In late July, an afternoon heatwave seared the grimy blacktop outside the downtown L.A. music venue 1720. Zulu, an ambitious 4-year-old L.A. hardcore band, wouldn’t perform for many hours. Yet dozens ...

Who would have thought that Curtis Mayfield pairs nicely with powerviolence? One of the great things about the savage and meaty riffs, disembodied screams and ...