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L.A. Record Xmas Party, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, December 16, 2007

Magic Lantern peaked "At the Mountains of Madness." Weekly poster/music zine L.A. Record cashed in on its good karma and booked a strong lineup to celebrate this obscure, esoteric holiday at the renovated library known as Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. Featuring savvy DJs with deep crates of psych ... More >>

Live Review: Let's Be Friends at The Vault 350 on 03/01

Review by Jeff Phifer. Photos by Fever Dragon. First there was the Rock and Roll Circus (Cirque du Rock and Roll), then there was the Circus of the Sun (Cirque du Soleil) and now there is the Circus of the Moon (Cirque du Lune) a.k.a. “Lets Be Friends” at The Vault 350. The bands on the bill ... More >>

Last Night: Look Daggers, LD & Ariano @ The Prospector in Long Beach

Last Night: Look Daggers, LD & Ariano @ The Prospector in Long Beach 5/29 Better Than: Being a San Antonio Spurs fan last night Nothing caps off a Thursday night like a swirling mix of basketball, break beats and booze. Hell, it’s a good night if you can manage to enjoy even one of those things. ... More >>

Last Night: Free Moral Agents at The Prospector

Better Than: Being at the RNC Download: The song "Ageless" on www.myspace.com/freemoralagents As I walked into the balmy darkness of this hallowed Long Beach hangout, the crowd seemed even more cramped than usual. Sure, a late night set by freestyle jam junkies The Free Moral Agents probably had ... More >>

Last Minute Fun: Free Moral Agents Score Silent Film in LA

This is a neat event: Long Beach's Free Moral Agents, led by the inimitable Ikey Owens, have a unique performance tonight at Cinefamily in LA: They're performing a "live score" of the 1927 silent film Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City. $14, starts at 8 p.m. The event is part of a series; more in ... More >>

Ikey Owens and 2Mex of Look Daggers Got Their Rock In Each Other's Hip-Hop

This is a neat event: Long Beach's Free Moral Agents, led by the inimitable Ikey Owens, have a unique performance tonight at Cinefamily in LA: They're performing a "live score" of the 1927 silent film Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City. $14, starts at 8 p.m. The event is part of a series; more in ... More >>

TONIGHT: Free Moral Agents Kick Off February Residency

February is, of course, the shortest month of the year. But you can still expect four free shows this month from Long Beach's Free Moral Agents, the latest performers in Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa's regular residencies. Seeing as how it's the first Monday in February and all, things start tonight. Th ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 2/9

Free Moral Agents, 9 p.m.Assembled by Mars Volta keyboardist Ikey Owens, this Long Beach clan has made quite a name for themselves all over Southern California and beyond, so you can bet they won't have any trouble drawing a massive head-count. Get there early.Detroit Bar, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Me ... More >>

Watch Ikey Owens (and the Rest of the Mars Volta) Win a Grammy

The Mars Volta--featuring Long Beach's Ikey Owens, of Free Moral Agents and Look Daggers, on keyboards--won the "Best Hard Rock" Grammy last night for "Wax Simulacra." Since the Grammys only show a handful of the awards on the telecast (there are a lot of Grammys, like a lot) their award was accepte ... More >>

Slideshow: Free Moral Agents at Detroit Bar

Just one day after winning a Grammy with the Mars Volta, Ikey Owens brought his group Free Moral Agents to Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa for the second night of their February Monday residency. Also on the bill was LA bands Warpaint and Mode. Also also there? Our own Vickie Chang, who came back with the ... More >>

OC Weekly faves land Glass House gigs

Like any local fan, I'm always excited to see bands we've written about in the Weekly get some solid recognition elsewhere. Okay, so maybe Pomona is not too far elsewhere, but the April calendar at The Glass House has great OC/LB talent opening up for some Coachella caliber acts. The jazzy jam artis ... More >>

Known Residency

Free Moral Agents

Round and Round

Long Beach Loop

Hip Hop Heads

Look Daggers

The Musical Gospel According to Ikey Owens

FEEDBACK: 10 Bands from OC/Long Beach You Need to Know

Last Night: TV on the Radio at Glass House

Last Night:  TV on the Radio and Free Moral Agents at Glass HouseBetter Than: Trying to literally watch t.v. on a radio.Download: Dear Science by TVotR...as if you already haven't.    It's rare and weird to feel a sense of victory going to a concert before it even starts. But as the c ... More >>

CD Review

Various Artists, ArtDontSleep Presents From L.A. With Love ((Milan)

Art Marathon

Tour des Artistes

[Sound Guy] Long Beach's Greater California Warms Things Up

Tour des Artistes

Is That a Banana in Your Pocket?

Commie Girl goes on holiday, Paul Frank gets richer, somebody owes me one

The Bright Side

Dance Party 2006 at Alexs Bar

Before You Say No

2MEX and Ikey Owens work-for-hire Look Daggers

Get Out!

May 11 - May 18: Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver

Joyful Noise

Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape

What Goes On

Winter Music Issue

Free Moral Agents

Winter Music Issue

Feedback

Are You Too Late for the Trend?
28 Local Greats

Nothing to Prove

Ikey Owens and the sonic politics of race

More Les for Me!

Dont do the House like you did Lindas Doll Hut

Peepshot Cocktail

Dont do the House like you did Lindas Doll Hut

New Releases: The Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr. and (gasp) Ginuwine!

Wow, what a great day to spend your disposable income (even if its not so disposable). After a quick scan of all the new albums that drop today, I have to say that this is probably one of the biggest days for summer releases that you're likely to see. I counted about 20 new sonic gems that include j ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Homecoming Week for Jack's Mannequin, Crystal Antlers and No Doubt

Wow, what a great day to spend your disposable income (even if its not so disposable). After a quick scan of all the new albums that drop today, I have to say that this is probably one of the biggest days for summer releases that you're likely to see. I counted about 20 new sonic gems that include j ... More >>

TONIGHT: RAEKWON of Wu-Tang Clan at Detroit Bar

​As the legendary members of Wu-Tang make their trek one by one to the Detroit Bar stage, you have to wonder if  the club's owner, Jon Reiser, made some kind of pact with the devil to get such a great reputation among New York's finest emcee collective. Already the club has hosted GZA (twice) ... More >>

Free Moral Agents Announce Tour, No California Dates Yet

​Yesterday, it was announced that Long Beach psych-rock jam artists Free Moral Agents (pictured) are hitting the road with their El Paso compadres Zechs Marquise. Their tour, which starts November 7 in ZM's hometown, is set to run for about three weeks at this point, with dates to be added shortly ... More >>

Last Night: On Blast at Alex's Bar

​We talked to On Blast earlier in the week, so the next natural step? Seeing their show at Alex's Bar last night.

Look Daggers Re-Emerge at The Prospector this month

Okay, so maybe this blog post is a bit premature considering the Look Daggers' show at The Prospector is a solid 10 days away. After all, 10 ten days in the bloggosphere, might as well be 10 years. But somehow, I'm convinced that fans of Ikey Owens' progressive hip hop side project will need some ad ... More >>

Record Review: Eugene and the 1914, 'Troubles EP'

​Woven delicately and deft in purpose, Eugene and the 1914's Troubles EP  proves that serene, no-frills songwriting will always satisfy the soul, especially in the face of a storm. And Troubles definitely qualifies as inspired rainy day music. The EP is officially released next month, but ... More >>

New Music: Free Moral Agents, "Systole" (Live Audio From the Prospector)

​Though we haven't written too much about them lately, we've recently gotten wise to the fact that Long Beach's Free Moral Agents have a lot of new genre-bending, eclectic gems waiting to be downloaded. 

Q&A: Teen Heroes Reunite For One Show This Sunday at the Glass House

​When the Killingtons perform a reunion show at the Glass House this Sunday, they'll have another band from the class of '00 alongside them. That'd be OC's much-loved Teen Heroes, who rated number 79 on this paper's list of the best local bands ever and whose Weezer-style power-pop got them just a ... More >>

Free Moral Agents' Ikey Owens Has Control Issues

www.myspace.com/freemoralagents​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens--more known as the (Grammy winning) keyboardist for Mars Volta and occasional cohort of Flying Lotus, Danger Mouse, Crystal Antlers, Shuggie Otis, Sublime, Mastodon, EL-P, and Saul Williams--is a busy, busy man. But for now, he's concentrating on ... More >>

Posse on Broadway

Downtown Santa Ana

Meet Free Moral Agents: A Mini Documentary on YouTube

​ Here's a really interesting 10-minute clip about Ikey Owens' Long Beach band Free Moral Agents; it talks about how the band formed, what they're looking forward to, and strangest things that ever happened to them as a band, with as much live music you can squeeze into 10 minutes. If you haven't ... More >>

The Odist, Chicano Batman, Bella Novela, Free Moral Agents at Alex's Bar Friday Night

Sarah BennettFree Moral Agents​The Odist, Chicano Batman, Bella Novela, Free Moral AgentsApril 22, 2011Alex's Bar, Long BeachAlex's Bar was packed full of people who looked like they were there by accident--it was just another Friday night in a cool bar and four awesome bands just happened to be p ... More >>

Biebs at La Cave (It's Not a Joke)

[Mental Notes] Plus: Ikey Owens remembers Sublime's heyday.

Local Record Review: 'Two-Way Mirror' by Crystal Antlers

​Crystal AntlersTwo-Way MirrorRecreation Ltd.Long Beach's Crystal Antlers have been steadily building up both their reputation and back catalog for a while so little surprise that there's already plenty of attention being focused on their forthcoming July release. Two-Way Mirror feels like the rel ... More >>

Free Moral Agents Release Two New Videos From 'Control This'

Mary Bell​While Free Moral Agents are getting ready to release a new EP in September, they've been keeping busy with video shoots. The result? Two new pieces for your viewing pleasure (both from Control This). "Sound at Sea" was recorded at the Sunken City in San Pedro. Directed by Jeremey von S ... More >>

Crytal Antlers to Tour with Wu Lyf

Mary Bell​We've been loving Crystal Antlers' sophomore set Two-Way Mirror, to death (read all about it here), so we're excited to hear that the Long Beach band is touring with Wu Lyf this fall. (Incidentally, Ikey Owens of Free Moral Agents produced the album.) Jonny Bell, chimney sweep by ... More >>

Free Moral Agents Have a Gift for You

Ikey Owens and his band plan to work out some new material at their free Monday-night residency at Detroit Bar

Free Moral Agents

Detroit Bar