New underground in Los Angeles

In 2007 the dirty female punk became a corporate style of group of Los Angeles — Mika Miko.

Five feminists play uncompromising youth punk when word not to disassemble and changes of songs not to notice, but the enthusiasm will justify all. Basically, something similar create half of female elektro-pank groups, Le Tigre or Peaches, even a name similar to a distance already — riot grrrl, however Mika Miko have no anything the general with electronic music. It is the rock'n'roll finished to the absolute, with influences The Germs and The Slits.

Having presented on public court a debut album ‘C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.’ in 2006, girls were ready to sink into oblivion, yes not here that was: to catch the fifteen minutes of glory the situation which has developed in a native city has helped. Los Angeles became will be filled with groups, such congenial Mika Miko.

No Age, HEALTH, Wives, The Mae Shi suddenly in sharply became new American heroes, and the teenagers who have got tired of electronics and a disco, began to show interest to new music — noise mixes, hardcore and punk-rock in style of the American groups of the end of 80th years, and Pitchfork has seriously started talking about new American invasion.

The duet (the group consists of the vocalist-drummer and the guitarist) No Age became one of the centres of new DIY/art party. Thanks to this couple action of skvota-art platform The Smell embodied on a cover of debut album No Age and in video of group on a song ‘ Boy Void ’ once has twirled. According to eyewitnesses, a place simply fantastic and improbable where always set of pleasant people which train each other in game on various tools, together cook necessarily vegetarian food, draw, films look, listen to music. Naturally — own record-label («Fat Cat») on which debut album No Age — ‘Weirdo Rippers’ has been written down.

As usual, the plate has received good balls from musical magazines and approving words from various known alternative groups. Guitar improvisations in the spirit of Liars replaces fragmentary punk-rock, written down just like that Ramones, Black Flag.

The songs closest on atmosphere to film DOG TOWN or early clips Sonic Youth when young are ready to shake only heads, and the word “Suicide” had been used up each wall in a local ghetto.

Other adherents The Smell - group HEALTH, known for the teamwork with Crystal Castles ‘Crimewave’, probably the most experimental collective from all musical party of Los Angeles.
Recently left debut album of group is full of the psychodelic lines inspired by late creativity all same Liars or Ex Models, and dark synthesizers in the spirit of Black Dice. All is gloomy enough and dramatic. The escaping vocal, infinite guitar noise and songs, whether are so filled by sense, that mortal not to understand, whether simple and nothing meaning.

Now for all this new wave there are two ways of development: either to sink into oblivion, or to become a harbinger something new as it happens in the same Los Angeles twenty years ago.