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 [...]

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philippe de sablet Download: Avi Buffalo “Raccoon” (Demo) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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

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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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philippe de sablet Download: Avi Buffalo “Raccoon” (Demo) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from early sessions available from avibuffalo.bandcamp.com) Download: Avi Buffalo “What’s In It For” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the upcoming full-length on Sub Pop) L.A. RECORD knew something good was coming for Avi Buffalo even back when [...]

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Download: The Hoof and the Heel “Fireworks” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (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, [...]

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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 [...]

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photography by benjamin hoste

Belated band photos from FYF Fest 2009.

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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 [...]

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photography by benjamin hoste

Avi Buffalo closed out a night on the brink of tears at the Echo on July 1, 2009 during a Pablove Foundation benefit show.

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Avi Buffalo wouldn’t be allowed to play the Echo if the venue hadn’t bent the rules and made the band’s May residency an all-ages affair. So the little ones are invading, but by the sound of their music, it’s safe to say the kids are alright and may be onto some great new wave of folky blues goodness. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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