{"id":2443257,"date":"2019-04-22T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T12:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=825072"},"modified":"2019-04-22T06:58:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T12:58:03","slug":"l7s-new-stadium-west-video-is-a-prismatic-high-speed-night-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/l7s-new-stadium-west-video-is-a-prismatic-high-speed-night-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"L7\u2019s New \u2018Stadium West\u2019 Video Is a Prismatic, High-Speed Night Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We may never get to \u201cStadium West,\u201d but L7<\/a> is all about the neurotic, chaotic journey \u2013 not the destination. In their new video, directed by Rob Sheridan, the camera follows the mischievous grunge rockers like a security van careening through the streets of Los Angeles at night just to keep up. The band head-bangs in a parking lot, their bodies radiating iridescent as if the camera\u2019s picking up their heat. Then they plug in on a cramped balcony overlooking desert scrub. The camera teeters, zoning in on the four members. Lots of forearms. Lots of shredding.<\/p>\n

\u201cStadium West\u201d is the second single from the band\u2019s first album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats<\/em>, which will be released on Joan Jett\u2019s Blackhearts Records on May 3rd. Following the album\u2019s lead single \u201cBurn Baby,\u201d<\/a> \u201cStadium West\u201d is propelled by winding, distorted guitars that have a certain surf-rock flair. Behind the drum kit, Dee Plakas powers it all with an unbeatable tempo that imbues this ride-along with high stakes and verve.<\/p>\n

The same can be said for the band as a whole. After their 2016 reunion, L7 has been on a prolific streak: touring and hitting festivals worldwide, releasing a new documentary, a Trump-bashing standalone single, and now an original album.<\/p>\n

Two of L7\u2019s albums were recently included on Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s 50 Greatest Grunge Albums<\/a> list: Smell the Magic<\/em> (No. 37) and Bricks Are Heavy<\/em> (No. 15). Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks added her own<\/a> list as well, which was a collection of albums that drew her to the genre: \u201cIt was just a time of punk meeting metal and a rejection of the slickness of New Wave,\u201d she told Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cAt the beginning, it was about destroying conventions, and then it became more and more sophisticated. Some of it wanky; some of it not.\u201d<\/p>\n

L7 will be rolling out the new songs on tour across North America this spring with Les Butcherettes. They\u2019ll also be part of the Bash Music & Craft Beer Festival tour with Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies and more. <\/span><\/p>\n

L7 Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 10: Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
<\/span>May 11: Phoenix, AZ @ Hance Park
<\/span>May 12: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Raceway
<\/span>May 14: Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
<\/span>May 16: Dallas, TX @ Trees
<\/span>May 17: Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
<\/span>May 19: Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
<\/span>May 21: Chicago, IL @ Metro
<\/span>May 22: Columbus, OH @ Express Live
<\/span>May 23: Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
<\/span>May 28: Washington DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
<\/span>May 29: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
<\/span>May 31 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
<\/span>June 1: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
<\/span>June 2: Englishtown, NJ @ Old Bay Raceway
<\/span>June 4: Pittsburg, PA @ Rex Theater
<\/span>June 6: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
<\/span>June 8: Boise, ID @ Memorial Stadium
<\/span>June 9: Tacoma, WA @ America\u2019s Car Museum
<\/span>June 10: Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
<\/span>June 12: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
<\/span>June 14: Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
<\/span>June 15: San Jose, CA @ Santa Clara Fairgrounds
<\/span>June 16: Sacramento, CA @ Murphy\u2019s Park <\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We may never get to \u201cStadium West,\u201d but L7 is all about the neurotic, chaotic journey \u2013 not the destination. In their new video, directed by Rob Sheridan, the camera follows the mischievous grunge rockers like a security van careening through the streets of Los Angeles at night just to keep up. The band head-bangs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 17:11:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}