Editor’s note: The ’00s have already slipped into life’s rearview mirror, and I think it’s important to take a few minutes and think about recent musical history.
The Mae Shi, The Pope, Laco$te, Totally Radd!!…each represents a different aspect of the early 21st Century’s colorful—and often contradictory—aspirations. Sincerity/insincerity, low tech/high tech, homemade/ready for the club. All aspects were explored musically and offered up for your delight. Now they are back to thrill you again.
Famed L.A. soundman Kyle Mabson talks to these titans of “ought” culture about what it all meant, and what they’ve been doing lately.
