Hanatarash
Snot-nosed. Fucking snot-nosed. Hanatarash pours out of your mouth like a coarse slur aimed directly at the son of a bitch who just laid his fist into your jaw. Historically-speaking, Hanatarash (Hanatarashi [literally meaning "snot-nosed"] as known earlier on in their development) were an outfit that developed from Osaka, Japan in 1984. Yamantaka Eye, who later started Boredoms, and Mitsuru Tabata made up the original line-up of this front (to refer to them as a band seems unwarranted or insult. Somewhere between these two junctures. Maybe more simply like a half-yellowed bruise that didn't hurt as much as it does now when it was a deep hematoma blue. Just before the heal). From its early, ...Read more
Noise + Fabric Lab + Le Castlevania
TONIGHT! The Fabric Lab will be gracing us with their presence at Noise with a fashion show featuring a gamut of local designers from their shop. Some people say, "Oh, I don't like Beta..." but come on, people, you can't deny that they have the best sound system in the country. When people say this, I figure they just don't like to dance. Which is okay. But BO-RING! Plus, ever since I heard LeCastlevania's Black Eyes remix a couple years ago I can't help but wiggle around like a Beatle-crazed dancing hipster every time I hear it. So, come dance the night away, peruse local fashion, and watch me make an ass of myself on the runway ;) ! ...Read more