THE INLAND EMPIRE ORGY: Friday May 2 10pm-5am

The regular season is over, but that doesn't mean we aren't going for the pennant. Check in at www.whrb.org and www.recordhospital.org for plenty of great orgy programming--for the uninitiated, orgies are large blocks of themed air.

First up for us: The Inland Empire orgy. The past few weeks have been dominated by bands too fucked for L.A., and that's been through no fault of our own. It's fitting, then, to have these seven hours to look back at some of the great music coming out the Empire, including:

Contaminators
Crime Desire
Human Mess
Loser Life
Waco Fuck

and much more from Going Underground Records, Life's A Rape Records, and who knows what. Join us, and keep an eye out for the "Different Kind of Grind: Two Human Hardcore Band Orgy."

Essayistic promo prose for Friday below:

What does David Lynch’s Inland Empire, a dark, grainy
journey through the dark side of America, have to do with the
actual Inland Empire, the geographical area bordering Los
Angeles just to the west? Aside from sharing a name, not much.
But consider the film’s opening shot: a turntable, spinning in the
dark, over and over, incredibly grainy and obviously video. It’s
this idea that we’re taking and running with over here, because
little known to Lynch and to much of America, there are some
angry punks in the kingdom and they’re letting you know. We
explore the highs and mostly lows of the down-and-out geniuses
behind labels like 16oh and Going Undergound, and bands such
as Loser Life, Heartbeatz, and the Contaminators, to name a few.

Underagers Set to Lose Out On Shows

The Boston Herald recently reported on a new ban introduced by Boston on underaged shows, reporting that "On Tuesday, the City Hall notified nightclubs across the city that events featuring live music or DJs will have to clear the room of underage patrons by 11 p.m."

No word yet on how this might eventually affect Cantabrigian shows, but we'll see. A similar piece of legislation has been a point of controversy in D.C. recently; it seems that show violence is leading to the proposed laws.

A sure to be effective online petition has been started here.

Hot Cross New Release

Level-Plane is now taking pre-orders for the new Hot Cross LP, Risk Revival. Available in orange, yellow, and hideous picture disc form online from 29 North Records. Pretty limited runs, and the band won't have any at the record release shows.

Speaking of record release shows, don't miss Hot Cross with our friends and generally awesome Boston band, Sinaloa.


FEBRUARY 17 (Saturday) @ MassArt Pozen Center
Hot Cross (record release)
Transistor Transistor
Readyellow
Sinaloa

Disrupt Reissues

Relapse is reissuing Disrupt's Unrest album as well as a new collection CD of all of Disrupt's other material. Massachusetts newcomers should check out this crusty Boston classic.

You can preorder the CDs at the Relapse Store. There's also a box set version available which includes a DVD and larger booklet.