We have one winner for our Bon Iver ticket contest but don’t worry, we’ll announce one more winner the day of the show! To try to win the second pair of tickets, just email rsvp@larecord.com with subject line Bon Iver and a link to a YouTube video with the funniest weather report you can find [...]

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Bon Iver has received praise from such luminaries as KCRW, Mojo, and Rolling Stone magazine; Other Lives has been similarly lauded by the Guardian and NPR. Now you can buy tickets see both of ‘em on September 20 when they play the Gibson AmpHitheatre or you can try to win tickets! And–we will be giving [...]

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photo courtesy of KCRW Anne Litt has been involved with KCRW for fifteen years, and has earned critical acclaim not only for her on-air talents, but also her supervision of the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack. She’s also the one responsible for the recent appearance of the Black Keys and Sean Hayes on Subaru commercials. Litt [...]

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KCRW & LA RECORD PRESENT… MANIMAL FESTIVAL 2009 OCTOBER 3rd & 4th WITH EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS CHAIRLIFT WARPAINT HECUBA RAINBOW^ARABIA FOOL’S GOLD THE POLYAMOROUS AFFAIR WE ARE THE WORLD OTHER LIVES VOICESVOICES RIO EN MEDIO CORRIDOR MOONRATS ALEXANDRA HOPE HE’S MY BROTHER, SHE’S MY SISTER JULIETTE COMMANGRE LACO$TE EXITMUSIC AMANDA JO WILLIAMS [...]

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The perfect antidote for the melancholy of June gloom is a soundtrack companion, like Other Lives. They are tender melody without being achingly maudlin. These melodic wanderings create open plains images of their home state of Oklahoma. This is the second review of a band (Colourmusic) I’ve done from Oklahoma, and I learned that both bands are from Stillwater. Although there are drastic differences between the bands, they both work in established genres, and have experimental elements and an honesty that demands you take notice.

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