Autolux is one of Los Angeles's finest rock outfits in my opinion. Lately they've been getting a lot of attention, not to mention killer shows (that's what happens when your manager is The White Stripes manager as well), so I'd be surprised if you haven't already heard about this band in some form or another. Their sound falls somewhere between My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth (and I’m talking about the Sonic Youth records where they play SONGS not the ones where they’re banging spoons together), Can, and The Jesus and Mary Chain (from whom I think they’ve borrowed the amazing ability of marrying their lovely shrieking noise, insanely loud and glorious feedback, with their lush and beautiful male/female harmonies). The more I listen to this, the more I’m diggin’ it. It's good live too. Not to sound like a total misogynist, but their drummer Carla, is by far the best female drummer I have ever seen. Hell, she’s better than most guy drummers out there. 
As for the other members, Greg (guitar/vox) was in that band Failure whom you might have heard before. Homeboy has his tone DIALED! And Eugene (bass/vox) was in the Guns N’ Roses video “November Rain” playing violin and wrote the instrumental Beastie Boy’s song “Eugene´s Lament” (among other things like playing in that punk band DFL). These dudes are going out on US tour with Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age pretty soon which means they're gonna see Aaron eat a lot of cake.
(Download - "Blanket")
Upcoming Autolux shows:
w/NINE INCH NAILS & QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Sept 15 - Oct 15
w/SHELLAC
August 20 The Echo Los Angeles
w/THE WHITE STRIPES
August 17 The Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA
w/THE WHITE STRIPES
August 13 The Greek Theatre Berkley, CA
SAN DIEGO STREET SCENE (main stage)
July 29 San Diego
w/BECK & LE TIGRE
July 19 Santa Barbara, CA The Santa Barbara Bowl
July 7
Sonic Cathedral @ The Legion London, England
w/DUKE SPIRIT
July 6 Barfly (Xfm Xposure Live) London, England
Hell yes, Autolux kicks ass. I wish i could go back in time and fly out to london to see them with the duke. That mustve been a wicked good show brosef.
Posted by: dave | Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 10:21 PM
Does cake mean something besides cake? Yeah, this band seems pretty cool.
Posted by: Ryan | Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 11:16 PM
what cake the drug like in the episode of Brass Eye????
The show the other day with the Duke Spirit was great, even if the Barfly is one of the worst venues in London.
Posted by: Ally | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 01:25 AM
What does your first sentence mean Ally?
Posted by: Ryan | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 08:15 AM
Brasseye was a tv programme in the UK
Posted by: Oliver | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 09:53 AM
excellent choice, all the heroin greg did worked to create an excellent follow up to fantastic planet, unlike Ken's weak year of the rabbit lp.
too bad here in toronto we get those shit streakers death from above instead of autolux.
Posted by: Clayton | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 10:22 AM
Brass Eye was a tv programme, and in this one episode they got a bunch of minor celebrities to warn the public about this fake drug called CAKE. It was yellow and the size of a football. All the celebrities and one MP believed it and read all this ridiculous stuff out and claimed to be really worried, making themselves look dumb on TV.
Posted by: Ally | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 10:35 AM
The two songs buddyhead posted are my 2 favorites off the album. What a coincidence. "Lately ive been worrying, that it just might be ok."
Posted by: Dave | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 11:01 AM
I still don't understand this sentence, what cake the drug like in the episode of Brass Eye???? but I'm over it now.
Posted by: Ryan | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 02:07 PM
That's because it should read:
"what, cake the drug, like in that episode of Brass Eye"
for that episode they even interviewed a Conservative MP who was so shocked, he even asked a question in Parliament about what the government was doing to stop Cake.
When he found it was all bullshit, he complained to the t.v company who cancelled the show.
Posted by: Jason | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 03:40 PM
They do put on a killer live show. They're so fucking loud, and use feedback in a very tasteful way. I'm glad I get to see them in Detroit again.
Posted by: Jason | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 06:33 PM
I'd give my left nut to see that show with Shellac.
Posted by: Jason | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 06:34 PM
I saw them in March and they totally blew the other bands off stage, one of the best shows Ive seen this year.
Posted by: Alex | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 06:41 PM
I won't lie. I liked the new Death From Above 1979 album. Cool metal riffs. Good production. I heard that they suck live, though. Go figure.
Posted by: John | Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 04:30 PM
The DFA full-length is a guilty pleasure of mine...the first e.p was stellar though. Actually, their live shows are the only reason why I continue to listem to them. They slay at lightning speeds and sound like a metal band more than anything.
Posted by: Paul Losada | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 10:50 AM
They sound like a metal band? What metal bands sound like that?
Posted by: Charlie Stain | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 12:06 PM
DFA musta been influenced by being hassled by that shit disco label, cuz they now sound like they could fit right in with the rest of that label's audio garbage.
And how can they suck live, they're just a rhythm section?
Posted by: Michael | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 04:22 PM
No lie, dude. Lots of bummed out kids walked out on one of their philly shows two months ago and the singer/drummer started calling them a "bunch of pumpkins." One of the most energenic shows I've been to in well over a year.
Posted by: Paul Losada | Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 11:03 AM
autolux is fuckin fantastic.
post some otis redding
Posted by: memphis jake | Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 01:05 PM
Ooooh I'm dead!!!!!!!
Posted by: mendo | Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 06:16 PM