imaad wasif with adam garcia and bobb bruno as two part beast | dan monick
Download: Imaad Wasif’s Mixtape
L.A. RECORD alum Imaad Wasif is in residency three Thursdays this month at Spaceland, and each show is curated to reflect a different theme—tonight’s “Bad Vibes,” next week’s “Faith Folk” and finally “Cock Rock.” In honor of vibes, [...]
Download: The Soft Pack “Answer To Yourself”
(from the self-titled LP out Feb. 2 on Kemado)
We interviewed the Soft Pack (then the Muslims) the day they moved to L.A. and we have been happy to see all the wild insanity that has developed for them since—the latest being a ten-shows-in-one-day marathon set for this Saturday (Jan. [...]
Spaceland has got three exciting residencies in February. Mia Doi Todd will take us swimming in the river of life while Imaad Wasif channels the void and Princeton reveals they don’t play tennis, they’re a rock and roll band.
Mia Doi Todd
Tuesday nights in February
with the Tapered Steel Band (Andres Renteria, Brian Akio-Martinez & Michel Gondry)
Feb [...]
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Download: Avi Buffalo “Raccoon” (Demo)
For more information on how to win free tickets to see Avi Buffalo on November 5th at The Echo please follow twitter.com/freelarecord for details!!
More: AVI BUFFALO
We’ll be installed in the lobby of the brand-new Bedrock L.A. rehearsal and recording studio—home of the prototype Echoplex, one of John Lee Hooker’s guitars, vocal mics used by Bowie and a whole arsenal of insane vintage equipment—this afternoon, so come say hi if you’re going and go if you’re not already going! Learning Music, [...]
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Download: Avi Buffalo “Raccoon” (Demo)
(from early sessions available from avibuffalo.bandcamp.com)
Download: Avi Buffalo “What’s In It For”
(from the upcoming full-length on Sub Pop)
L.A. RECORD knew something good was coming for Avi Buffalo even back when we interviewed them in honor of their Echo residency in May—the first all-ages Echo residency ever! So it’s nice [...]
Download: The Hoof and the Heel “Fireworks”
(from the And All The Tigers EP available from the band)
The Hoof and the Heel is the new band from longtime L.A. RECORD illustrator Christine Hale—she does all our comics as well as many many illustrations!—and her friends from Montreal, and they will be performing tonight at 9 PM [...]
The folks at Bedrock—Echo Park’s newest rehearsal and recording studio and soon-to-be newest microbrewery!—have given us a brand new Dixon snare plus four Dixon t-shirts and four VIP passes to the Bedrock grand opening on Sunday, October 25! A lot of L.A. RECORD friends are helping out with this event, like IS GOOD radio and [...]
L.A. RECORD is happy to co-present Friday’s free evening festival in Long Beach’s East Village with L.A. RECORD alumni Cold War Kids (who did their first-ever interview with L.A. RECORD) and Avi Buffalo (plus many more) all performing at six nearby locations for free! Click above for a larger version of the map and set [...]
