Friday, April 22nd BLAZING 45′s presented by FUZZ and DUBLAB: A one-off event in celebration of Holloway’s birthday. Twenty dj’s spin 15 minute sets of their favorite 45′s. Included are: B+, DAM FUNK, SHINEHEAD, PB WOLF, FROSTY, NOBODY, RHETTMATIC, DUB CLUB TOM, TURQUOISE WISDOM, NANNY CANTALOUPE, DANNY HOLLOWAY, DESTROYER, MONALISA, EXPO, BYZE, BELSON, SCOTT CRAIG, [...]

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Farmer Dave is known and loved for his music, his collaborations (with everyone from Elvis Costello to dios malos) and his homemade Hot Nuts. Now he’s starting a night of his own in Venice, taking over an underground ’20s speakeasy once a month for F.D.’s Club Pacific. L.A. RECORD is proud to be a part of today’s inaugural event and hopes to summon up a Dennis Wilson-meets-Dennis Hopper vibe that makes F.D. proud. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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TO RSVP EMAIL YOUR NAME TO RSVP@LARECORD.COM. This event is FREE if you RSVP and bring a child’s toy for us to donate to Toys for Tots! However-since we had so many people last year, we have to close RSVPs when we hit 500 people. We are offering a limited number of $15 “V.I.P. Passes” that [...]

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UPDATE: We are thrilled to turn over the turntables to L.A. RECORD writer and Shark Toys singer Daniel Clodfelter, the always wiggy Short Shorts and the cosmic classicist Turquoise Wisdom, who is one-third of the formidable Small Town Talk collective and who you will have enjoyed at any of Animal Collective‘s recent L.A. shows. Party [...]

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Territory BBQ and Records is the new restaurant-slash-record-store from Tony Presedo and Curtis Brown—formerly of Tee Pee Records and the band Bad Wizard, respectively. They will stock heavy music and serve heavy food. This interview by John Henry.

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