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Happy to premiere a new single from Stockton, CA's Surf Club , headed by former Craft Spells member Frankie Soto. "Heaven" is a wistful track led by calm vocals and charming guitar tones, like if Jesus and Mary Chain had taken more hash instead of speed. This track comes as the band heads to LA for a batch of upcoming shows including one with Heathers, check the shows out below. Previously the band released the 103 Young Love EP via Death Party Records. 02/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ House Show [...]

Local Natives have remained noticeably quiet since their debut album, Gorilla Manor , came out in 2009. A few months ago the band that was formerly known as Cavil at Rest popped back up on everyone's radar. The band is gearing up to release their sophomore effort, Hummingbird, on January 29th. Check out this video of the band performing their single, "Heavy Feet," live at Origami Vinyl last month.
After years of fitful brilliance, all the elements came together as the FYF Fest came into its own as a major destination festival.
Bands and music lovers from Echo Park come out in full force to celebrate the burgeoning neighborhood music scene.
Anyone in LA looking for amazing vinyl and live music on Record Store Day (April 21st), Origami Vinyl is exactly where it's at.

Big Photos / photo by David Greenwal d Friendly reminder: if you're in Los Angeles on Saturday, you could do worse than plunking down $5 to take in a handful of L.A.'s finest bands at the annual Brokechella one-day festival downtown. It'll be the last show for a while for Big Moves, one of my local favorites (and favorites, period), before an indefinite hiatus, so expect a set to remember. Some new details on the fest, which Rawkblog is sponsoring: they'll have $3 beer and wine from 4-6 p.m. and cheap eats from Starry Kitchen all day. (And [...]

Lou Barlow performed a special solo set at Origami Vinyl in L.A. on March 21st, to support the reissue of his first Sebadoh/Sentridoh album Weed Forestin' to a packed and reverent crowd. Musician, video-maker and band friend Adam Harding was there to shoot it, Lou handwrote the titles, and voila, here's a video from this special performance...freshly uploaded at Lou's house LAST NIGHT. Here's eight tracks from the most excellent Weed Forestin' album, which Pitchfork recently anointed with an 8.2 rating. Weed Forestin' , it [...]
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photo: brooklynvegan.com Need something to do this weekend? Friday, April 6th - Bear in Heaven , High Places, Blouse @ The Echo ♩ Bear in Heaven - The Reflection of You (from I Love You, It’s Cool) Saturday, April 7th - Julia Holter @ Origami [...]
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Watch the video for " Stay With Me " from NO below. Connect with NO - Website | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Origami Vinyl
Origami Vinyl :: Top 10 Records (11/18 - 11/24) 1. Batwings Catwings - Radio 73 2. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost 3. Raw Geronimo - Faustine / Magnetic Love 73 4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 5. Atlas Sound - Parallax 6. White Murder - S/T 73 7. United Ghosts - Holes Into The Night 73 8. Future Islands - On The Water 9. Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach EP 10. Purity Ring / Braids - Split 73 [...]
Batwings Catwings debuted their new video for "Radio" starring none other than Kid Static . You have two opportunities to see them live this week TONIGHT at Origami Vinyl (Free. All Ages .7PM) and tomorrow at Alex's Bar supporting Future Islands . "Radio" is off Batwings new 7 inch which can be purchased at either of these shows. MP3 Batwings Catwings - Radio Tweet

L.A.'s Black Flamingo create a sweet and tender slice of haze-pop on the excellent "Proud Head", one of the best things we've heard coming out of L.A. in quite some time. Download "Proud Head" below (via Origami Vinyl ).

THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES - JUNE 9TH @ THE ECHO - FREE! Featuring White Arrows, Milo Greene & My Goodness + WISE BLOOD JUST ADDED! Just added to tonight's lineup, Wise Blood [...]

Ah, so it looks like today is my final day in L.A. I just got here Saturday and already I've gotta leave, which sucks, but I've got a lot to do in a lot of places so...meh...what are you gonna do? Anyways. Been asking around a lot about what's going on in L.A. that we haven't heard of yet on the blogospheres and the record stores in this city and the people who work in them have been great, specifically Vacation Records and Origami Vinyl . Both great stores [...]
GANGI AND DREAMTAPES ON FRIDAY APR. 1ST AT ORIGAMI VINYL, 1816 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 6:30PM/ FREE/ ALL AGES

We're excited to be a part of LAbeet's event downtown at The Standard Hotel on March 24th that will feature FS favorites, THE LIMOUSINES , as well as San Diego buzz act HYENA plus a collection of amazing DJ's like DJ Fat Lip of The Pharcyde . It's $10 at the door, 21+. We'll be announcing more info on this party, but in the meantime find out the details HERE . DJ's: [...]
Origami Vinyl has become the hub for so many great bands to drop in, play an intimate set, and sell their wares, and tonight at 7pm sharp , before they roll onwards to Austin for SXSW. We've shared this video by INTO THE WOODS before, but their 'Feels Like Home' series with BRAINSTORM shows off this brilliant song!

NEW HOME - NEW PARTNERS - 2011 BRINGS THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES TO THE ECHOPLEX TONIGHT Featuring Hands, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, TV Girl + DJ's Rollo & Grady & LLDope - FREE! Night #4 of Rumble week continues but this time on our home turf, which is now a new playground - Echo Park - as we kickoff our new location at The Echoplex . We pushed East side to be closer to our buds at ORIGAMI VINYL and to eat [...]

Good people seem to travel in packs, and good people are SLANG CHICKENS and ORIGAMI VINYL , the pairing that are hosting the Monday night residency series at The Echo this month. Tonight the Chickens bring other friends, namely PAPA, MINI MANSIONS, RACHEL FANNAN , and the legendary Keith Morris (OFF!, Circle Jerks, Black Flag) will be DJing all evening. Slang Chickens will be showcasing the new material found on their latest EP release, " My Floor " which you can pick up [...]
Just Our Luck - Chasing Kings (Buzzsessions LA) from The Wild Honey Pie on Vimeo . A reminder that tonight at 7pm inside ORIGAMI VINYL in Echo Park, CHASING KINGS will be performing for free. We love this recent session shot by THE WILD HONEY PIE with the Kings for one of those new gems they recently dropped on us, " Just Our Luck ".