Cover art from Radar Eyes’ self-titled debut out Feb. 7 on HoZac Records. 

Cover art from Radar Eyes’ self-titled debut out Feb. 7 on HoZac Records. 

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White Fence - “It Will Never Be (Edit)”

The edited version of “It Will Never Be” has me wondering how long the mind-altering extended version will be on Tim Presley’s double LP Family Perfume.

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The Babies - “Trouble”

The Clean - “Tally Ho!”

The Flytraps are playing what appears to be a strip club called Cheetas in Hollywood this Thursday. Somebody please go for me to listen to their trashy surf-garage rock. 

The Flytraps are playing what appears to be a strip club called Cheetas in Hollywood this Thursday. Somebody please go for me to listen to their trashy surf-garage rock. 

Altered Images - “Don’t Talk To Me About Love” 

A DJ from ClubUndeground La posted the above Altered Images video to promote their 11th birthday celebration happening this Friday at the Grandstar Jazz Club in Los Angeles’ Chinatown with free birthday cake and champagne. Cheers for having been my Echo Park staple on Friday nights for britpopindiepopelectropoptweepostpunknorthernsoul! 

Bassist Spencer Dunham of the Allah-Las put together a reggae mix from the Amoeba bins he used to comb through as an employee entitled “Rockers & Romancers”:  I was working at Amoeba for a long time and towards the end of it I was pricing bins of reggae clearance all day long. I would go thru a lot of stuff that looked like garbage, but every once in a while I would find a cover that would strike my eye, often times with a Studio 1 logo on it, and have to check it out. I ended up finding a bunch of really cool Early-Rocksteady and Jamaican Soul records. For Christmas, I made a bunch friends a compilation of some of my favorite songs of love and heartbreak. Most of the records I got were pretty beat up so when I recorded them onto my computer, I added a smooth touch of reverb on each one to soften the crackles and make it all a little more dreamy. Here’s a copy of the mix entitled, “Rockers & Romancers“ - Or the unabridged title, “Rockers & Romancers: Songs of Love & Heartbreak Compiled by Spencer D for Christmas 2011” With Love, Spencer D *Special Thanks to Derek James for helping me transfer the records into digital format. (via allahlas)

Bassist Spencer Dunham of the Allah-Las put together a reggae mix from the Amoeba bins he used to comb through as an employee entitled “Rockers & Romancers”: 

I was working at Amoeba for a long time and towards the end of it I was pricing bins of reggae clearance all day long. I would go thru a lot of stuff that looked like garbage, but every once in a while I would find a cover that would strike my eye, often times with a Studio 1 logo on it, and have to check it out. I ended up finding a bunch of really cool Early-Rocksteady and Jamaican Soul records. For Christmas, I made a bunch friends a compilation of some of my favorite songs of love and heartbreak. Most of the records I got were pretty beat up so when I recorded them onto my computer, I added a smooth touch of reverb on each one to soften the crackles and make it all a little more dreamy.

Here’s a copy of the mix entitled, “Rockers & Romancers“ - Or the unabridged title, “Rockers & Romancers: Songs of Love & Heartbreak Compiled by Spencer D for Christmas 2011”


With Love,

Spencer D

*Special Thanks to Derek James for helping me transfer the records into digital format.

(via allahlas)

Tonight in New York: New York Guitar Festival presents The Apollo Project @ World Financial Center’s Winter Garden This weekend, Brian Eno is the focus of two tribute concerts taking place in NYC. First, on Friday, The Apollo Project takes place at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden. The free performance, organized by the New York Guitar Festival, will feature a diverse array of performers reinterpreting Eno’s 1982 ode to space exploration, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. The musicians tapped for The Apollo Project include legendary sideman Larry Campbell, Brooklyn guitar experimentalist Noveller, and Phish bassist Mike Gordon among others. As Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks was originally conceived to sonically frame Al Reinhardt’s documentary, For All Mankind, Friday’s performance will be accompanied by footage of the still-in-production documentary by director Craig Teper, Man In The Right Seat. More information can be found here. Then on Sunday, January 8th at Joe’s Pub, a group of notable NYC musicians including Living Color guitarist and downtown fixture Vernon Reid, and Dismemberment Plan’s Travis Morrison will perform Eno’s debut solo album, Here Come the Warm Jets, in its entirety. A decidedly more earthbound affair then Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Here Come the Warm Jets was recorded after his departure from Roxy Music and released in 1974. Boasting contributions from a veritable “who’s who” of progressive rock luminaries such as King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and John Wetton, and Hawkwind’s Simon King, Here Come The Warm Jets displayed Eno’s strength as a songwriter and unconventional arranger. (via East Village Radio)

Tonight in New York: New York Guitar Festival presents The Apollo Project @ World Financial Center’s Winter Garden

This weekend, Brian Eno is the focus of two tribute concerts taking place in NYC. First, on Friday, The Apollo Project takes place at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden. The free performance, organized by the New York Guitar Festival, will feature a diverse array of performers reinterpreting Eno’s 1982 ode to space exploration, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. The musicians tapped for The Apollo Project include legendary sideman Larry Campbell, Brooklyn guitar experimentalist Noveller, and Phish bassist Mike Gordon among others. As Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks was originally conceived to sonically frame Al Reinhardt’s documentary, For All Mankind, Friday’s performance will be accompanied by footage of the still-in-production documentary by director Craig Teper, Man In The Right Seat. More information can be found here. Then on Sunday, January 8th at Joe’s Pub, a group of notable NYC musicians including Living Color guitarist and downtown fixture Vernon Reid, and Dismemberment Plan’s Travis Morrison will perform Eno’s debut solo album, Here Come the Warm Jets, in its entirety. A decidedly more earthbound affair then Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Here Come the Warm Jets was recorded after his departure from Roxy Music and released in 1974. Boasting contributions from a veritable “who’s who” of progressive rock luminaries such as King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and John Wetton, and Hawkwind’s Simon King, Here Come The Warm Jets displayed Eno’s strength as a songwriter and unconventional arranger.

(via East Village Radio)

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Neverever - “Wedding Day” (Shake-A-Baby EP)

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Bake Sale is an all-lady quartet from Memphis blending ’60s girl group harmonies with fuzzy ’90s indie rock. The band released their first 7” on Grand Palace Records in March 2011, toured all summer along the east coast, and performed at an unofficial (but Goner approved) Gonerfest show in September. 

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