Well, tongue-in-cheek of course. The new Sole And The Skyrider Band LP, Plastique, is out October 13 on Fake Four Inc.
Download the free Battlefields EP here.
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L.A. Experiential: Seu Jorge and Bebel Gilberto; Flying Lotus, Daedelus, The Gaslamp Killer and more
If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:
- Region: Griffith Park
Music: Seu Jorge and Bebel Gilberto w/ the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Vitals: Hollywood Bowl on Friday, September 11
(details at LA Weekly).
- Region: Hollywood
Music: Destroy L.A.: Flying Lotus, Daedelus, The Gaslamp Killer, Jogger, Post-Feotus, TOKiMONSTA (beat music blowout!)
Vitals: Henry Fonda on Saturday, September 12
(details at LA Weekly)
Review: BLK JKS, After Robots
The Best of the Fest: No Age, Wavves, and Japanther + Ninjasonik Slay at L.A.’s FYF (MP3s)
Wow. That was intense. And incredible. Those who survived FYF Fest this weekend in L.A. should be easy enough to spot: dusty clothes, compulsive head-bobbing, bleeding ears. The LA Weekly‘s West Coast Sound blog has been posting some solid roundups of what went down in the Los Angeles State Historic Park, kicked off by yours truly with this entry.
FYF through sunglasses (as most saw it)
LA Weekly’s guide to FYF Fest 2009: Parks And Inspiration w/ Avi Buffalo, Wavves, more
Check it out here. It’s hard to imagine this festival being anything less than incredible. You’ll find text from me on these two fellas:
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Excuse our dust… (updates, videos, fun)
Some combination of nasty airborne particulates, awful heat, ill-advised all-nighters, catching up on FAIL Blog and various little stressers has resulted in a full week without updates to Funny Ha Ha. And yet, much has happened in that time. There’s a new installment of INCHES (number 5!), new show picks (including a night of indie rock from the Far East!), some bad news for vinyl heads (or good, if you’re in the market), and also, I suck all of the fun out of a local semi-super group called Music Go Music (here). These entries are being retroactively added to the site so as to hide my (lack of) tracks. And speaking of tracks, here’s what I purchased at Amoeba this week. (More after the jump.)
Bob Dylan – “Visions Of Johanna”
[replacing a lost copy of Blonde On Blonde Remastered]
Wallpaper Debuts New Video: “I’ve Got Soul, I’m So Wasted” (from upcoming Doodoo Face LP)
L.A. Experiential: Leslie & The Badgers, Sing For China
If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:
- Region: Echo Park
Music: Leslie & the Badgers, Welldiggers Banquet, Old Californio…
Vitals: The Echo on Monday, September 7
(details at LA Weekly).
- Region: Downtown
Music: Sing For China: Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and The Casino Demon (all-Chinese indie-rock bill)
Vitals: Silverlake Lounge on Tuesday, September 8
(details at LA Weekly)
INCHES005: New Wax from The Mars Volta, Glasser, Wet Hair, Kissing Cousins (+ MP3s, video, chart)
Man alive, it’s number five! The West Coast Sound vinyl column rings in a brand new prime number with INCHES005, featuring some truly glorious wax courtesy of The Mars Volta (Rodriguez-Lopez Productions), Glasser (True Panther Sounds), Kissing Cousins (Velvet Blue Music), and Wet Hair (Not Not Fun).
Wet Hair, "Glass Fountain"
Also inside: trippy video of the Glasser 12-inch package being assembled, free music to download, and a fresh top-ten from Vacation Vinyl.
Beloved L.A. Vinyl Vendor Music Man Murray To Close
It’s true, but not for the reasons you’d think. Read about it here (via LA Weekly). It’s both sad news and glad news for collectors of rare records — Music Man Murray‘s got to move some units.
Murray Gershenz: all wrapped up in wax-a.
Chris Writes Things 