Last March I recommended Echo Park dance troupe/electrosiezure We Are The World as a band “You Should Know” and really, this recommendation is for your own good if you feel that music needs an artistic boost removed from the cult of celebrity currently seized ahold of iTunes. Finally the Echo Park quarted have made a hauntingly spectacular video for standout track “Clay Stones” in anticipation of their first release, a single of the song available today via IAMSOUND (still saying pre-sale). The Vinyl will be out 2/23 on Manimal.

And as I’ve said before if you get the chance to catch their kenetic live show (of which they play very few) consider yourself very lucky. Their myspace page indicates an upcoming February residency here in Los Angeles but a venue has yet to be revealed. Rest assured I will be making as many trips to Silverlake/Echo Park this month as necessary.

We Are The World. You may think I’m talking about the Michael Jackson fronted post-AMA coke party from the 80′s but really I’m talking about more the hipster-art/rave generating a lot of post-indie buzz here in the dirty city. They just so happen to be playing the Viper Room tonight (which I can fucking see from where I’m writing this). And how cool are they you ask? Well their publicist still hasn’t gotten back to me about getting on the list tonight…+1…and a photo pass. Effing Lamers. Somebody remind them that nobody has even heard of them east of the PST!

Check them out because it’s high energy as fuck and the visuals are tripping me out a bit. I think they put some highly subversive art directors on this shit and it makes me want to kill my boss with a bagel slicer. I shouldn’t write that but who am I kidding? When you art direct for 1992 you aren’t going to read this blog!

My roommate and I keep reminding each other that we should be on our way to SXSW this year if it wasnt for my shit job and her sick and vacationing co-workers. Fuck You, Barb. Fuck You, Ed. You love your colitis so much why don’t you marry it.