THE SMELL’S 14TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND WITH BEST COAST, ABE VIGODA, DUNES, SO MANY WIZARDS, LUCKY DRAGONS, AND EZRA BUCHLA ON SATURDAY JAN. 7TH AT THE SMELL, 247 SOUTH MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES. 8:00PM/ $10/ ALL AGES

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While it was great to see so many new faces, I have to admit relief at the sight of all of the regulars in the crowd, the people who week after week return to Pehrspace loyally on Monday nights for the eclectic and exciting programming that is Sean Carnage Mondays. The “TGIMers.” Even self-appointed announcer Karen Centerfold managed her way in somehow, but tonight Val Kilmer was the guest host, interacting with DJ Kyle Mabson’s mix of television themes and Tim Allen grunt samples.

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“CREATIVE CULTIVATION: dublab’s summer 2011 fundraiser dinner” Tuesday, July 19th / 7-11pm L.A. based non-profit DJ collective, dublab is hosting their summer 2011 “Creative Cultivation” fundraiser dinner on July 19th at JF Chen Loft,  featuring live music by Lucky Dragons, and Devandra Banhart, alongside DJ sets by dublab board member Peanut Butter Wolf and more. [...]

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One of collective Dublab‘s founding fathers, a great DJ and L.A. magic maker, Mark “Frosty” McNeil shares his favorite music from local pals in 2010: Build An Ark — Love Part 2 — Kindred Spirits Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti — Before Today — 4AD Dntel — After Parties — Sub Pop Sun Araw — Off [...]

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LUCKY DRAGONS, MY DADS, GOODRIDDLER, STARSKATE, AND HOLY VESSELS ON SATURDAY DEC. 18TH AT THE MIME, 1840 GLENDALE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $5/ ALL AGES.

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The feverish daze in which Foot Village and Mi Ami left the loyal denizens of The Smell’s new, smell-less tomorrow was a perfect segue into Lucky Dragons’ ethereal midnight dream.

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dak – standthis, Lucky Dragons – Widows, Daedelus – Of Snowdonia…

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*All You Can Hear For $19.99* Performers: Mitchell Brown Daedelus howardAmb LA Fog Lucky Dragons Nilbog Stephen / Steven (Brendan Fowler) Date: *Thursday, December 17, 2009* Time: *Doors open at 8:00 PM* Place: The Mountain 475 Gin Ling Way Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 625-7500 Show info: *323/960-5723 / www.sassas.org* Admission: *Tickets: $19.99; $14.99 SASSAS [...]

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post-party Upset the Rhythm is the independent London label that’s always taken good care of Los Angeles—they were one of the labels participating in that first burst of No Age vinyl in 2007 and also put out releases for L.A. bands like Soft Boiled Eggies and BARR and now Foot Village, who will be releasing [...]

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I caught up with some L.A. RECORD peeps at the Echo’s No Culture show last week, but not before catching up with Lucky Dragons, owners of one of my few whole-souled enthusiasms on the current SoCal scene. The rara avis duo of Luke Fischbeck and Sara Rara don’t so much give performances of their Minkowski Space postrock as collaborate with the audience and they did so tonight, passing out various tone-making apparatus to rapt ones sitting semicircle on the concrete floor. They view the craft of song the same way long-gone late-‘70s postpunk experimentalists the Swell Maps did—as a mere conventional pretext for astonishing ventures into the arrangement of pure skronk.

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