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JAN. 5: OLIN AND THE MOON + MARNIE HERALD

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

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JAN. 6: BRAZZAVILLE + DAVID J + SALT PETAL

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

BRAZZAVILLE + DAVID J + SALT PETAL ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, AT THE ECHO, 1822 SUNSET BLVD, LOS ANGELES. 8PM / $8 / 18+. ATTHEECHO.COM

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DEC. 27: SMITHS NIGHT W/PART TIME PUNKS

December 21st, 2009 · No Comments

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DEC. 22: LOCAL NATIVES + VOXHAUL BROADCAST + CHIEF

December 21st, 2009 · No Comments

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EVANGELISTA CANCELS PART OF US TOUR, KEEPS L.A.

November 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Download: Evangelista “The Slayer”

(from Prince of Truth, available now from Constellation Records)
According to their rep, “Due to complications home and abroad, a portion of Evangelista’s US tour this winter has been cancelled” — but not their December 13 L.A. show!
Nov 6 – Brussels, BE – AB (w/ Wilco)
Nov 8 – Nuernberg, DE – K4
Nov 9 [...]

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AVI BUFFALO SIGN TO SUB POP AND DEBUT NEW 7″ IN NOVEMBER (PLUS HOME DEMO INSIDE JUST FOR FUN!)

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

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Download: Avi Buffalo “Raccoon” (Demo)

(from early sessions available from avibuffalo.bandcamp.com)
Download: Avi Buffalo “What’s In It For”

(from the upcoming full-length on Sub Pop)
L.A. RECORD knew something good was coming for Avi Buffalo even back when we interviewed them in honor of their Echo residency in May—the first all-ages Echo residency ever! So it’s nice [...]

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THE RAINCOATS: YOU NEED TO HAVE A BIT OF CHEEK

October 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The girls in the Raincoats have covered the Monks, but didn’t originally know the Monks possibly because they were so much like the Monks—formed perfectly from nothing and destined to disappear too quickly and leave anyone who discovered them later wondering how they’d ever happened in the first place. They play their first-ever Los Angeles show on October 11 at the Part Time Punks fest. This interview by Kevin Ferguson.

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MIXTAPE: LESLIE AND THE BADGERS

September 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments

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Download: L.A. RECORD mixtape by Leslie and the Badgers

Leslie and the Badgers are currently in residency at the Echo every Monday night, and L.A. RECORD will be sponsoring their final night on Sept. 28 with Sian Alice Group, Paperplanes and Best Coast. Bassist Ben Reddell delivers this mixtape revealing what a badger might think [...]

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TICKET GIVEAWAY: FRIENDS OF FRIENDS W/HECUBA, RAINBOW ARABIA, LAZER SWORD AND GHOSTS ON TAPE!

September 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Download: Rainbow Arabia “Haunted Hall”

(from Kabukimono out now on Manimal)
Download: Hecuba “Miles Away”

(from Paradise out now on Manimal Vinyl and available from L.A RECORD)
Thanks to good ol’ Lazy Brow, L.A. RECORD has ONE PAIR of tickets to give away to tomorrow’s FRIENDS OF FRIENDS show at the Echo! The first person to tell us how [...]

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ZIG ZAG WANDERER: FUXEDOS, SLANG CHICKENS AND THE LAST VIRGIN ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Elaine’s Hella Hipster Hoedown has become a welcome quarterly distraction—I’d be happy if she staged one every weekend. An indie-rock barn dance held the first Saturday this month at Pehrspace in hella non-bucolic South Echo Park, this happening was packed to the paint with veal-eyed darlings of the Eastside rock scene. I could scarce wedge my lean geezer’s carcass into the room, much less commandeer one of the authentic hay bales strewn about the room as bovine bric-a-brac, so I tarried outside and talked to the hostess. Being a Dixie lady herself, she was pretty impressed to meet a (half) authentic Tazewell Co., VA, hillbilly and I found myself unaccustomedly bashful. (About in the only other social advantage my heritage is usually good for is informing the occasional obnoxious fuck he owns a real purdy mouf’ with just the right inflection, so this kind of approval is unusual.)

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