
DJ Margot (I.E.) by Amy Darling Independence Festival organizers succeeded in convincing a couple-hundred concert goers to drive two hours into the middle of nowhere in the desert, through nearly abandoned rocky dirt roads with only a geo-location on a Google map and waning reception to guide us. Bestial Mouths kicked everything off, and So Many Wizards followed up with an energetic set on the heels of the release of their new Inner City single. Son of Cecil played next followed by Halloween Swim Team, who got everyone moving to their own brand of synthpop, closing [...]
BLACK APPLES, VOICE ON TAPE, HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM, AND MY PET SADDLE ON TUESDAY FEB. 1ST AT THE HIP KITTY, 502 WEST FIRST STREET, CLAREMONT. 9:00PM/ $5/ 21+
MICHAEL NHAT, SO MANY WIZARDS, VOICE ON TAPE, AND FANTASTICA BASTIDAS ON MONDAY DEC. 20TH AT PEHRSPACE, 325 GLENDALE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $5/ ALL AGES.
Spaceland has got three exciting residencies in February. Mia Doi Todd will take us swimming in the river of life while Imaad Wasif channels the void and Princeton reveals they don't play tennis, they're a rock and roll band. Mia Doi Todd Tuesday nights in February with the Tapered Steel Band (Andres Renteria, Brian Akio-Martinez & Michel Gondry) Feb [...]
L.A. Record loves mixtapes! And here is one for the holidays. Thanks to all who submitted tunes. Wintry shakers, Christmas cheer & doom in almost every genre— from cool to weirdo and back like your grandma at the egg nog bowl. Do people serve egg nog in bowls? We will. Download: L.A. Record Holiday Mixtape Side [...]
Girlhouse looks a lot like Women across town, and apparently the home was designed by the same architect, says inhabitant and L.A. Record writer Drew Denny. Go figure! Porch Fest II took place on Dec 5 with performances by Kevin Greenspon, Geoff Geis, Nicole Kidman, Brother Mitya, Voice On Tape, Whitman, Interlude in, Drew Denny, [...]

From top, left to right: Edward Sharpe, HolidayHoliday, The Sun, Moses Campbell, Voice On Tape, Katie The Pest, Robot Koch, BOAT, Mr. Dream What defines this edition of "Hear, Here" is a vaguely roadtrippy California aura. Perhaps each song marks a particular leg on a trip [that I'll never go on because I live in New York]. Many of these bands hail from California, and if not California, the West Coast, and if not the West Coast, fine, Germany. The sounds range from lounge-y tech house [...]
Fuck, this dude is a total hip-hop star! He was about to start the show when he realized that he'd left his beats outside, so there was this five minute stretch of time where everyone in the hallway was chanting "Michael Nhat! Michael Nhat!" Kyle from Narwhal Party hyped the crowd while we waited, asking us about our drug preferences ("Do you like shrooms?!" "YEAH!!!" "Do you like to shoot heroin?!" "YEAH!!!"), and eventually Nhat got there with his jams and started bumping them.
Oct 14, 2009, 3:21pm
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Leslie and the Badgers - Los Angeles Monsters of Folk - Temazcal Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land Thao With the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster Sleepy Sun - White Dove Volcano Choir - Island French Miami - Mulit Caliber Rifles Cobraskulls - Thicker Than Water King Kahn - Desert Mile Vampire Weekend - Horchata The Zookeeprs - Chicken So Many Wizards - Fly a Kite Dark Meat - When the Shelter Came [...]
Even in a jumpsuit with enough pockets for the apocalypse, no one is fully equipped for this weekend. People will lose flutes in teepees and see alligators in guitar-neck shadows chomping on the heads of musicians; and emerge from Pioneertown alleys on Sunday morning without pants.
Even in a jumpsuit with enough pockets for the apocalypse, no one is fully equipped for this weekend. People will lose flutes in teepees and see alligators in guitar-neck shadows chomping on the heads of musicians; and emerge from Pioneertown alleys on Sunday morning without pants.
If you just rolled out of a bus and wanted to immerse yourself in the newest funnest music playing at artsy dives like Pehrspace and the Vermont House, you'd do well to start by dipping your toes into these tunes, curated by the kids at Cal Arts (way cheerier than those dicks at Otis) and full of mirth and humor and wonderment and lo-fi gung-ho do-it-yourselfitude. Not all of these songs seem to be world premieres, and only a few of these groups actually attend Cal Arts, but with small-band dynamite like Pizza! and Voice on Tape, you just can't [...]
Dear abandoned city of Los Angeles, fret not. This town never lets us down...Tonight, listen up for The Karabal Nightlife on "Demolisten." Check out the new track they posted on their MySpace featuring Ema and the Ghosts on vocals. And then go see them tonight at pehrspace with Kissing Cousins, Nightfur, Fascinoma, and Lucy Langlas. Also, listen up for familyblankets (who will be playing our T's

Voice On Tape 's hauntingly ethereal voice is like a howl to the moon, raising the hairs on the back of your neck with its otherworldly beauty. "Marry You When Yr Sleeping" will wash over you, fantastically blurring the line between nightmarish and heavenly. You can find out how to purchase his album, Bits & Pieces , here . Download: Voice On Tape - Marry You When Yr Sleeping