Chicago’s Permanent Records is coming to L.A.! Specifically, Eagle Rock, the new home of their second shop. The grand opening party is this Saturday, and they’ll be hosting performances by the Cosmonauts, Francis Harold and the Holograms, and Amanda of Not Not Fun (DJ set). We spoke with Permanent co-owner Lance about what’s in store. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Download: The Burger Basher! Mixtape [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the Burger interview here!) Our old pals at Burger have further conglomerized the powerful Burger brand and opened a brand new real-deal record store to go with their real-deal record label! If you’re in the cholesterol-coated heart of Orange County, be sure [...]

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Territory BBQ and Records is the new restaurant-slash-record-store from Tony Presedo and Curtis Brown—formerly of Tee Pee Records and the band Bad Wizard, respectively. They will stock heavy music and serve heavy food. This interview by John Henry.

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