While previous BJM albums could be occasionally inconsistent (and given the number of songs in the number of genres the band has recorded, how could it be otherwise?) Aufheben is start-to-finish note-perfect psychedelia.

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This Saturday, Hadrian Belove and Cinefamily will commit to the impossible—or at least the exhausting—with 24 hours of uninterrupted fundraising programming including music, lectures, discussion panels, glowing future food and of course film. It’s a fundraiser to help Cinefamily rise to the potential Belove has always felt was there, and he speaks now about his newfound appreciation for Jerry Lewis. This interview by Tom Child.

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Thundercat Thundercat, Mia Doi Todd, Hanni El Khatib, Swahili Blonde, Tom Brosseau, the Club Pacific Band, and DJs Dan Collins, Tom Child, and Andres Renteria at the L.A. RECORD x dublab stage at Abbot Kinney Festival on September 24, 2011. Photos by Lainna Fader.

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Though the majority of the melodies stay pretty light, lyrically the album is mainly preoccupied with longing, regret and the bittersweet wistfulness of lost loves, and it is at these most melancholy moments that Leftover Cuties achieve their greatest emotional impact … Places to Go manages to be both a good summer album and a good breakup album, no easy feat.

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“The dolphin baptizes you/and releases all the pain/from the city,” Litrow croons, and “Drone of Dume” becomes an “Under the Sea” for nature loving trippers.

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cover by ward robinson This wild little guy has been out for a second but we were so busy with shows, shows and shows that we didn’t get a chance to make a huge deal about it! So behold—L.A. RECORD 104! First issue of our sixth year of printing with busting-through-the-mold L.A. transplant KING TUFF [...]

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If The Warriors had ended with a dance party instead of a guy getting a switchblade through the wrist, Bare Wires could have been provided the soundtrack. Lead singer-songwriter-guitarist Matthew Melton discusses high school beatings, late ‘80s Memphis underground cassette rap and exactly which American city lives up to its frightening reputation. This interview by Tom Child.

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L.A. RECORD 103 IS HERE! SXSW/COACHELLA EDITION! Our SXSW – COACHELLA spring 2011 issue is coming your way, featuring longtime L.A. RECORD favorite DAEDELUS! Interview by Lainna Fader, photography by Lauren Everett.  Daedelus is a perfect Victorian gentleman who makes beautiful records about wars no one cares about, and the virtues of handmade clothing. 2011 marks [...]

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DISTRO HAS BEGUN! SIDE A LACO$TE by Daiana Feuer HANNI EL KHATIB by Lainna Fader DEATH by Kristina Benson GANG OF FOUR by Lainna Fader TEEBS by Kristina Benson OFF! by Chris Ziegler TOM TOM CLUB by Daiana Feuer FORT KING by Dan Collins LUIS & THE WILDFIRES by Lainna Fader MY DRY WET MESS [...]

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Something of a Los Angeles vocal supergroup, the Living Sisters are composed of the Bird and the Bee’s Inara George, Lavender Diamond’s Becky Stark and Eleni Mandell’s Eleni Mandell. This is a practiced tribute to the great harmonizers of jazz, early rock ‘n’ roll and country.

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