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JUN. 18: FRIENDS OF FRIENDS ANNIVERSARY PARTY w/ MEXICANS WITH GUNS + SALVA + SHLOHMO + GROUNDISLAVA + JONWAYNE + ANENON

May 20th, 2011 · No Comments

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Sept. 26: Friends of Friends and Passion of the Weiss present MOUNT KIMBIE w/ Shlomo + Strangeloop + Low Limit + Asura + Ana Caravelle + more

September 15th, 2010 · No Comments

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VIDEO PREMIERE: ERNEST GONZALES "ETCHASKETCH TREES"

February 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments

L.A. RECORD PRESENTS THE PREMIERE OF MUSIC VIDEO “ETCHASKETCH TREES” BY ERNEST GONZALES FROM BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU, THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM RELEASED BY LOCAL LABEL FRIENDS OF FRIENDS… We travel inside a pretty girl with long eyelashes in the snow. She’s in the woods. Her eyes are closed. The creek trickles nearby. A [...]

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HECUBA + RAINBOW ARABIA + LAZER SWORD + GHOSTS ON TAPE @ THE ECHO

September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

When Tim “Terrorbird” said there’d be new Rainbow Arabia songs and new Hecuba haircuts at this show, I blushed, “Hecuba Haircuts?!!” —Wow, a lot of them hairs was snipped. No bodysuit (Jerry) or wife beater (Tom) on these bods tonight. Instead, closed collar black long-sleeve shirts and matching sweatshop slippers, a lack of facial hair not framing some wide-open blue orbs—the prison camp high fashion twins thing going on can only be a metaphor for the great suffering of love for art. Or art for love. Or sacrifice inverting beauty and dang. No-eyebrow minimalism, I must agree.

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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” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Kabukimono out now on Manimal) Download: Hecuba “Miles Away” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (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 [...]

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DAEDELUS @ THE ECHOPLEX

June 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The only time there was break in the music was when he’d stand back for a second with his hand on his chest as if to remind himself to breathe, look at his creation, and give the sly smile of a completely satisfied artist. When a performer is so completely into his own creation, it’s easy to overlook any faults—you see how much he loves it and you love it too. What’s special about Daedelus, though, is that there aren’t any faults to overlook.

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VIDEO: PEANUT BUTTER WOLF MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE

June 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_5m5_TKJI] Filmed by Joshua Gibson at the Friends of Friends show at the Echoplex Thursday—thanks to Lazy Brow for the tip!

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PODCAST AND Q+A: FRIENDS OF FRIENDS

June 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Download: Friends of Friends in ’09 Podcast [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 1. Ernest Gonzales “Dancing in the Snow” Been Meaning to Tell You out in October! 2. Daedelus “C’est Super” Friends of Friends Volume 1 OUT NOW 3. Daedelus “C’est Super” (Michna Remix) Friends of Friends Remixed out 7/28 4. Jogger “Nice [...]

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