Hold the phone! This is an unscheduled surprise! Discovering that we’re following roughly the same course back from SXSW that King Tuff is taking towards his new home, Los Angeles, we’ve accosted this young man at illegal trainyard shows and Arizona’s The Thing! Tourist trap gift shop to get the real skinny on Burger Records and his time in Witch. This interview by Dan Collins.

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El Paso only exists on most tours because of how far and desert-y it is to drive straight through from Tucson to the meatier part of Texas (though having seen an El Paso breakfast, they like their meat here, too). It’s a ramshackle but cozy, remarkably safe town, considering that it abuts a foreign murder [...]

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TOBACCO! They started with two people dressed in masks and robes. Theatrics, check. Live drums, check. Bone rattling bass, check. Hooks that had me whistling after the show, check. Dexter was there too, so, check on celebrity sighting too!

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What goes on in the minds of the bands that you love? Find out through these Rorschach Tests conducted by Vanessa Gonzalez at FYF Fest 2010. Brian Stewart, Growlers, Drums: Pelvic bone Kyle Schuster, Growlers, Keyboards & Guitar: devil Scott Montoya: Growlers, Bass: Scarab Brooks Nielsen: Growlers, Vocals: Lil’ Clownie Warren Thomas, Growlers, Bongos: Pelvic [...]

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Retailers are ready to push rare, exclusive, classic and just-plain-strange vinyl—last year gave the world the Monks’ unbelievable “Pretty Suzanne”—and lots of musicians and writers and musician-writers are signed up to help pull extra people inside. (Full roster of special releases here!) This list was compiled by Lainna Fader and Steven Martinez.

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Justin Maurer has been the leader of Clorox Girls for about a decade, has narrowly escaped organ theft in Turkey on at least one occasion, and has a book of fiction coming out this spring. Dan Collins and Daniel Clodfelter catch up with him in Long Beach at the Pike.

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Download: Audacity “Teenage Town” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] AUDACITY supporting CRYSTAL ANTLERS 12/07/09 Columbus, OH – Bourbon Street 12/08/09 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop 12/09/09 Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light 12/10/09 Atlanta, GA – The EARL 12/11/09 Ybor City, FL – Crowbar 12/12/09 Orlandol, FL – Back Booth 12/13/09 St Augustine, FL [...]

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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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Los Angeles Record Store Directory Below you will find a list of record stores in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. If we have overlooked a store please leave it in the comments field and we will add it to our list. L.A. Record – Online Store shop.larecord.com Amoeba Music 6400 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, [...]

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