To Live and Shave in L.A.

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To Live and Shave in L.A. (TLASILA)
Origin Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Genre(s) Experimental / Noise Rock
Years active 1991–present
Website http://www.toliveandshaveinla.com
Members
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott
Rat Bastard
Mark Morgan
Don Fleming
Chris Grier
Andrew W.K.
Graham Moore
Andrew Barranca
Sickboy Milkplus
Balazs Pandi
Former members
Weasel Walter
Thurston Moore
The Lady Tigra

To Live and Shave in L.A. (TLASILA) is an experimental music collective founded in 1991 by Tom Smith in Miami Beach, Florida. The "wildly inaccessible" [1] ensemble has featured Thurston Moore, Don Fleming, Andrew W.K., Weasel Walter, and at least two dozen other musicians and sound artists. Their primary aesthetic assertion posits that genre is "obsolete". Although often categorized as purveyors of noise music, TLASILA have been noted to pursue an unorthodox approach, "construct(ing) songs around an overwhelming plethora of sonic detail, challenging the listener to engage with a surfeit of information,"[2] deliberately burring "the line between harsh metal-on-metal noise and abstract musique concrète."[3] To Live and Shave in L.A.'s poetic texts "distance" the group "from any potential peers," "scanning like (they) came from some previously unearthed hermetic treatise."[4]

[edit] Selected Discography

  • 30-minuten männercreme CD (Love Is Sharing Pharmaceuticals, 1994)
  • Vedder Vedder Bedwetter CD (Fifth Column, 1995)
  • An Interview with the Mittchell Brothers CD (Audible Hiss, 1995)
  • Tonal Harmony CD (Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers, 1997)
  • Where a Horse Has Been Standing and Where You Belong CD (Western Blot, 1998)
  • Peter Criss vs. Peter Christopherson CD-R (Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers, 2000)
  • The Wigmaker in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg 2xCD (Menlo Park Recordings, 2002)
  • God and Country Rally! CD (The Smack Shire, 2004)
  • Horóscopo: Sanatorio de Molière CD (Blossoming Noise, 2006)
  • Noon and Eternity CD (Menlo Park Recordings, 2006)
  • Les Tricoteuses CD (Savage Land Records, 2007)
  • The Cortege CD & 12" LP (Blossoming Noise, 2008)
  • The Grief That Shrieked to Multiply 2xCD (Important Records, 2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa. "Pop and Jazz Guide: To Live and Shave in L.A." New York Times. 10 September 2004: E4.
  2. ^ Brassier, Ray. "Genre is Obsolete." Multitudes #28. March 2007: 47.
  3. ^ Sisario, Ben. " The Listings: May 11 - May 17." New York Times. 11 May 2007
  4. ^ Keenan, David. "To Live and Shave in L.A.: Wigged Out." The Wire August 2002: 14

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