The Dutchess and the Duke were already great when they came through Los Angeles almost exactly a year ago, but their beautiful new album Sunset/Sunrise (produced by Gris Gris’ Greg Ashley) has Lee Hazlewood smiling proudly down from somewhere above Sweden. They speak now to the Black Lips’ Jared Swilley, conducting his first interview ever.

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Silverlake’s formidable Territory Records and BBQ will be hosting a backyard record swap and sale this Saturday and among the other rare-to-legendary must-have vinyl rippers, they’ll be releasing a selection of records purchased from the estate of Bomp!’s legendary Greg Shaw! Shaw’s Bomp! magazine is a huge inspiration to L.A. RECORD, and if it was [...]

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOxT4OH7Rj4] willie nelson’s 4th of july celebration The fired-up folks at Cinefamily will be celebrating America’s 233rd birthday with a mondo-patriotic program of virtual fireworks and mind-blown vintage Willie Nelson footage! (Will Jerry Jeff Walker appear in cameo?) Plus open grill, air conditioning and an insane selection of hypernationalisticish shorts of all formats. Further details [...]

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The Flatlanders knew everything that was going to happen to them when they named their first album—available if at all in the U.S. only on 8-track—More A Legend Than A Band. Founders Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore all won significant fame on their own but they regroup on rare occasions just to see what happens. Their newest Hills and Valleys is out now on New West. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Territory BBQ and Records is the new restaurant-slash-record-store from Tony Presedo and Curtis Brown—formerly of Tee Pee Records and the band Bad Wizard, respectively. They will stock heavy music and serve heavy food. This interview by John Henry.

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