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Tom Jones: I said yes to The Voice when I saw judges were Jessie J, will.i.am ...
WalesOnline
... collaboration with former White Stripes' man Jack White as evidence of his enduring appeal – the pair collaborating on storming renditions of Frankie Laine's Jezebel and Howlin' Wolf's Evil for release on Jack's Nashville based Third Man Records.

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FIDLAR will be on Origami Vinyl's radio show, Coup D'etat, this Sunday at 3pm on Moheak.com--and if you don't know now you know. Coup D'etat is in it's third week and features bands that in essence "take over"  by selecting songs they like and also debuting some of their very own material. FIDLAR will premiere two new songs, as if this show wasn't cool enough, you get exclusives on top of it all like a cherry on a sundae. They also will be chugging beers and talking shit, FUCK IT DOG LIFE'S A RISK.

get familiar: http://fidlar.bandcamp.com/

and please tune in to Coup D'etat: http://www.moheak.com/

The Getty is already beautiful--now add music at sunset--MIND BLOWING. Saturdays Off the 405 is a summer concert series at The Getty that you need to familiarize yourself with, like yesterday, but you are not too late to get in on the action. Tomorrow, Saturdays Off the 405 return to kick off the summer (we're in LA so it's summer, don't argue with me) with the Dum Dum Girls and our beloved Neil Schield of Origami Vinyl to DJ before and after the Dum Dum Girls' set! Neil owns your favorite record shop, so you best believe he will be bringing the jams! Come support Neil as he melts your face off with his impeccable music selection while the the sun sets and your brain explodes from all the weird beauty that is LA. Did I mention it's FREE?! The fun starts at 6pm!

For more details and other upcoming Saturday Off The 405 shows at The Getty Museum go HERE

I love community events, reminds me that Los Angeles is real--anyways before I start to get sentimental--this Saturday May 19 is Echo Park PDA (public displays of art) Art Walk and your favorite community record shop (OV duh) is participating in the fun! There is going to be SO MANY cool things to do/see so make sure to pick up a map and enjoy all the great things about a neighborhood event! Heck, even make an all day party out of it and spend sometime getting to know your local businesses while celebrating all aspects of art! Origami Vinyl will be having an in-store performance by Alexandra and the Starlight Band at 8pm, a delightful and soulful way to end your night (or continue the fun)! Also artwork from Owleyes will be on display inside the shop and maybe even a guest appearance by Mr.Owleyes himself?? We love being part of this community and look forward to tomorrow!

Some more info to get you pumped: Echo Park Art Walk Website
Alexandra and the Starlight Band
Owleyes Website

Amoeba Hollywood is holding a sale on recordings released by Bear Family Records, which specializes in re-releasing recordings by such rock ‘n’ roll pioneers as Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Bob Wills, Bill Haley, Bill Monroe, Webb Pierce, Leslie Gore and Carl Perkins. Now through Friday May 25, Bear Family boxed sets are marked up to 60% off.
 

The German label was founded in 1975 and has come to be known for specializing in Americana, releasing extravagant boxed sets complete with books and rare recordings. Come in to the store and look for the display to check out some sweet Bear Family sets like Tex Ritter’s High Noon, Hank Snow’s The Singing Ranger Vol. 3 and The Osborne Brothers’ 1968-1974!

            

Amoeba Music Berkeley Hip-Hop Top Five Week Ending 05:18:12

1) I Self Devine The Sound of Low Class America (Rhymesayers)

2) Big K.R.I.T. Return of 4Eva (Greenstreet Ent)

3) ) Death Grips The Money Store (Epic)

4) B.O.B. Strange Clouds (Atlantic)

5) KA Grief Pedigree (Iron works)

Good to catch up with my man E-Lit again over at the Berkeley Amoeba Music store where the tireless ambassador of underground, indie hip-hop brings his vast knowledge and shared a run down (in video above) of all the new releases available at Amoeba - with the new chart topper being from Rhymesayers crew veteran member I Self Devine and his brand new album The Sound of Low Class America which includes a great track with Brother Ali. Other new chart entries include ones from the ever popular B.O.B. (Strange Clouds), Big K.R.I.T. who is readying for his official major label release next month, and the beautifully twisted rap/rock hybrid  Death Grips' The Money Store - the Sacramento crew's lo-fi major label masterpiece on Epic.

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Bono (photo: Jim Rinaldi)
FMQB
Now White and his label Third Man Records have announced that he plans to "break the world record for most metaphors in a single concert." The ridiculous announcement adds that "The attempt may prove very exhausting and at times even dangerous, ...

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NME.com
Jack White Hilariously Accepts Guinness World Records Challenge
SPIN
White and Third Man Records are certain that the extremely scientific and intricate analysis of the metaphors that occur will be examined in accordance with Guinness' usually very thorough methods probably, or at the very least if somebody answers the ...
Will Jack White break a Guinness World Record with Detroit show?MLive.com
Jack White's world recordattemptFasterLouder
Jack White Seeks to Break Record for 'Most Metaphors in a Concert'RollingStone.com

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MLive.com
Will Jack White break a Guinness World Record with Detroit show?
MLive.com
According to a tongue-in-cheek press release from Third Man Records, White says he wants to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. The goal? To break the single-performance record for "most metaphors in a single concert.
Jack White Hilariously Accepts Guinness World Records ChallengeSPIN
Jack White Seeks to Break Record for 'Most Metaphors in a Concert'RollingStone.com

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From here we embark upon a new adventure in film.


I've spent countless, happy hours fantasizing the paradisiacal ideal while imbibing perilous quantities of rum disguised as exotic cocktails courtesy of my favorite local tiki temple --- an activity that always serves to spur my desire to explore the visions of other folks who, like me, possess a natural inclination for romanticizing the genre Exotica in all it's mythic and delightfully bogus configurations. Specifically, a designated fantasy realm as glamorized almost as much as it is spoofed by the so-called civilized world, or tropical ersatz: the non-native, pseudo experience of Oceania and other enticing ports of call.



Until now I've kept these mental meanderings mostly to myself, only occasionally sharing my ruminations with whomever occupies a bar stool nearby and all the while becalmed beneath the warming fog of grog. From this day forward, however, I seek to nourish my untiring preoccupation with genre by delving into a more conceptual, considerate means of satisfying these vivid tropical itches I keep having. The time has come to put some sober thought into this journey beyond the music in favor of a more lively, animated intoxication I like to call Cinema Exotica (not to be confused with that mid-nineties Canadian film about a Toronto strip club).

But where do we begin? Perhaps with a question: if Exotica, the musical genre, provides the adventure-seeking listener an array of quasi-tropical aural impressions with which to induce a mini mental holiday, then how would these cerebral spells manifest if they could be fully realized? That is to say scripted, financed, and committed to film for the ages. Mulling this query has inspired a sort of personal silver-screen safari: my quest to find films that I feel qualify for classification into a logical Cinema Exotica film genre -- a genre that doesn't really exist as far as I can surmise. I mean, research suggests that the words have more to do with adult entertainment than anything else (google it any way you can and see what I mean).

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Prefixmag
Jack White gets last laugh in Guinness World Records beef
AZ Central.com
White and Third Man Records are certain that the extremely scientific and intricate analysis of the metaphors that occur will be examined in accordance with Guinness' usually very thorough methods probably, or at the very least if somebody answers the ...
Jack White Lashes Out at Guinness World Records for Not Including the White ...Exclaim! (blog)
Jack White kicks off Ryman two-night stand with a bangThe Tennessean (blog)
Jack White at The RymanNashville Scene

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Today is a very special day! We have the incredible pleasure of new music from Sigur Ros!!  At 7pm, at Origami, we're going to be listening to an advance copy of their highly anticipated new album Valtari. We've got the usual shwag...posters, high fives, camaraderie. Come down and join us for what will definitely be an incredible listen.

Now if you're like us and CRAZY BUSY then you may not be able to make it down here...which is okay...we'll miss you but we understand. In order to help you out we're going to be having a virtual listening party right here!! At 7pm, instead of throwing on your clogs and high five hand, tune in right here (here being the OV blog) and you'll find a fun little widget that will give you a private sneak peak into your favorite hopelandic gangs latest outing.



Valtari!! Valtari Valtari!!

Mariachi El Bronx stopped by Amoeba Hollywood to play their uniquely American take on traditional Mariachi music. Bedecked in black mariachi garb and with horns in tow, the band played a set of tracks from their 2011 album Mariachi El Bronx II.

Mariachi El Bronx started as post-hardcore band The Bronx before incorporating mariachi elements for this side project, which began when the band was asked to do an acoustic version of the song “Dirty Leaves” from The Bronx’s self-titled second album for a television show and they turned it into a mariachi dirge.

“We never wanted The Bronx to be a soft, quiet band,” says frontman Matt Caughthran, “but this freed up a whole new realm. Sometimes you don’t realize the barriers around yourself until you step outside them. It was a big moment in our career, breathing new life into the band.”



Band members Caughthran, Joby J. Ford (guitar), Jorma Vik (drums) Brad Magers (trumpet), Ken Horne (jarana/guitar), and Vincent Hidalgo (guitarrón) then studied up on YouTube, no less, while touring with The Bronx to make Mariachi El Bronx happen. Learning all the mariachi styles, such as norteno, jorocho, juasteka, bolero, and corridos was essential.

“Mariachi has rules,” Caughthran says. “We learned everything we could out of respect, especially as we’re a bunch of white guys — well, except for Ken, who’s Japanese.”

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A.V. Club DC
Reggie Watts: Footloose and hands-free
Metro.us
This spring, Watts' tour zips through the US; his May-released live CD/DVD "Reggie Watts: A Live In Central Park," which premiered on Comedy Central, is joined by a second release, "Reggie Watts Live at Third Man Records," which was recorded at Jack ...
Interview: Reggie WattsConsequence of Sound

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Mix Mup
Drive-By 12”
Mikrodisko

With his latest release “drive-by” mix mup suspends the principle of causal relation. Together we travel down a road that has lost its destination. the road becomes the actual reason for our motion. Past connecting elements we cruise from one possible interpretation to the next: a view from a car. Mix Mup offers us a plot on the way from A to B, which could be a piece of a secret, perhaps even a great story. in order to decide on this, we must lose ourselves first. lose ourselves in disorder and early sorrow.

Purchase Drive By here:




Special Request
Deflowered 12”
Special Request

Second in a series of releases based on capturing the energy and culture of UK pirate radio but going way beyond that as the project unwinds. Limited press. The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted which celebrated producer is behind this excellent, killer two-tracker - he has had releases out on Planet E, Hot Flush and Phonica too! From the first highly coverted 12", "Lolita" makes a return here, but in 'Warehouse Dub' form (rather than the Warehouse Mix off the first EP - very mysterious). Luckily its a complete re-hash of the track, adding layer upon layer of jungle percussion, half-tempo breaks and twisting the original riff around a mulitude of filters and distortion units. A ridiculously long arrangement unfolds slowly and with purpose, totally sucking the dancefloor into its buzzing plasma ball of electricity. Like a super nova bursting into a black hole right before our ears. New track, "Deflowered" is tweaked here by the in-demand Kassem Mosse and joined by Mix Mup. Mosse is fast becoming synonymous with the slo-mo-techno sound along with Vakula and Juju & Jordash. Sinking the BPMs below the 125 minimum standard of yesterday, These new smacked-out techno cuts will find favour amongst hardened cosmic heads and Detroit beatdown lovers alike and this particular offering is no exception. Unique drum sounds and machine-code rhythms converge on clattering sonic bursts and a rabid energy.

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Donna Summer "I Feel Love"
Donna Summer, who was the reigning "Queen Of Disco" during that dance genre's pop era, died earlier today following a long battle with cancer according to a just published report from the Associated Press. She was 63 years of age. During her incredibly successful career (mostly the 70's but into the 80's too) the Boston, MA born singer scored Grammy awards and ruled the radio and dance floors with such hits as "I Feel Love," "Love To Love You Baby," "Bad Girls," "On The Radio," "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff," and the "She Works Hard For The Money" - that latter 1983 hit been one of her few non 70's chartbusters.

Arguably her most best and successful work was with producer Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Among the disco diva's followers was a large segment of gay fans who took offense when rumors circulated that she had made negative statements about gays. See article I wrote an article (The "Gay Myth" that Still Haiunts Donna Summer)  on the Amoeblog on this topic four years ago right before Summer was about to play in San Francisco. Of the numerous albums and collections of Donna Summer's music released over the years ones available from Amoeba in-store and online include the Bad Girls CD (and Bad Girls LP on Casablanca - the label she is best associated with), The Wanderer LP, the Once Upon A Time.... CD collection, and the Disco Queen DVD collection released four years ago. But if you head into one of the three Amoeba stores and dig in the vinyl and CD crates you will find many more including tons of Various Artists disco and dance compilations featuring hits by the artist who was only 63 - too young to go.  Rest in peace Donna Summer!

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Donna Summer "I Feel Love"
Donna Summer, who was the reigning "Queen of Disco" during that dance genre's pop era, died earlier today following a long battle with cancer according to a recent report from the Associated Press. She was 63 years of age. During her incredibly successful career (mostly in the '70s but into the '80s too), the Boston-born singer scored Grammy awards, and ruled the radio and dance floors with such hits as "I Feel Love," "Love To Love You Baby," "Bad Girls," "On The Radio," "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff," and the "She Works Hard For The Money." That latter 1983 hit been one of her few '80s chartbusters.

Arguably her best and most successful work was with producer Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Among the disco diva's followers was a large segment of gay fans who took offense when rumors circulated that she had made negative statements about gays. See my article (The "Gay Myth" that Still Haunts Donna Summer)  on the Amoeblog on this topic, posted four years ago before Summer was about to play in San Francisco. Of the numerous albums and collections of Donna Summer's music released over the years, ones available from Amoeba online include the Bad Girls CD (and Bad Girls LP on Casablanca - the label she is best associated with), The Wanderer LP, the Once Upon A Time.... CD collection, and the Disco Queen DVD collection released four years ago. But if you head into one of the three Amoeba stores and dig in the vinyl and CD crates, you will find many more including tons of Various Artists disco and dance compilations featuring hits by the artist who was only 63...too young to go.  Rest in peace Donna Summer!

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