Warning, this video is N.S.F.LUNCH. Unless watching people chew with their mouths open makes you happy—as demonstrated by Doña Nicha, this two brother + 1 cousin +1 neighbor family band grown in Southern California. “Sandwishes” is two swishy guitars and a swoony melody of swirled together words that guide us through a minute and a [...]

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*watch “Trolls” on vimeo instead L.A. RECORD proudly presents the video premiere of “Trolls,” a cool, freaky song by the weird and wonderful one-woman band from Switzerland—Oy—from her album First Box Then Walk (Creaked Records). This video, conceived by L.A.-based director Air, is very scary. She describes it: “Two girls creep through a mystical forest [...]

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L.A. RECORD is pleased to premiere the video for “Electric Car Gas Guitar” by Brooklyn band Dinowalrus, directed by Matthew Caron. This little piece of punk prismatic spills out hard and fast like a glowstick melting in a fiery flame. The band plays April 29 with Foot Village and Signals at the Smell. Dinowalrus “Electric [...]

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L.A. RECORD PRESENTS THE PREMIERE OF MUSIC VIDEO “ETCHASKETCH TREES” BY ERNEST GONZALES FROM BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU, THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM RELEASED BY LOCAL LABEL FRIENDS OF FRIENDS… We travel inside a pretty girl with long eyelashes in the snow. She’s in the woods. Her eyes are closed. The creek trickles nearby. A [...]

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L.A. Record presents The Pity Party’s brand new music video for “Stop, Stand Up, Be Quiet, Be Still,” a new song that you’ll find on an album sometime next year. The tune’s about wanting to teach a boy the good behavior he didn’t learn in school, but alas some dogs can’t be trained. For her [...]

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