Indie label Mad Decent, created by Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Diplo, has made a partnership deal with another indie, Downtown Records.
Home to artists such as Bonde do Role, Brick Bandits, and DJ Blaqstarr, Mad Decent will join acts like Gnarls Barkley, Justice, Eagles of Death Metal and Santigold at Downtown, which already partners with A-Trak and Kid Sister’s Fool’s Gold Records. Dance music seems to be congregating under the same banner.
If you were at a concert in L.A., and you spotted four beautiful women at the bar, each of them with a full handlebar Yosemite Sam moustache and a pair of aviators, would that seem odd to you? Under normal circumstances, you might begin to question your current level of inebriation. But at the Eagles of Death Metal show at the Henry Fonda on Feb. 4, it was perfectly normal to spot clusters of guys and gals wearing realistic stick-on moustaches in tribute to Eagles frontman Jesse “Boots Electric” Hughes (above).
Boots Electric and the rest of the Eagles, with the help of Queens of the Stone Age drummer Joey “The Sexy-Mexy” Castillo, shook the stage with an hour and a half set that sampled heavily from the band’s second album, “Death By Sexy,” which, based on throngs of dancing fan, was a crowd favorite.
***Update: The winners have been announced! Congrats to David Hall and JMK!***
Who wants to see the Eagles of Death Metalone of the biggest bands to come out of LA in the past year perform with The Living Things at the Fonda in Los Angeles for free tomorrow night?! Well we just happened to have an extra pair of tickets hanging around for their February 4th show at the Fonda and thought we’d offer them up! So who wants them?
Say what you want about Josh Schwartz’s television series (The O.C., Gossip Girl, Chuck), the man has given some much-needed exposure to a lot of Indie bands. Back when The O.C. was still on the air, he gave acts like Death Cab For Cutie, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Rachel Yamagata, and more a chance to reach a broader audience on a national scale by having them appear on the show, and even perform their songs.
It looks like he’s returning to that formula with his new web series, Rockville, CA, which will run exclusively on TheWB.com. We mentioned it a few months ago (and maybe some of you even turned up to be an extra in it!), but now it’s finally nearing completion. Set in the fictional nightclub Rockville, the show will feature live performances from bands every week. Though only 15 to 30 seconds of the performances will air during the 4 minute episodes, fans will be able to see the full two-song sets as well as interviews with the artists online.
The Eagles of Death Metal have just released a new remix by Evil Nine’s MCLA for their hit song, “Wannabe in LA.” Personally, I like the original better. Although I was starting to get a bit sick of it because it’s so over-played. So maybe this is a way of adding some new life to the song.
What do you think? Do you prefer the original or the remix?
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The Eagles of Death Metal have been blowing up with their recent track “Wannabe in LA” (love the pun) track of their new album Heart On. Last night they played live on the Jimmy Kimmel show. I guess that means they made it in LA!
I know I’m a sucker for handlebar mustache’s and all, but these guys are awesome! In 2004, Eagles of Death Metal launched their career with “Peace, Love, and Death Metal,” followed in 2006, with the diabolical “Death By Sexy,”and are just about to release “Heart On” on October 28, 2008.
Check out this video for “Wannabe in LA” from their upcoming CD.
On September 25th, an eclectic crowd gathered at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles for the final show of the Hives/ Eagles of Death Metal/Willowz tour. From scenesters and seasoned followers of local indie faves the Willowz, to the savvy black and white clad Hives devotees, everyone in attendance was poised for a night of musical magnificence.
Among these contrasting fan-bases was a smattering of tattooed greasers and leather clad vixens, huddled in select groups throughout the venue. They casually sipped on cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, occasionally stopping to take a drag off of their cigarettes. It was obvious that these seasoned rockers were anticipating a different vibe than that of their alt-indie and garage pop bretheren. Plain and simple, these folks were here to rock ‘n’ roll. And rock ‘n’ roll they would, to the hip shakin’, boot scootin’ boogie woogie sound of the fast-paced desert rock band, Eagles of Death Metal.
