Hey, all! We have just finished our biggest issue in a year — the table of contents page is practically hanging out the bottom — and we will be celebrating with our traditional free night at the Cha Cha in SIlverlake at 9 PM this Monday!

This issue has Project Blowed co-founder Abstract Rude, desert nomads Golden Animals, Long Beach’s stunning Avi Buffalo, Animal Collective, the Flatlanders, the Vaselines, Extra Golden, dublab’s Tonalism, Cleveland’s firebreathing Midnight, part two of our Rollins interview and a giant interview with Eddie and Gary of the legendary Monks, who (among other things) reveal the fate of the lost last Monks recordings and of course so much more… we will have them on Monday (if you don’t grab them over the weekend!) so come out and see and say hi!

We also have some L.A. RECORD-related things we’d like to tell you about — our arts editor Drew Denny will be performing at the Smell tonight in Big Whup with Pizza! and My Pet Saddle and the fearsome Studiofix. And our writer and reviews editor Daiana Feuer will be presenting HATS AND HOT DOGS! with L.A. RECORD cover alum k-the-i??? and recent interviewees 60 Watt Kid plus Sister Mantos and beers and barbeque at Bandit Gallery in Echo Park on Saturday! Visit if you can and thanks for all support,