The Entrance Band came together around guitarist Guy Blakeslee and spent two years writing their new album on stages across California. They have just signed to Ecstatic Peace and hope to go to towns no band ever visits. They speak now just before leaving for many months of tour. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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David Serby was a punk kid in Orange County and then an insurance adjuster in L.A. and took a long time and a lot of lumps to become the country singer he is now. He performs monthly at dark bars with old photos on the walls and he has just released his third album Honky Tonk And Vine. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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dan monick Download: HEALTH “Tabloid Sores” (Nosaj Thing remix) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] L.A. RECORD cover alumni HEALTH will be releasing a surely highly anticipated full-length called Get Color in September on the venerable Lovepump label (also home of the killer Clipd Beaks and Indian Jewelry) and they’ll depart for tour with [...]

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julia tsao Download: Nosaj Thing “Coat Of Arms” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Drift out Tue., June 9, on Alpha Pup) Julia Tsao was there at the photo shoot to document Nosaj Thing‘s transformation from studied beatmaker to something a bit less… sane? See the results inside this month’s L.A. RECORD!

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Nosaj Thing was in 40 Bands 80 Minutes with Wives, HEALTH and Abe Vigoda and then followed madman visionaries like Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer to Low End Theory. He now joins half the next generation of L.A. beatmakers on Daddy Kev’s Alpha Pup Records with his debut full-length Drift. This interview by Chris Ziegler

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Los Angeles’ non-profit magazine Razorcake (featuring photos by L.A. RECORD’s Dan Monick) is the big fat phonebook of DIY punk and will be celebrating its fiftieth full-length issue with a show tonight headlined by Sacramento’s much-loved Bananas. L.A. RECORD heartily congratulates Razorcake and wishes them at least 500 more issues. This interview by Dan Collins.

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Dan Monick gets some love overseas from Street Tease!! Complètement Californien, entre le hippisme rock’n’roll et le vipisme de seconde zone, Dan Monick est un photographe qui rentre dans mon top ten, moi adepte de photos bizarres, teintées pola et pleine de gens aux gueules arrachées. [Read More]

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Gangi will be playing their final residency at Spaceland tonight so we are lifting this interview out of our archives. The vinyl version of their album A is almost out and they are already working on the follow-up Gun Show, with a title track that sounds like T. Rex and Funkadelic together in three minutes. They speak here when issues of toxic mold were much more on their minds. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Abstract Rude is the independent Los Angeles hip-hop mainstay who co-founded Project Blowed and stood next to Aceyalone and Myka 9 in Haiku D’Etat—all currently touring together—and much more. His newest Rejuvenation (produced by Vitamin D) is out now on Rhymesayers and he is also working on RudeNation TV online. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Congratulations to L.A. RECORD art director Dan Monick in his fourth place finish in the Ultimate Staring Contest today! His penetrating gaze and fearsome beard served him well. We also salute L.A. Philharmonic, the ultimate victors, and wish a speedy recovery to all those defeated and dry-eyed.

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