Mika Miko
We Be Xuxa

Mika Miko’s third album, We Be Xuxa, I’d just finished a week or so of heavy Joan Jett rotation. My vinyl copy of Bad Reputation was weari...

To make a big thing out of Mika Miko’s We Be Xuxa would be beside the point. Of course, on a literal level, the album itself is a little thing: twelve...

The scene: a dinner party. The situation: speaking to a new acquaintance. Lights up, camera rolling, and action!You: "Nice to meet you Nikanor, so whe...

With a short attention span and a craving for a turkey sandwich, Mika Miko are most importantly, childish. They might have a few self-released records...

Mika Miko come fatally imbricated with The Smell space, the Los Angeles percolator of downtown self-reliance and Peter Pan ethics that’s become de rig...

These hell-raising SoCal punk gals hail from the Smell, the grimy L.A. art space that gave us like-minded young bands such as No Age. Their live shows...

A few years back, it would have been hard to predict that a scuzz-punk duo like No Age would gain wide popularity outside of a niche fanbase, or that ...

Set to embark on a UK tour in May with the Black Lips and Gringo Star, Mika Miko should fit in perfectly with the energy and debauched antics of the t...

In a nutshell... Loud, frenetic, abrasive, staccato noise.What's it all aboutThe second album from Los Angeles, California, based noise merchants Mik...

If Mika Miko wanted to make the perfect SoCal punk album, they just might have succeeded with We Be Xuxa. Combining the anthemic spirit of L.A. punk l...