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On the second of a two-night stand at Spaceland, the band gave fans a well-picked but fleeting review of its melancholy catalogue. MacLean’s guitar work is nearly as fascinating to watch as it is to hear: one set of fingers flailing fast to pluck the strings, the other stretching into complex chords most of us have probably never heard of, all while he shakes the entire instrument about.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste
On Princeton’s final night of their Spaceland residency, Castledoor played their last show with their current line up. Their performance was noticeably emotional especially for singer Nate Cole who flung himself about at times while at times slightly shifting a song’s lyrics.

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It’s best when someone like Mia Doi Todd is in love, as it fuels the nurturing instinct, and she pours her sweet stuff into songs of earth, morning bed touches, and world peace—her voice round as sunshine in a window turning from dark to light or light to dark—it’s sitting in the window staring at birds or the mailbox, very peaceful-like.

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The fact that Princeton made some songs about famous dead writers has only fueled more crazy assumptions that they’re both creative and smart. It can only help them get girls, which means heartache, which means more material to translate into their signature string-and-synth pop. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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Scott H. Biram is an American hollerer with a bunch of room to himself between David Allan Coe and Jack Oblivian. He likes Black Flag but sometimes he gets weird like Dock Boggs, and he decides here to probably not take shrooms for a little bit. This interview by Sarah Bennett.

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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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MIA DOI TODD + ASKA + ADANOWSKY + NICK AND MARCEL + DJ RENTERIA ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, AT SPACELAND, 1717 SILVERLAKE BLVD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM / $7 / 21+. CLUBSPACELAND.COM

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Download: Nomo “Invisible Cities”

(from Invisible Cities out now on Ubiquity Records)
We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway for the upcoming NOMO show this Wednesday (Feb. 3rd) at Spaceland. If you would like to win tickets please follow @freelarecord for your chance to win in the next couple of days!!

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