Americans celebrate St. Paddy’s Day not because we love Ireland, but because drinking is such a big part of our lives. Drinking is a glorious edge-taker-offer, a social lubricant, a fast track to party time and getting busy. It’s often the worst thing you could’ve done last night for all those reasons. Here’s a mixtape of original songs to get you through this holiday in style!

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The moment of truth has arrived. We’ve gotten some amazing drinking jams to drown yourselves in or keep you away from the bottle, forever! Submissions are due Sunday, tomorrow!
Drink, drank, drunk. In honor of St. Paddy’s Day, L.A. RECORD wants your original drinking songs. Songs about drinking. Drinking about songs. Xmas ruled, Valentine’s was sweet, [...]

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Download: Pollyn “Podcast #1″

The band Pollyn sends us a mix as a heads-up about their March 3 show at the Roxy and a double-heads up about a coming remix comp with folks from DFA, Italians Do It Better and Turntable Lab, and it might be cool if they snuck in someone like Free The Robots [...]

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L.A. RECORD’s Valentine’s mixtape is so bursting with love we had to make it a box set. Each volume is like another relationship. Some of it’s funny and cheesy, but it’s all an emotional rollercoaster—a celebration of heartbreak, sex, and the love of your dreams.

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Download: Nguzunguzu “Moments In Love”

New mix from the wild minds behind Wildness! Tracklist below…

MOMENTS IN HOUSE: ESSENCE
GO DOWN BABY: DIAMOND K
MACHETE MOMENTS: ERIDSON VS. LUCIFER (NGUZU EDIT)
SUPERSTAR REMIX: DJ (7)+>
ART IN MOMENTS : DJ QUEST VS. LIEBRAND (NGUZU EDIT)
TONITE: 2 SMOOTH
MOMENTS IN LOVE: ART OF NOISE (A.MC EDIT)
EVERYDAY: DJ DEEON
MOMENTS: DJ GODFATHER AND STARSKI
TOOTSIE ROLL [...]

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After the fabulous success of our Holiday Mixtape, we are eager to see what musical offerings you’ll come up with for L.A. Record’s Valentine’s Day Mixtape. Happy, sad, romantic, scorned, sweet, spiteful, sexy, in any musical style, let it all hang out and celebrate Valentine’s Day with song. Due Feb 11.
Email your song to fortherecord@larecord.com
Jo [...]

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Download: Fulgeance “Low Club In L.A.” (Exclusive L.A. RECORD Mix)

French producer and 7X7 series alum Fulgeance will be visiting L.A. and O.C. (at Low End and the Crosby) next week and he’s given us an exclusive mix (featuring Brainfeeder and Friends of Friends friends like Tokimonsta and Shlohmo as well as tracks from Vosotro’s The [...]

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imaad wasif with adam garcia and bobb bruno as two part beast | dan monick
Download: Imaad Wasif’s Mixtape

L.A. RECORD alum Imaad Wasif is in residency three Thursdays this month at Spaceland, and each show is curated to reflect a different theme—tonight’s “Bad Vibes,” next week’s “Faith Folk” and finally “Cock Rock.” In honor of vibes, [...]

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Download: The Pity Party “Chris My Ass”

Please send us your ORIGINAL holiday-themed songs (like the Pity Party’s excellently hostile example above) and we’ll pick out our favorites and re-gift them to the world! Send MP3s to fortherecord @ larecord.com by Mon., Dec. 21, and we’ll get this thing out as instantly as holiday circumstances permit!
All [...]

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Download: Peter, Bjorn and John Mixtape

Peter of Peter, Bjorn and John put together an exclusive mixtape for us that’s become one of our favorites so far. They’re in L.A. for just one night, but you can keep this little batch of gems forever and ever.
01. El Perro Del Mar
 “Gotta Get Smart” (from Love Is [...]

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