Few new things on site
Click on 'books' to the left over here!
posted by kramer at 1:29 AM
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Click on 'books' to the left over here!
posted by kramer at 1:29 AM
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Book launch for Touchable Sound!
7" slide show with commentary and discussion by all three book editors – Mike Treff, Brian Roettinger, Diego Hadis
Plus Britt Brown of Not Not Fun Records and Justin Pearson of Three One G Records
In an era that advocates streamlined product and music at the click of a mouse, Touchable Sound celebrates those independent-spirited bands and musicians who make their own records, relishing the opportunity to produce labor-intensive one-off artifacts with no prospect of remuneration. As Henry H. Owings puts it in his introduction, it is a book that "honors those that invest countless hours to further their art... It's about having an attention to detail and a disinterest in the bottom line." Curated by Brian Roettinger, Michael Treff and Diego Hadis, and organized by region across the U.S., Touchable Sound focuses on rare, labor-intensive, exquisite and unique examples of American seven-inch record design spanning nearly 25 years, lovingly documenting the obscure and the hard-to-find with the help of musicians, artists and designers. Many of these records--by bands such as Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Chromatics, Fast Forward, Nuzzle, Gogogo Airheart, Young Ginns, Men's Recovery Project, Angel Hair, Universal Order--have never previously been seen by a wide audience and were originally pressed in extremely limited runs. Editorial contributors include Henry Owings (Drug Racer Records, Chunklet magazine), Sam McPheeters (Vermiform Records), Tom Hazelmyer (Amphetamine Reptile Records), Kristin Thompson (Simple Machines Records) and more. Designed by Brian Roettinger, the book contains photographs of every record documented.
posted by kramer at 2:27 PM
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The new art show opens this saturday night.
We are mega psyched and honored to be hosting this show. It's going to be killer.
posted by sammy at 3:01 PM
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We are mega psyched and honored to be hosting this show. It's going to be killer.
posted by sammy at 3:01 PM
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Halloween Festival
New program is out, and online here.
A lot of great, rare, hard to find things coming up, but my favorite might be Umberto Lenzi's Eyeball, playing Oct 14 as part of the Giallo fest!
posted by sammy at 9:41 AM
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New program is out, and online here.
A lot of great, rare, hard to find things coming up, but my favorite might be Umberto Lenzi's Eyeball, playing Oct 14 as part of the Giallo fest!
posted by sammy at 9:41 AM
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Jim Drain Family Shirt!
In store and online now is this brand new Family shirt by Jim Drain! It's double sided and the shirts are super-soft, with water-based ink so the print is really soft too. There's only 100 of them. Only 20 bones.
Click here:FAMILY ONLINE STORE - DRAIN SHIRT
posted by kramer at 1:27 AM
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In store and online now is this brand new Family shirt by Jim Drain! It's double sided and the shirts are super-soft, with water-based ink so the print is really soft too. There's only 100 of them. Only 20 bones.
Click here:FAMILY ONLINE STORE - DRAIN SHIRT
posted by kramer at 1:27 AM
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Summer Drawing Show - Running till end of month
Here's some digital pics of the show in the back room gallery in advance of it's proper photographing...
Any questions - gallery@familylosangeles.com
posted by kramer at 4:06 PM
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Here's some digital pics of the show in the back room gallery in advance of it's proper photographing...
Any questions - gallery@familylosangeles.com
posted by kramer at 4:06 PM
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Family NYC - Artists in Residency Fader Video
Don't mean to pepper our blog with a video of ourselves, but this one is all about the artists who worked in our NY space in April: Gary Panter and Joshua White, Matthew Thurber, Meryl Smith, Aska and Butchy, and Sumi Ink Club.
posted by kramer at 3:28 PM
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Don't mean to pepper our blog with a video of ourselves, but this one is all about the artists who worked in our NY space in April: Gary Panter and Joshua White, Matthew Thurber, Meryl Smith, Aska and Butchy, and Sumi Ink Club.
posted by kramer at 3:28 PM
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Dunes + Infinite Body + Wet Paint DMM
Special mid-week instore show!
Thursday, September 9, 7pm FREE
Dunes are a mysterious Los Angeles trio who bend the timeless, ornate darkness of Siouxsie, the Cocteau Twins, and Strawberry Switchblade into new and forlorn forms.
www.myspace.com/dunestheband
Infinite Body engages "the post-My Bloody Valentine practice of burying simple melodies and rudimentary structures deep beneath a hyperdelic surface of tactile white noise," according to Aquarius Records. The expansive, meditative songs build rough, organic drones into transcendent shimmers, striking a balance between fear and calm.
www.myspace.com/pleasenottoday
WET PAINT IS BAND IS MINIMAL IS DMM IS SCARY AND GOOD IS SCRATCHES AND BREATHING AND JUMPING IS BLOOD AND RACES IS GOING IS FOOD
www.myspace.com/wetwetpaint
posted by kramer at 2:36 PM
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Special mid-week instore show!
Thursday, September 9, 7pm FREE
Dunes are a mysterious Los Angeles trio who bend the timeless, ornate darkness of Siouxsie, the Cocteau Twins, and Strawberry Switchblade into new and forlorn forms.
www.myspace.com/dunestheband
Infinite Body engages "the post-My Bloody Valentine practice of burying simple melodies and rudimentary structures deep beneath a hyperdelic surface of tactile white noise," according to Aquarius Records. The expansive, meditative songs build rough, organic drones into transcendent shimmers, striking a balance between fear and calm.
www.myspace.com/pleasenottoday
WET PAINT IS BAND IS MINIMAL IS DMM IS SCARY AND GOOD IS SCRATCHES AND BREATHING AND JUMPING IS BLOOD AND RACES IS GOING IS FOOD
www.myspace.com/wetwetpaint
posted by kramer at 2:36 PM
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"In the deeper part of my upper thigh, all of a sudden a large crouching spider appears"
Our friends David Brook and Jonathan Harkham made a really nice record covering traditional Hassidic folksongs under then name Dark'cho, and it is being "released" today through Shemspeed Records. I've posted some of the songs below.
B'cha Batcho
Ki Hinei
Mah Lecho
More songs and info Here.
David Brook's site.
posted by sammy at 9:14 AM
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Our friends David Brook and Jonathan Harkham made a really nice record covering traditional Hassidic folksongs under then name Dark'cho, and it is being "released" today through Shemspeed Records. I've posted some of the songs below.
B'cha Batcho
Ki Hinei
Mah Lecho
More songs and info Here.
David Brook's site.
posted by sammy at 9:14 AM
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EXTREME ANIMALS THIS SUNDAY
at THE CINEFAMILY Sunday September 5th 8PM
21st-century composers/mindwarpers Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman present a furious mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and global meltdowns. Get ready for their disjunctive, startlingly array of live shredding, extreme feedback, YouTube bombardment, ecstatic dance moves, and Saturday morning cartoons, as the group’s newest performance delves into the world of tween culture and the current obsession with the infinite hall of mirrors known as "being forever young". Jacob Ciocci is an artist most well-known as being one-third of the art collective Paper Rad (whose prolific flagellations of music, installations, websites, and animations continue to leave the masses gingerly agog), and David Wightman is currently a lecturer of Pop Music Studies at UCSD, as well as one of the main men behind sonic terrorist bands Fortress of Amplitude, Powdered Wigs, and Chariots of Fire.
posted by sammy at 9:10 AM
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at THE CINEFAMILY Sunday September 5th 8PM
21st-century composers/mindwarpers Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman present a furious mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and global meltdowns. Get ready for their disjunctive, startlingly array of live shredding, extreme feedback, YouTube bombardment, ecstatic dance moves, and Saturday morning cartoons, as the group’s newest performance delves into the world of tween culture and the current obsession with the infinite hall of mirrors known as "being forever young". Jacob Ciocci is an artist most well-known as being one-third of the art collective Paper Rad (whose prolific flagellations of music, installations, websites, and animations continue to leave the masses gingerly agog), and David Wightman is currently a lecturer of Pop Music Studies at UCSD, as well as one of the main men behind sonic terrorist bands Fortress of Amplitude, Powdered Wigs, and Chariots of Fire.
posted by sammy at 9:10 AM
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