Chicago’s Permanent Records is coming to L.A.! Specifically, Eagle Rock, the new home of their second shop. The grand opening party is this Saturday, and they’ll be hosting performances by the Cosmonauts, Francis Harold and the Holograms, and Amanda of Not Not Fun (DJ set). We spoke with Permanent co-owner Lance about what’s in store. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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The group plays in a sordid psych style delivered with plenty of bam-bam and woo-woo. They claim Can influences, but something else is going on—maybe a steady white man funk, akin to Motown’s Rare Earth.

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Download: Magic Lantern “At The Mountains Of Madness” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the self-titled LP out now on Woodsist!) Get you this now! From Magic Cameron: FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS: In the run-up to the PLATOON release (it’s coming, peeps…at the plant), WOODSIST has repressed the LANTERN self-titled LP with new full-bleed [...]

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Download: Magic Lantern “Dark Cicadas” (Excerpt) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the upcoming Platoon LP out next month—with bonus 7″—on Not Not Fun!) Shop: Sun Araw (Cameron from Magic Lanterns side project)

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SHOP UPDATE: NEW ARRIVALS (10/31) We are pleased to announce that our new online shop has soft launched this week! We are also proud to bring you the first installment of our weekly Shop Update email that will be going out every Friday. To directly access our our new store please visit shop.larecord.com. Also make [...]

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KplSAorI5Dk&feature=related] sun araw live in paris by benoît lesieux Download: Sun Araw “Heavy Deeds” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Heavy Deeds out now on Not Not Fun) Update: We now have Sun Araw “In Orbit” in stock!! As far as we know these are the last ones available on planet earth! More [...]

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Download: Sun Araw “Heavy Deeds” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Heavy Deeds out now on Not Not Fun) Sun Araw is Cameron (lately of Pocahaunted and always of the mighty Magic Lantern) and “Heavy Deeds” is the indeed heavy title track of his newest solo LP out now on Not Not Fun.

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