SELF INTEREST

Ever been to Bakersfield? SELF INTEREST sounds like Bakersfield. Hopeless, furious, ugly, mean, damaged, frustrated.  FOUR SONGS

KRÜEL

KRÜEL are getting noisier in their old age...and faster. Blinding white noise distortion is brutally penetrated by galloping DBeat madness d...

TUKAARIA

Seriously, those Southern California dudes are really good at this black metal stuff. Minor keys and howling vocals imprisoned by a blinding...

ITANSHA

Nothing to say except that this will destroy you. A one man band featuring the guitarist of YADOKAI, MORPHEME, VACCUUM and others, this nine...

TEARIST

Repetitive and distorted sampled beats that lurch as much as groove make up this beast, but what drives the beast is the vocals. A distinct ...

SHIT

Who doesn't want to start their Sunday with 5 minutes of downtuned blackened crust/metal mayhem? Dummies, that's who. Since you are ...

ASPEX

I'm not sure that fans of Mondays at The Escape can really ask for more than this. Members of KRUEL, DEAD NOISE, THE HELPLESS and others...

TOON DISASTERS

I've often praised the power of a well crafted mix tape, and Toon Disasters is exactly that. Excellent combination of deep cuts (10,000...

IRON LUNG

IRON LUNG should need no introduction, they have been honing their craft for nearly 15 years and have influenced hoards of followers in the ...

CONDITION

A buddy of mine was in town a few weeks ago, and we were talking music (not exactly an uncommon occurrence). He asked if I had heard CONDITI...

MIDNITE BRAIN

Yet another new killer SF hardcore band - they are breeding like mosquitos lately, but I hope that they live a little longer. MIDNITE BRAIN ...

ODOUR OF DUST AND ROT

More sounds from a certain circle of incestuous black metal savants, this 60+ minute comp features many of the regular suspects (GLOSSOLALI...

METH SORES

These San Jose mutants don't just have one of the best band monikers I've ever encountered, they also crank out the most profoundly ...

POLISKITZO

POLISKITZO are associated with the Silenzio Statico crew in Los Angeles, but it's hard to say exactly where they fit in. I've seen t...

FUCKED UP MIXED TAPE II

Mix tapes are perfect for tour, this tour starts on a Friday, and Friday is (conveniently) the day that I post mix tapes. This tour will sta...

ODZ MANOUK

Even more haunting black metal from the circle of Southern California madmen that call themselves Black Twilight. While I still leave discus...

QUIET RIOT

I am a shameless fan, have the tattoo to prove it, and these 1979 demos are QUIET RIOT's original lineup cranking through proto-Sunset S...

MR. BUNGLE

I worked at a local chain restaurant when I first moved to San Francisco, providing excellent customer service to business men and women dow...

DANIEL LENTZ

Easily dismissed as some pretentious new age shit, Daniel Lentz's 1986 composition Missa Umbrarum is a genuinely soothing collection of...

RAYOS X

Los Angeles has not made an appearance on The Escape in a while. Around the same time I realized this, I saw the second RAYOS X demo sitting...