Everybody and their momma got a chance to audition for The Postal Service. I’m a weird genius, shit, where’s my time to shine Mr. Sub Pop, why didn’t you call L.A. RECORD’s office? We got all the talent right here! I’ll take my shirt off and swing it around on stage while Jimmy Tamborello does [...]

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As Chrome Canyon, Morgan Z makes synthesizer music for the imagination. His Stones Throw release Elemental Themes makes you hunger for films starring Harrison Ford on a planet far away in search of bounty. He has an awesome new flexi in the new L.A. RECORD and will play Saturday with Peanut Butter Wolf, Pharoahs and more at Los Globos. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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Brooklyn-based record label and art collective Famous Class’s latest split 7-inch features Cass McCombs and White Magic. Cass’s tune delivers a proper dose of McCombsian brooding and the piano on White Magic’s contribution is sort of upbeat, almost as if White Magic wrote the theme song for Charlie Brown on the moon. LIKE! TRACKLIST Cass [...]

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DaM-FunK re-freaks Toro Y Moi‘s “Say That.” Giving this a good listen, we venture to believe that to “re-freak” something means to strip it of its clothing and make it dance. —Daiana Feuer

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The Postal Service is back.

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New video for Nite Jewel’s song “Memory, Man.”

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22-year old Austin Peralta passed away yesterday. Official reports haven’t been released as to the cause of death. Son of skateboard legend Stacy Peralta, this super talented guy was a musical force to be reckoned with. He had two CDs out in Japan by age 16. Still budding, his prowess earned him respect from jazz [...]

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It is quite swooping. Not to be confused with sweeping, this is more swooping. (Roll your head in a bit of a circle when you say the word.) This gal’s got a full length record just waiting for the right someone to put it out. And someone else should put out the piano version. For [...]

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Janet is her dog and she surely deserves the four page handwritten letter that Apple posted on Facebook. I understand. Fiona, would Janet like to come playdate with Future (my furry best friend) and we can talk about making out with our dogs, and how it’s not really making out, it’s more like face wash—sometimes [...]

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Tonight, Daedelus is performing at LACMA’s Halloween party, the Kubrick masquerade ball, so it seemed only appropriate that we should find out what’s his favorite scary movie and paste him into a scene from Kubrick’s creepiest film, of course. It also happens to be his birthday today. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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