INCHES008: New Wax from The Doors, WHY?, Wallpaper, Dâm-Funk (+ MP3s, video, chart)

Eight weeks straight of original photos, MP3s, videos, charts, reviews of L.A. music, and, most importantly, gorgeous vinyl. INCHES008 has arrived, featuring a killer box from The Doors (Rhino Records), a great new album from WHY? (Anticon), some interactive cover art from Wallpaper on the duo’s debut full-length (Eenie Meenie), and a 7-inch that captures Dâm-Funk as a youngin (Stones Throw). Dig in!

Wallpapers Doodoo Face, modeled by Andre Hyland

Wallpaper's "Doodoo Face," modeled by Andre Hyland (Blond Chili)

LA Experiential: Mount Eerie, Karl Blau, No Kids, Tara Jane O’Neil; Pink Mountaintops, The Pack…

If you live in/around the L.A. area, seriously consider attending these:

  • Region: Eagle Rock
    Music: Mount Eerie, Karl Blau, No Kids, Tara Jane O’Neil
    Vitals: Center For The Arts on Sunday, September 20
    (details at LA Weekly).
  • Region: Echo Park
    Music: Pink Mountaintops, The Pack, Xu Xu Fang
    Vitals: The Echo on Tuesday, September 22
    (details at LA Weekly)

FYF Fest Founder Makes Good With Fans Left Waiting Outside For Hours, Gives Gifts

Truth be told, not all was ear-blastingly amazing about Saturday’s FYF Fest here in Los Angeles. There was this, and also a terrible human pileup outside, causing severe delays for folks who’d had the presence of mind to purchase their tickets in advance.  Festival organizers have issued an apology and promised to make up for the mistake. Read about it here.

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But a small segment of that long and winding line.

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)

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.

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FYF through sunglasses (as most saw it)

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)