Kevin Bronson on December 11th, 2014

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Last year, the Icarus Line released one of the most deliciously uncompromising rock records of the year, “Slave Vows,” which was widely regarded a the L.A. rockers’ best release since 2004’s “Penance Soiree.” This year, the band – Joe Cardamone along with guitarist John Bennett, bassist Alvin DeGuzman, drummer Ben Hallett and  keyboardist/saxophonist Jeremy Gill – issued a “companion” mini-album, “Avowed Slavery.” It’s a five-song, 36-minute slab of guitar menace that includes some favorites the band has played live – “Salem Slims” is the highlight – but that did not make “Slave Vows.” The Icarus Line, who haven’t played L.A. in a while, are currently on a small West Coast run, and tonight’s show at the Echoplex will feature legendary Stooges guitarist James Williamson – who in October released the album “Re-Licked,” a collection of Stooges rarities on which Cardamone guests (“Pinpoint Eyes”).

||| Download: “Don’t Let Me Save Your Soul”

||| Live: The Icarus Line plays the Echoplex on Thursday night along with Zig Zags, Zodiac Death Valley, Neo Globs and Death Valley Girls.

||| Previously: Live at the Roxy.