L.A. RECORD XMAS PARTY [ON THE BEDROCK] 2009 FREE with RSVP to rsvp@larecord.com and DONATION OF CHILD’S TOY flyer by the amazing champoyhate! FREE with RSVP to rsvp@larecord.com and DONATION OF CHILD’S TOY Each year since we started in 2005, L.A. RECORD has thrown an Xmas party. Back then it was Daddy Kev and Mike [...]
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L.A. RECORD XMAS PARTY 2009
December 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
THE RAINCOATS: YOU NEED TO HAVE A BIT OF CHEEK
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
The girls in the Raincoats have covered the Monks, but didn’t originally know the Monks possibly because they were so much like the Monks—formed perfectly from nothing and destined to disappear too quickly and leave anyone who discovered them later wondering how they’d ever happened in the first place. They play their first-ever Los Angeles show on October 11 at the Part Time Punks fest. This interview by Kevin Ferguson.
LIVE AT THE SMELL @ THE DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT
September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Some volume issues during a performance on screen render the crowd restless. Murmurs ripple through, speculating and questioning.
“Can’t hear a fucking thing!” cuts through the darkness, crass and unconstructive.
“Well, you should’ve been there!” retorts another faceless voice, more lighthearted. By the end of the film, he couldn’t have been more right.
LIVE AT THE SMELL DOCUMENTARY RELEASE PARTY AND SCREENING ON AUG. 27
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Download: Foot Village “Reggae War Zone” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Anti-Magic out now on Upset The Rhythm) Via Brian Miller from Foot Village—the release party for Il Corral founder and musician Bob Bellerue’s Live At The Smell documentary featuring short live sets from last fall by (in order of appearance) the [...]
NITE JEWEL + ABE VIGODA + BLUE JUNGLE @ THE SMELL
June 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Nite Jewel stands built of bass, drum machine and synths, converting the heat of the crowd into energy as they go nuclear without all the messier consequence of things like mutant babies. The rhythms and melodies here are vaguely Afro-Cuban; humid white man’s funk in a world of—at best—grey and at worst, light beige. Ramona Gonzalez’s and Emily Jane’s voices float over the fringes and their beats descend like visitors from planets much more interesting than this one.
TELEPATHE: CAN I HAVE A BLOBAR?
June 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments
It’s good to admire Kate Bush. Telepathe knows what’s up, and while they’re not ‘Wuthering Heights’ anywhere, the girls throw down a dance number in their ‘So Fine’ music video. Cross-breed Bush with Dre and a little Byrne and chop until you’ve got a whole new mutant, and that will make Melissa Livaudais and Busy Gangnes a pair of happy mother fuckers. This interview by Daiana Feuer.
NOSAJ THING: YOU DROPPED THE BOMB ON ME
June 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Nosaj Thing was in 40 Bands 80 Minutes with Wives, HEALTH and Abe Vigoda and then followed madman visionaries like Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer to Low End Theory. He now joins half the next generation of L.A. beatmakers on Daddy Kev’s Alpha Pup Records with his debut full-length Drift. This interview by Chris Ziegler
ABE VIGODA: WOULD TIMBALAND WANT TO WORK WITH US?
April 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Abe Vigoda have recently released their excellent Reviver EP and will be headlining Spaceland for the first time tomorrow. In honor of this momentous development, we present this interview and this contest to win the EP on vinyl! Photo by Juan’s MacBook and interview by fellow I.E.-er Steven Martinez.
WIN ABE VIGODA'S REVIVER EP ON VINYL!
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
juan velazquez Download: Abe Vigoda “Don’t Lie” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the Reviver EP on PPM) UPDATE: Contest is over! Thanks to those who entered! In honor of Abe Vigoda headlining Spaceland tomorrow—which you can read about here—we are giving away a vinyl copy of their recent Reviver EP, featuring a [...]
