Mark Lanegan can back up the best of ‘em or belt it out on his own, and his new album Blues Funeral is creeping over the horizon on its way to an early February release. He’ll be performing with the Mark Lanegan Band at the Echoplex on February 9 and you can get some tickets here … or you can win them from us! Just email a YouTube of some prime old-time blues song that’ll make our hearts stop to us at rsvp@larecord.com with subject BLUES. Skip James? Robert Pete Williams? Deal ‘em out! Starkest and sparest wins!

Here at L.A. RECORD we like to wake up on groggy mornings with a big bowl of FUZZ, and that’s exactly what Danny Holloway specializes in. He’s one of the toppest DJs in L.A., and one of the residents at the occasional FUZZ night, in which you will listen as the other toppest DJs in L.A. drag out wrinkly old 45s with one unbelievable psychotic psychedelic freakout per. On Jan. 27 at the Echo, FUZZ is presenting the 13th Floor-ified (Easter Everywhere era) psych rock of Strangers Family Band plus a set by Holloway that will strip every hair from your head. It’ll be $10 at the door but … wanna go for free? Easy! Just send the most fuzzed-out song you can find on YouTube to us at rsvp@larecord.com with subject FUZZ! Fuzziest wins! Have fuzz! And see you fuzz!

We have been lucky enough to both see and interview Dinosaur Jr in the past, so consider this night verified for excellence! And as it happens, two of you have won tickets to go to the show! To win tickets, we asked us to send your CUTEST VIDEO OF A BABY ANIMAL—an “Animal Jr”–and send you did! So many adorable animals to choose from and so little time. After much deliberation, we finally got it down to two winners! Behold the winners! And if you didn’t win, you can get tickets here!

First, however, (and we don’t mean to be a joykill) let us all come together in agreement that giving a pet for a holiday present is most likely a super not good idea, and that if you absolutely MUST give someone a pet, may we suggest you select a dog or a cat from a local shelter? A rescued animal is an adorable animal! Finally, animal shelters are overcrowded and underfunded these days, so if you are looking volunteer for or donate money to a good cause this holiday, why not see if your neighborhood animal shelter or wildlife sanctuary could use an extra pair of hands?

Now, on to the cute baby animals!

WINNER 1: CINDY C AND AN ADORABLE BABY TORTOISE!

So ugly, it’s cute!

WINNER 2: KATHLEEN S AND THE CUTEST MOST SLEEPIEST BABY BUNNY!

A baby bunny that fits in the palm of your hand!

And there were so many amazing videos that we just had to make some honorable mentions!

KYLE DILL WITH A TROUBLESOME CAT

He plays the tambourine and sticks his head into places it doesn’t probably belong. We’re not normally cat people but…this is pretty damn cute!

CAROLINE H WITH A BABY OWL

A baby owl that is taking a bath in a bowl! So. Cute.

MATT W WITH A PANDA

Show me a person who does not like baby pandas and I will be impressed because who doesn’t like a baby panda? Mewing as he tries to crawl up a step??

LANE G WITH A GOAT BEING BORN

Are you a parent? Been putting off that talk about where babies come from? Show the kids this video and it will probably help out as a visual aid. Also, this is as baby as an animal can get.

TOM H WITH A BABY DOG

A baby doberman, to be exact, making his first tiny little bark!!

Tonight is Scratch Acid, and in the spirit of Scratch Acid, we had asked you to submit your favorite videos of people getting messed with while high. Submit you did, and we were treated to what probably amounts to the most effective anti-drug PSA ever. Behold, the winners of the Scratch Acid contest. For those of you who didn’t win, you can still buy tickets here!

FIRST PRIZE – FONZIE F

Warning: NSFW! A naked man goes ballistic and punches a hole in the fence. Amazing.

SECOND PRIZE – MIKE H

A sample-worthy scream!

Remember, if you didn’t win the contest, you can still buy tickets here!

We wanted to make you happy, and so we decided to give you tickets to We Were Promised Jetpacks—in exchange for videos of futuristic inventions. And oh, the futuristicness of the inventions we received! (If you didn’t win … you can still buy tickets here!)

OUR TWO WINNERS:

JORGE R. WITH AN INCREDIBLY FUTURISTIC TOILET SEAT!

It brings spa-like performance and comfort to the privacy of your home! With features for the health conscious and tech savvy. It even has a bowl-illuminating nightlight!

TYRONE R WITH THE BEER FETCHING ROBOT!

It won’t give you the beer until it recognizes your face as being the correct beer recipient! And it knows which beer you want and can read the labels! The future is here!

Thanks to all our entrants … remember to subscribe to our mailing list (rsvp@larecord.com with subject SUBSCRIBE) so you too can win stuff by sending us stuff in a classic this-stuff-for-that-stuff transaction!

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS WITH ROYAL BANGS AND BEAR HANDS ON THURS., NOV. 10, AT THE MUSIC BOX, 6126 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., HOLLYWOOD 90028. 9:00 PM. BUY TICKETS HERE.

Mates of State are a married couple (awwww!) that make minimal pop music with vocal harmonies and synthesized flourishes. You can buy tickets them on November 8 when they play the El Rey, or you can try to win tickets! And–we will be giving away two pairs of tickets so your chances of winning are stronger than usual! To win, email rsvp@larecord.com with subject line “mates” and a link to a YouTube video of the craziest wedding misshap or blooper you can find!

MATES OF STATE

A live version of “Maracas”, with Mates of State’s trademark pretty pretty vocals and catchy keyboard riffs!

THE GENERATIONALS

“Ten-Twenty-Ten” from the Generationals. As one astute commenter notes, this song would not have been out of place on a John Hughes movie soundtrack.

MATES OF STATE WITH THE GENERATIONALS ON TUE., NOV. 8, AT THE EL REY, 5515 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES 90036. 8:00 PM. BUY TICKETS HERE.

Architecture in Helsinki is a self-described modernist pop group from Australia that has been getting rave reviews from both the American and Australian press. Their 2007 single, “Heart it Races” got them a spot on the ARIA charts and on Billboard’s Top Electronic Albums charts as well as attention from NPR and the BBC. Their 2011 release ‘Moment Bends’ isn’t doing too shabby either, hitting number 12 on ARIA already. You can buy tickets them on November 2 when they play the El Rey, or you can try to win tickets! And–we will be giving away two pairs of tickets so your chances of winning are stronger than usual! To win, email rsvp@larecord.com with subject line Architechture and a link to a YouTube video with the most outrageous Australian tourism YouTube video you can find! Craziest Aussie holiday experience wins!

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI

“Escapee”. Try not to dance while you listen. We dare you.

DOM

Massachusetts synth-pop trio Dom, with “Living in America”.

THE SANDWITCHES

OK this is catchy is all hell. Old-timey but contemporary all at the same time–something for everyone.

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI WITH DOM AND THE SANDWITCHES ON WED., NOV. 2, AT THE EL REY, 5515 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES 90036. 8:00 PM. BUY TICKETS HERE.

On Saturday, Oct. 15 dublab is holding their 12th anniversary happening at Atwater crossing and we have tickets to give you! Email us at rsvp@larecord.com and tell us about your favorite dublab event or memory from the last twelve years for a chance to win! Winners will be announced Friday, Oct. 14th.

Performing:

DIVA, TEEBS, DAEDELUS, DUBLAB DJS, TAKE AKA SWEATSON KLANK, JULIA HOLTER, HIGH PLACES, SFV ACID, JONTI, ESP + more guests and surprises!

ALSO:

dublab film retrospective and premiere screenings: Film Flash debut, Secondhand Sureshots, A Labrat Matinee highlights, Light from Los Angeles preview, plus an Experimental Popcorn seasoning station by Jenn Su.

HIT+RUN live screen printing on t-shirts donated by 2K.

Food trucks: Mandoline Grill, The Dim Sum Truck, Dosa Truck, Lomo Arigato, No Jodas.

Special cafe menu and wood-fired flat breads from Atwater Crossing Kitchen.

Cash bar featuring Lagunitas Beer and select wines.

Free bike valet thanks to the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

This is an ALL AGES event. $10 donation requested for admission. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ADVANCE TICKETS or enter our contest to win!

Warning, this video is N.S.F.LUNCH. Unless watching people chew with their mouths open makes you happy—as demonstrated by Doña Nicha, this two brother + 1 cousin +1 neighbor family band grown in Southern California. “Sandwishes” is two swishy guitars and a swoony melody of swirled together words that guide us through a minute and a half long wash of noisy shoe material. The video created by The Great Nordic Swordfights makes eating yucky things a metaphor for love. The family that eats together, and spits on each other, gets its faces melted off together.

Here are some moments we liked:

eyeballs
playing the tongue spittingdismembered sandwich ship

Whoever can correctly identify all the ingredients of the sandwich eaten in the video will receive free tickets to see Doña Nicha at Lot 1 this Saturday, October 8, with George Glass, Radars To The Sky, and Pick Up Sticks.

—Daiana Feuer

A couple weeks ago we announced a ticket giveaway for Low and Bachelorette! Herewith we announce the winners, but you can buy tickets here!

First, the winner is….

KATHERINE G: LIMBO WORLD RECORD

Pretty amazing how this older dude can wiggle under this pole. And at the end, they play it in slo-mo just in case you didn’t see it the first time.

But there were some other pretty amazing entries! Here were some of the highlights. Or lowlights, if you consider Hedo Rick.

CAROLYN P: DAVID HASSELHOFF DOES THE LIMBO!

This is somewhere between horrible and awful. We can’t decide.

JONAS W: THIS GETS AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR BEING SO DISGUSTING

I can’t even. Also there is no pole (thank God) so it’s not technically a limbo. But still. Gross.

CLARK W: INSANE LIMBO SKILLZ!

A pretty low limbo indeed.

Thanks for sending us your videos! And if you didn’t win, you can still buy tickets here!