When producer Nicole Disson asked us who we thought would be good to perform at The Series, a monthly experimental performance night on the rooftop of The Standard, Downtown L.A., we said loudly, TEARIST! JULIA HOLTER! OTHER PEOPLE TOO, BUT WE HAVE VIDEO OF THESE GUYS. WHY AM I STILL SHOUTING?! Tearist’s Yasmine Kittles appeared [...]

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Hecuba hasn’t played in forever. They’ve been writing a new album, which we anticipate like a delicious giant cake with a babe hiding inside, but they’re also hard at work on a short film. They need your $$$ pronto to get this puppy produced right. The film is called Brass Knuckles and stars Jasmine Albuquerque, [...]

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The girl in 1980s leotard with sunglasses, on a pedestal, posing under her own handheld fluorescent light, while Anna Oxygen and Oliwa jumped on the couches in post-aerobic electro triumph, was definitely one of the dancers in the musical New. last Spring. All the pieces in one way or another referenced buildings, structures, and being where we were: The Standard Downtown, a place for abstract behavior by the city’s fashionably experimental.

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Hear ye, hear ye, Dublab brings back some “Good Times” from Silent Movie Theater. Almost two years ago, Dublab screened videos from its VisionVersion series on a warm summer night—the series in which they take awesome bands to sweet spots around town and tape them singing their song. That night capped with Hecuba performing live [...]

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pit er pat by champoyhate Download: Butchy Fuego’s ‘Sabor Tropical’ Mixtape (Exclusive!) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] We asked producer and Pit Er Pat drummer Butchy Fuego to make us a mix to go with his interview, and he gave us this wild beast! Greetings friends of L.A. RECORD! This is Butchy Fuego, [...]

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Keith Musil and Alexandra Hope collaborated on a music video for Hecuba’s “La Musica,” off the group’s most recent album, Paradise. Twin kitties received instruction from Hope on capturing Isabelle Albuquerque’s dance moves and added their own feline twist. Perhaps Albuquerque will adopt the “lick your nose” step.  This isn’t just a coupla cats dancing. [...]

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On this night, Hecuba summoned to Hotel Cafe with tales about food and babes in Estonia, and a super intriguing music video by El Perro Del Mar starring two overly-tan strong men who call themselves The Golden Power. The men lift each other like magnets, often moving very slowly, trailing sparkles. The song, “Change Of Heart,” showcases El Perro Del Mar’s best features: relaxed, classy, romantic vocals and a stylish moonlit mood. Despite the title, all the songs Sarah Assbring wrote for album Love Is Not Pop sound a lot like “love pop.” Living for love, sacrificing for love, love for breakfast, love for dinner, lovey love love—

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This video is one of the coolest things ever. EVER! Don’t disagree. Disregard your preconceptions about men with spray tans and no body hair, and allow yourself to marvel at the wonders of the human form’s power without prejudice. Hecuba sent us the above video for El Perro Del Mar’s song “Change Of Heart.” They’re [...]

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Even in a jumpsuit with enough pockets for the apocalypse, no one is fully equipped for this weekend. People will lose flutes in teepees and see alligators in guitar-neck shadows chomping on the heads of musicians; and emerge from Pioneertown alleys on Sunday morning without pants.

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