Howdy folks. The movie that I handled music supervision for a couple of years back is making its return to Los Angeles and guess what — you can watch it for FREE. The Scenesters, a noir mockumentary set in Silver Lake, is playing on Friday, March 19, at 3 p.m. at The Directors Guild Of America (7920 Sunset Blvd., 90046). Again, admission is absolutely free. Just RSVP by emailing mattg@dga.org or calling (310) 289-2033.
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News Roundup: Madlib Goes to Africa, Pity Party Helps the Kiddies, Lo-fi Longhairs Unite [MP3s]
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).
- Madlib Goes to Africa on New Beat Konducta Excursion [MP3s]
- Ariel Pink, Gary War and Velvet Davenport Collaborate [MP3s]
- 826LA and the Pity Party Look Out for the Kiddies [MP3]
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).

Durlin Lurt's 'Him Jenson'
- ‘Him Jenson’ Releases Wild Muppets Mixtape [MP3s]
- Dâm-Funk Making LPs w/ Steve Arrington, Nite Jewel [MP3]
- Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
- And The Top Radiohead Benefit Donor Is… Dangerbird?
- ASKA of Moonrats Collaborates Flea, Spike Jonze
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
LA Upcoming: E-40, The Blasting Company
A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.
- Region: Sunset Strip
Music: E-40, Eyedrop, Da Paranormal, Bellz, The Circuit, Precise
Vitals: The Key Club on Saturday, March 13
(details at LA Weekly)
- Region: Silver Lake
Music: Les Blanks, The Blasting Company,* Francisco the Man
Vitals: Spaceland on Wednesday, March 17
(details at LA Weekly)
Read a feature on the Blasting Company, a.k.a. the Petrojvic brothers, here.
OK Go to EMI: ‘Okay… No’

OK Goin' for dolo.
Another EMI band breaks rank. West Coast Sound weighs in…
“Last week, West Coast Sound published an interview with the executive producer of the band’s incredible Rube Goldberg-inspired new promo clip, ‘This Too Shall Pass.’ […] Couple the details of the clip with the title of the featured song, and it’s not hard to imagine that incredibly complicated R.G. machine — which involves the destruction of a piano an ends with the band facing an automated firing squad — as metaphorically representing the hulking old industry.”
Glitch Mob Leaves Alpha Pup, Leaks LP Info
Still more questions than answers, but it seems the Low End Theory-reared Glitch Mob crew has left the nest. Via West Coast Sound:
“A recent Mob-related inquiry to Moo’s people revealed that ‘Alpha Pup is no longer releasing the upcoming Glitch Mob album,’ which is another as-long-as-we’ve-known-them sort of thing — the group’s full-length debut has been a long time coming, and perhaps now we know why. […] Likely (speculation alert) it’s a power move that will align the crew with a major label or a larger, more established indie, or, like, Diplo.”
Live In LA: The Bird and the Bee Pay Tribute to Hall and Oates, with a VERY Special Guest
Over the weekend something quite unexpected happened. The Bird and the Bee played a sold-out show at El Rey in honor of their new Hall and Oates tribute album, and who joined them onstage but the legendary ______ himself! Go to Spin to fill in the blank, and check out a few snaps from photog Andrew Herrold.

The Bird, the Bee and baby make three. (Andrew Herrold)
News Roundup: Free Garage Rock, Alpha Pup Goes Chillwave, Snoop Disses Grammys, Mayer = Sad Bastard, West Coast Rules The Rap Roost
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).

Snoop and The Grammys, before the beef (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
- MP3 Exclusive: ‘Take You’ from L.A. Garage-Rockers Cobalt Cranes
- MP3 Exclusive: Alpha Pup Enters The Chilwave Game with Sumsun
- Snoop Dogg Disses Grammys, Big-Ups the West on New Mixtape
- Mayer Hawthorne is a Very, Very Sad Man
- West Coast Rappers Dominate XXL’s Freshman Class
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).

Durlin Lurt's 'Him Jenson'
- ‘Him Jenson’ Releases Wild Muppets Mixtape [MP3s]
- Dâm-Funk Making LPs w/ Steve Arrington, Nite Jewel [MP3]
- Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
- And The Top Radiohead Benefit Donor Is… Dangerbird?
- ASKA of Moonrats Collaborates Flea, Spike Jonze
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).
Mia Doi Todd in her new Gondry-directed video
- Abe Vigoda Leaks Demo, Tours With Vampire Weekend
- Exclusive: Salvador Santana’s “Don’t Do It”, Plus Michna Remix
- Watch: Gondry and Mia Doi Todd Make Human Rubik’s Cube
- Watch: Rapper ‘Intuition’ Pays Tribute to Al Bundy
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).

Durlin Lurt's 'Him Jenson'
- ‘Him Jenson’ Releases Wild Muppets Mixtape [MP3s]
- Dâm-Funk Making LPs w/ Steve Arrington, Nite Jewel [MP3]
- Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
- And The Top Radiohead Benefit Donor Is… Dangerbird?
- ASKA of Moonrats Collaborates Flea, Spike Jonze
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Trip-Out Tuesday: Psychedelic Visions from Red Sparowes
LA Upcoming: 826LA, Boyz II Men, Little Boots
A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.
- Region: Echo Park
Music: The Submarines, The Growlers, Pity Party, Summer Darling
Vitals: Echoplex on Saturday, March 6
(details at LA Weekly)
- Region: Downtown
Music: Boyz II Men
Vitals: Club Nokia on Saturday, March 6
(details at LA Weekly)
- Region: Miracle Mile
Music: Little Boots, Dragonette, Class Actress
Vitals: El Rey on Wednesday, March 10
(details at LA Weekly)
Review: Jaga Jazzist, ‘One-Armed Bandit’
Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune)

Jaga Jazzist, 'One-Armed Bandit'
The cover of Jaga Jazzist’s One-Armed Bandit features an interchangeable set of slot-machine symbols, and the music inside offers truth in advertising…
Grade: A- (via The A.V. Club)
Live In LA: Dirty Projectors Curate Orchestral Extravaganza
First came the feature, then came the show itself. Spin tapped me to cover the Dirty Projectors extravaganza that took place at Disney Hall over the weekend. Read all about it here, and enjoy the photos from Andrew Herrold.

Dirty Projectors and Alarm Will Sound inside of the airship (Andrew Herrold)







