Jenny O recently joined the Manimal Vinyl family, releasing her new album Home on the West Coast friendly imprint. We wanted to know what tunes she’s been digging and Ms. O said she spent 2010 listening mostly to 1970s music. So we asked her for a “best of” the most prominent year in her record [...]
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BEST OF 1971 BY JENNY O
December 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments
VOICEsVOICEs: IT’S A BIG EXPERIMENT FOR US
February 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
VOICEsVOICEs might be like the middle of every great Led Zeppelin song, or maybe like Yoko Ono played backwards while in a warm cave. Their new EP—produced by Prefuse 73—is out now on Manimal Vinyl. This interview by Scott Schultz.
EMILY LACY: STEP AWAY FROM THE ROBE
January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Singer/songwriter/filmmaker/etceterator Emily Lacy is currently crashing the Japanese Pavilion at LACMA and creating “Temples of the Mind,” a loop-heavy soundscape that feels like Linda Perhacs broadcasting over a secret shortwave station. She speaks now about shape-shifting, pedals and the origin of “Temples.” This interview by Drew Denny.
EMERALDS: SOME STUFF THAT’S PRETTY WIZARD
September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Emeralds are extraterrestrial metal shredders from Seattle who see nothing but optimistic omens in the exploded body of a Texas buzzard. They speak now between lightning and thunder. This interview by Dan Collins and Tessa Goldston.
MIKE WATT: THE GLORY HOLE OF MAN
August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Minutemen’s Double Nickels On The Dime is one of the several weathered foundations of L.A. RECORD. Exactly twenty-five years later, it still starts bands and makes friends. Minutemen bassist Mike Watt meets for pizza at San Pedro’s excellent Pavich’s Pizza for remembering D. Boon and George Hurley and that guy Mike Watt in the summer of 1984. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
THE NOCTURNES: A YEAR OF SPRING
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments
The Nocturnes are quick to demolish ideas of Chopin and wistful pianos—by the end of the first song “I Love the Lighthouse Keeper,” 1970s prog rock is clearly a better fit than the 19th century. Non-standard time signatures and abrupt shifts and some unexpected use of synthesizers are all constants on this album, but their aesthetic extends beyond that genre, too. For a duo consisting of Emma Ruth Rundle and Daniel Yasmin, they pack a lot of different sounds into A Year of Spring. Think Sonic Youth, Zeppelin, and maybe even a dirtier, less classical-minded My Brightest Diamond, and you wouldn’t be too far off the mark.
