2000 album, it took balls for Ron and Russell Mael to stage their 21-night residency in London last summer, performing the entirety of each of their 21 a ... More >>

Between the Lines

The music at the edges

Dog Days of Summer: Seeking Sausage Satori

Along the hot-dog trail, stops at Jeff's Gourmet, Brats Brothers, the Infield and Yaki's

Flyers of the Week: Dirty Sailor / Sunset Junction

This flyer is just a thing of beauty. MJ's has been hopping lately. Thumping bass bleeds through the walls, and I catch glimpses of glistening shirtless man-flesh dancing on a tiny stage as I walk to Trader Joe's for bread and cat food like the 80 year-old lady that I am. Still, I thought it was j ... More >>

More bands added to Coachella. But their names don't start with Radio and end in head

Ordinarily announcing a SoCal date for Aphex Twin would be pretty damn cool. In fact, I was just wondering recently if the guy was ever going to come out of his shell, or if he was going to get all Chinese Democracy on us. In fairness, Aphex Twin hasn't been exactly unproductive since his last pr ... More >>

Bookworm in a Tequila Bottle: 2007's Most Intriguing Music Books

Oh, those bed-wetting, penis-injecting, 43-person gangbang days of yore

Rock Picks: The Hives, Buck 65, Redd Kross, Yo La Tengo

For the week of Nov. 1 - 8

Rock Picks: Bob Dylan, Martin Rev, The Saints

For the week of July 19-26

Afro Hammond Jr.

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For the week of March 8 – 15

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For the week of December 21 - 28

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For the week of December 14 – 21

Pre- and Postmodern

L.A. WEEKLY DETOUR FEST, FEATURING QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BECK, PEEPING TOM, BASEMENT JAXX, RED KROSS and others in the streets of downtown L.A., October 7

Totally Krossed Out!

Redd Kross at Sunset Junction street fair, August 26

Nightranger

Mean Streets?

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For August 24 - 31

Forget About Your Cares, it Is Time to Relax at the Junction (Sunset Junction)

They Come in Colors...

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For the week of June 22 - 29

You Say You Want a Resolution

Satire, Punk and Politics

Or, black people don’t like George Bush

Nightranger

Outisde Looking In

Putting Faith in Dog

Hard ROQ

Re-Germinated

Deep Throat Queen For a Day

Blazing Chips

Frozen Entrée

Hope Sandoval wants to make you cry

Who Are You Calling Gaijin?