Los Angeles Zapatista rockers Totimoshi are one of those bands who are well overdue some serious appreciation. I don’t know what it is, why they aren’t bigger than they are (one would think all the touring they’ve done with Helmet and Mastodon would help), but for some reason, they just haven’t yet taken off. They put out killer records and play their asses off live. I’m not sure what hasn’t fallen into place.

Whatever the case, they’ve got a new three-song CD coming out in time for their latest European stretch with Mastodon headlining, and they went so far as to post the track “The Avenger” for streaming on their MySpace. As usual for Totimoshi, it’s good and heavy. Be sure to pop over there and check it out. If you’d prefer to stay right here (and who could blame you?) for the moment, since I’m not clever enough yet to rip tracks from MySpace pages, here’s the video for “The Dance of Snakes” from 2006’s Ladrón…

By now it’s quite a comeback Saint Vitus have launched. They might at this point be a regular touring band. I don’t know the official designation for when you go from doing a reunion show here and there to touring. I guess it probably involves mode of transportation and shit like that. I’ll get to work on figuring it out. Meantime, the PR wire has the flier-form goods on a Vitus date for Los Angeles:

With Ancestors, Totimoshi and Saviours on the bill, that’s a good night to be in CA. Because there’s little I enjoy more than posting these videos, here’s some live Saint Vitus from Hellfest in France. The day I get tired of watching this stuff will be a sad one indeed.