Happy Monday. Last week I previewed the odd-but-good combo of Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo), who are doing a handful of dates together in support of their Jack Kerouac-inspired new album, One Fast Move Or I’m Gone. Well, this week, I reviewed their full-band performance at El Rey. For Spin. And you can read it here. Also, Andrew Herrold took some great photos.
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The Scenesters Featured On The A.V. Club
Todd Berger, a good friend and the director/star of The Scenesters (which I supervised, musically speaking), was recently interviewed over at The A.V. Club. I actually had nothing to do with setting this up — the movie’s been generating considerable buzz on the festival circuit — but the shout-out in the opening paragraph doesn’t hurt none. Among the numerous bands featured in the film: The Franks, The Sonics, American Watercolor Movement, Tobacco, Thee More Shallows, Gavin Castleton, Wallpaper, Le Switch, The Cribs, Barr, Her Space Holiday, Fog and The Airborne Toxic Event.
Screening info here.
Roundup: Flying Lotus & Friends, U-N-I Hats, Dublab Art, Jogger + Nite Jewel
Quick bloggy bits from around the L.A. underground (and up):
- Flying Lotus Hosts Epic B-Day Jam w/ Computer Jay, Shafiq Husayn, Gaslamp Killer, Matthewdavid, many more (MP3)
- Inglewood Rap Duo U-N-I Designs Lakers-Inspired Hat (MP3)
- Dublab Holds Art Auction Featuring Sumi Ink Club, Travis Millard…
- Tonight, Free: Jogger, Nite Jewel, and Kozy(ndan) at Calling All Kids
(via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
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L.A. Experiential: Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar Do Kerouac, Pelican and the Cobras Do Metal
If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:
- Region: Miracle Mile
Music: Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar (inspired by Kerouac), John Roderick (Long Winters)
Vitals: El Rey on Friday, October 23
(details at LA Weekly)
- Region: West Hollywood
Music: Pelican, Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
Vitals: The Troubadour on Wednesday, October 28
(details at LA Weekly)
INCHES012: New Vinyl from Talking Heads, Sole & Skyrider, Edward Sharpe, No Age (MP3s!)
INCHES012 is here! Find out what it’s all about for yourself. You won’t be sorry.
No Age's "Losing Feeling"
Review: The Very Best – “Warm Heart Of Africa”
Double Review: Sufjan Stevens – “The BQE” / “Run Rabbit Run” (with Osso)
Roundup: Dead Man’s Bones, American Apparel + Father Yod, SUB POP SIGNS AVI BUFFALO, Sole & Skyrider, Friends Of Friends
Quick bloggy bits from around the L.A. underground (and up):
- Dead Man’s Bones Debut New Video, Additional MP3
- American Apparel Puts Father Yod On A T-Shirt, Anthology Provides The Soundtrack
- Sole And The Skyrider Band Come To L.A., Release Bizarro PSA Series and Free EP (MP3s)
- Friends Of Friends Announce Ernest Gonzales EP, With Contributions From Take, Faunts, others (MP3)
- Sup Pop Signs Avi Buffalo! Releases 7-inch, Gets “Puffed-Up”
(via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
L.A. Experiential: Dan Deacon, Nuclear Power Pants; Neal Morgan, Pit Er Pat, more
If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:
- Region: Eagle Rock
Music: Dan Deacon, Nuclear Power Pants
Vitals: Eagle Rock Center For The Arts on Friday, October 16
(details at LA Weekly — scroll down).
- Region: Echo Park
Music: Neal Morgan, Pit Er Pat, WHQLES, Concett9
Vitals: Echo Curio on Monday, October 19
(details at LA Weekly)
INCHES011: New Wax from Fool’s Gold, Inca Ore, Now-Again (Rare Psych!), Samiyam (MP3s, chart)
Friends, INCHES011 exists. Featuring fresh wax from L.A.’s favorite Eritrean-Hebrew Afrobeat outfit, Fool’s Gold, a limited 10-inch platter from beat music maker Samiyam (via Poo-Bah Records), some experimental goodness from the Not Not Fun label (SF’s Inca Ore), and an incredible international psych/funk/rock/soul comp put together by Stones Throw general manager, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt. Can I get a Twit-ness?
Egon's "Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges"


