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Killer: “This one’s for Warren Zevon…”

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Vampyre Love (Ultra Live) by RTX
Planet Earth’s mighty RTX surge forth with this “ultra live” Pentagram cover recorded on a camcorder at an old Safari Sam’s show with Easy Action and No Age. This will be coming out on a special one-sided 7″ on Outlaw but you can [...]

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Here’s Rodriguez live at San Francisco’s Amoeba with the same backing band—the Fresh and Onlys!—that he’ll have tonight at the El Rey. Read our interviews with him and opening band Glasser and see you tonight!

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Cinefamily will present a special tribute to Mitch Hedberg on Sunday night including never-seen footage of his TV pilot, live performances, TV appearances and Mitch’s directorial debut Los Enchiladas! Certain to be a crucial night—tickets here and more info below!

Much like his obvious antecedent, Steven Wright, the late Mitch Hedberg dealt in surrealist snippets and [...]

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Photography by Scott Schultz

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L.A. RECORD is happy to co-present (with L.A. FilmForum and Cinefamily!) the re-engagement of the mind-debriding Japanese avant silent A Page Of Madness, previously scored live by Gaslamp Killer and re-scored tonight by British duo In The Nursery, who have also contributed original new [...]

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L.A. RECORD favorite Flying Lotus will perform a rare live set of music specially written to mesh with new visuals and other sensory overloading effects as part of the Labrat Matinee at the Downtown Independent movie theater—just about next door to the Smell—tonight! More info from dublab below:

This matinee has transcended the afternoon and traveled [...]

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Was 50 Cent at the Henry Fonda on Sunday, April 26? No, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t sexual innuendo-laced lyrics on top of ass-bouncing beats floating through the steamy air as young, hot, bodies grinded on each other.

Shrouded in a light show back-lit by videos screening behind them, the Faint delivered. After rushing through a maze of L.A. traffic to get to the early concert (the Faint went on at 8:15), I felt a little crabby, pushing through the crowd to get up close. But, the moment “Take Me To The Hospital” blasted through the speakers—crabby no more—my heart started pumping and my feet started moving.

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Silversun Pickups are a great live band and seemed especially excited to be playing the Echoplex for the home-crowd and Pablo. They played the majority of Swoon with new radio hit “Panic Switch” and yes, “Lazy Eye” and “Well Thought Out Twinkles” also made the list. These songs from Carnavas display an extra seasoning and “Kissing Families” (from their EP) has also taken on new bite. SSPU has the quietloudquietloud formula down: Nikki Monninger’s melodious bass line churning through the distortion, the rapid-fire drumming of Christopher Guanlao, sonic structure from keyboardist Joe Lester and effects-laden guitar work and ragged vocals from frontman/guitarist Brian Aubert. SSPU has found their voice and on this night they put it out there for the Pablove Foundation.

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The Screamers live at Target Video
L.A. RECORD is proud to partner with Cinefamily to present this unprecedented opening of the vaults of San Francisco’s Target Video, who filmed a giant chunk of the West Coast’s original punk bands (including the still-infamous Cramps at Napa [...]

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