Mass Media Records is a label, print shop and now a fully stocked bricks and mortar shop carrying tons of independent music, apparel, zines, books and all kinds of outsider DIY ephemera. The label started in the early 90s as a way to document the “orange county peace punk” scene which was a group of idealistic punks set into motion by the peace punks in the UK such as CRASS, CONFLICT, and ANTISECT to create their own politically conscious hardcore punk scene amidst a growing trend of violent apathy in the 2nd wave of hardcore in Los Angeles and Orange County. While our release schedule has picked up in the past years we have always been committed to releasing music by bands whose sound and message embraces the Do-It-Yourself Independent spirit and the political ideas that naturally spring from such radical rejections of mainstream conventions. Through the network of label trading Mass Media Records operated as a distro set up at shows selling independently released records for many years and has now grown into a physical store. In a time when music has very much transcended the physical realm we feel that much of the artistry and proliferation of ideas (both aesthetic, poetic, political, or whatever) lies in the physical product of records, tapes, cds, zines and books.
Collector/Horder-isms aside, we would hope that the power that music and words gives us in our daily lives might be relegated to more than a simple file on a device.
Listen to their 7″ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOY4qkI0N_o Stoic Violence http://stoicviolence.bandcamp.com/ Damages http://musicnotnoize.blogspot.com/2013/01/damages-defection.html Inhumane Nature http://www.facebook.com/inhumanenature Start Time: 19:00 Title: Grrl Fair Anaheim 2pm to 10pm All Ages Really Really Free Market!! (hosted by Anaheim RRFM) GRRL FAIR MAY 11TH SCHEDULE!!!! “The Emma Goldman Revival Gallery ” 8:00-FELECIA AND THE DINOSAUR 9:00-APOSTASIS (ART WORK WILL BE DISPLAYED ALL THROUGH OUT THE GALLERY) !!!!MAIN STAGE!!!! 6:30-THE 87′s 7:15-DEATH VALLEY GIRLS 8:00-TIGER SNAP 8:45- LAS FEAS We’ll be located close to Harbor right around the corner from Rothick Haus Gallery and right next to the Rinks Anaheim Ice. as always My Pick of the day is this LP by Pop 1280. This album reflects exactly how I feel right now. Anti social and enjoying it . New York’s Pop. 1280 are back with their debut full-length for Sacred Bones The Horror. This record comes almost one year after their highly-praised EP The Grid and it finds the band exploring new territory and perversions. Chief songwriters Chris Bug and Ivan Lip are now joined by drummer Zach Ziemann (ex-Twin Stumps) and bassist/sonic manipulator Pascal Ludet. Recording for The Horror took place at the Python Patrol basement studios in Brooklyn with engineer Ben Greenberg (Z’s Pygmy Shrews). The Horror showcases a lot more improvisation and in-studio writing giving the album a darker more unhinged organic feeling. This new approach let the band stretch out more and while they haven’t lost the synth-punk skronk that has gotten them compared to Pussy Galore D.A.F. and Cop Shoot Cop The Horror adds longer songwriting explorations and psychedelic-scapes that reference bands like Cabaret Voltaire Chrome and early Sonic Youth. Thematically The Horror finds Pop. 1280 stepping out of the cyberspace of The Grid and into the deserted beaches highways and plains of a surreal hell. It’s the road album for the post-apocalypse.
Cat Party Record Release show at Mass Media Friday 4/26/2013
Administrator : April 24, 2013 4:07 am : Events, Pick of the Day
Title: Cat Party Record Release show at Mass Media
Location: 614 E 4 th St. Santa Ana CA 92701
Link out: Click here
Description: At 8pm southern California’s dark punk purveyors CAT PARTY will be performing at the shop to celebrate the release of their new record guests TERMINAL A and ETILO and HIS MACHINE will also be performing and did I mention its FREE? Punx only Crusties not admitted without parent
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2013-04-26
Absurdo (Spain) Stoic Violence Damages and Inhumane Nature at Mass Media
Administrator : April 24, 2013 4:06 am : Events, Mass Media Record Shop, Pick of the Day
Title: Absurdo (Spain) and locals at Mass Media
Location: 614 E 4th St. Santa Ana CA 29701
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Description: Absurdo (Spain)-Ripping hardcore/punk from Barcelona, members of Otan, Sudor plus a ton more. DO NOT MISS THIS BAND.
Date: 2013-04-28
Grrl Fair Anaheim
Administrator : April 23, 2013 11:14 pm : Events, Mass Media Record Shop, Pick of the Day
Location: 205 Center St Promonade Anaheim
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Description: Grrl Fair at Anaheim Art Crawl
Free
Mass Media Records
Record Swap Meet!
Bring things to barter!
2:00p-Ceremonial Ya Ya Sisterhood Drum Circle
2:30p-Lupa Collective (Feminism 101)
3:30-UCR Professor Angela Asbell
4:30-Films
-Abigail Herrera “The Circus Kids Video Premiere”
-Marilynn Montano “Cambios”
-Rhianne Bergado “Viola Smith:Americas Original Hep Girl”
-Maria Yanez “D.I.Y.: We’re Doin’ It”
5:30-Spoken Word
6:00-Jamie Wood “Empowerment through visualization and intuition”
***BANDS****
7:00-PEECHY KEENE
https://www.facebook.com/PeachyKeeneMusic/app_178091127385
https://www.facebook.com/feleciaandthedinosaur4ever/app_204974879526524
http://www.unsigned.com/apostasis
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“The Angela Davis Tabernacle”
3:00-ZineWorks Workshop
4:00-I.E. Riot Grrrl Workshop
5:00-Jen DeMello/Megan Awwad “FEMME STRIKE-Queering Femininity” [Film: From Female to Femme]
6:00-Marin Joshua Vee-Learning Self Defense
Tips and tricks to get out of sketchy situations
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6:00p-Harmoniums
www.facebook.com/harmoniums
https://www.facebook.com/theeightysevens/app_204974879526524
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Death-Valley-Girls/626395517387657?id=626395517387657&sk=app_204974879526524
https://soundcloud.com/tigersnap
https://www.facebook.com/lasfellitas/app_204974879526524
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Tabling
I.E Riot Grrrl
Rock n Roll Camp for Girls Orange County
Dial Collective
Zineworks
Teatro de La Tierra
LUPA Collective
NO DRUGS NO BOOZE NO BULL HONKEY.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2013-05-11
Record Store Day / Dark Wave Minimal Synth dance party with Terminal A and Etilo and His Machine at Mass Media
Administrator : April 19, 2013 6:32 am : Events, Mass Media Record Shop, Pick of the Day
Title: Record Store Day / Dark Wave Minimal Synth dance party with Terminal A and Etilo and His Machine at Mass Media
Location: 614 E 4 th St. Santa Ana CA 92701
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Description: Celebrating corporate rock welfare day for record stores withTONS of the exclusive Record Store Day releases as well as a PUNX ONLY sale on all vinyl AND a synth / dark wave bands TERMINAL A and ETILO and His Machine will be bringing the gloom the way we like it at 5pm. Store opens at 1pm and all you RSD record hunters will be happy to knowlyou will get your fix and not have to battle the old man ebay tweakers at 5am like the other stores.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2013-04-20
Pick of the Day: Pop 1280 THE HORROR LP
Administrator : March 31, 2013 6:34 pm : Mass Media Record Shop, Pick of the Day
