Now Hear This: Dengue Fever, arguably Losanjealous’ perennial favorite Los Angeles/Long Beach-based ’60s Cambodian Khmer pop group named after a debilitating disease, will be releasing a four-track EP entitled Radio Dance Floor, July 14. Said cassingle digi-EP (cover pictured at right, though, since it’s a digi-only-EP, much as we all surely enjoy staring at Chhom’s mug, cover art seems a bit superfluous in this instance, not unlike a few of the extraneous commas, words, and clauses in this sentence). Anyhow, the lead-in track features another Losanjealous fave, Bird and the Bee’s Inara George (have you downloaded her free tune courtesy Losanjealous and Limewire yet? Hmm?) on lead vocals, singing the disco classic “I Feel Love.” Stream it now:

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Fun stuff. Now I get to hit the (digi) decks and switch between Donna Summer, Jimmy Somerville and Inara, seamlessly, while all the booties in the house are shaking madly.

Radio Dance Floor EP tracklisting:
“I Feel Love (Full Length)” 5:00
“I Feel Love (Radio Edit)” 3:34
“Clipped Wings Secret Circuit’s Cosmic Clip Mixx” (Full Length)” 8:25
“Clipped Wings Secret Circuit’s Cosmic Clip Mixx” (Radio Edit)” 5:26

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Dengue Fever | Inara George

PICK OF THE WEEK

Death Cab For Cutie w/ The LA Phil
The New Pornographers
and Tegan & Sara
Sunday, July 5
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Yes
& Asia
Tuesday, July 7
Gibson Amphitheatre
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Ingrid Michaelson @ Troubadour Wed 10/7
Phoenix w/ Metric @ Greek Theatre Wed 9/16
Frightened Rabbit, Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Knitting Factory Sun 9/20
Tracy Chapman @ The Wiltern Thu 8/20
Paolo Nutini @ The Wiltern Fri 9/11
Snow Patrol @ The Wiltern Tue 10/20
Pete Yorn @ Henry Fonda Fri 8/28
Pete Yorn @ Henry Fonda Thu 8/27
Whodini, Naughty by Nature, 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick @ Nokia Theater (Fresh Fest) Sat 8/15
Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ El Rey Fri 9/18
Sunny Day Real Estate @ Henry Fonda Sun 10/11
The Pogues @ Club Nokia Sat 10/17
The Psychedelic Furs & Happy Mondays w/ Amusement Parks on Fire @ Club Nokia Fri 9/18
Jedi Mind Tricks w/ MC Esoteric & Reef the Lost Cause @ El Rey Thu 8/20
Scarub & Eligh, Sleep, Destruct, Equalknox, Alter Egos, more @ Knitting Factory Fri 7/10
Flaming Lips @ Fox Theater, Pomona (On-sale TBD) Tue 8/18
Davíd Garza @ The Mint Wed 7/22
Brian Eno @ CSULB University Art Museum (art + lecture) Sun 9/20
Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith) @ Gibson Amphitheatre Sun 9/27
Sonic Youth @ The Wiltern Tue 9/29
Flaming Lips @ Greek Theatre Mon 8/17
 

TUESDAY
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood @ Hollywood Bowl
Leslie and the Badgers w/ Chapin Sisters, Ollin and the Moon & Eagle Winged Palace @ Spaceland

»continue reading Losnjealous Concert Picks: June 29 – July 5

Explosions In The Sky
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For those interested in further celebrating MJ’s legacy, this one came in late last night:

In light of today’s events and in celebration of the life and work of Michael Jackson, The GRAMMY Museum has extended and repurposed the exhibit, Michael Jackson: HIStyle. Starting Friday 6/26, a collection of Jackson’s most iconic wardrobe pieces (including the suit he wore on the cover of the Thriller album) will be exhibited on the Museum’s third floor alongside video of some of his most exciting GRAMMY performances. This will all open to the public at 11:30am.

The Museum regrets having to e-mail under such unfortunate circumstances, but we hope this exhibit will serve as a fitting tribute to one of the most significant entertainers in music history.

More from the site:

Highlights include jackets worn on the Victory tour, at Jackson’s 1984 American Music Awards appearance, and at the dedication of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. All are elaborately bejeweled, beaded, and detailed – with one piece weighing nearly fifteen pounds. (source)

» Michael Jackson: HIStyle

Way over in Reseda, miles away from the joints I usually frequent and deep in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, Vinh Loi Tofu is serving up some of the best sandwiches in town for well under 10 bucks. The modest vegan Vietnamese eatery is definitely off the beaten path, but redeems itself by offering several different banh mi subs stuffed with animal-free versions of chicken, beef, tuna, ham and curry meatballs…all of which are reasonably priced and insanely delicious.

Curry Meatball Chicken Sub. $6.50

»continue reading Under $10: Huge Banh Mi Subs at Vinh Loi Tofu

HEADS UP
Brian Eno (lecture) @ CSULB University Art Museum Sun Sep 20

Ho, ho! Eno fans rejoice: 77 Million Paintings lands in the Southland, at last. I caught this exhibit, perhaps best described as a hefty coalition of the smoothest iTunes visualizers with which you will ever have the opportunity to space out, some two years ago at South by Southwest (read all about it here) and I do recommend you check it out during its run, whether or not you fork over the cash for this particular lecture featuring the master himself. At $100/seat this discussion is not for the frugal by any means, but if you’re an Eno nut (as I am) and you have at least one vintage edition of Oblique Strategies sitting around your house collecting dust (and/or being actively used), you’ll probably turn out for a chance at monopolizing the microphone and throwing a question or two to the master, while the rest of the auditorium groans with impatience. Discounts: $75 before August 3 or with groups of 12 or more; $25, CSULB students. See. You. There.

77 Million Paintings CSULB exhibit run: Sept 10 – Dec 13, ’09

» 77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno (SXSW 2007)

Broken twigs cleverly placed on a lawn spell out what happened to our beloved Kodachrome this week. Yes, the fine folks at Kodak, in Rochester, NY, announced that the granddaddy and gold standard of all color film has been discontinued. The last roll of Kodachrome film has left the building.

It is the end of yet another Americana icon.

Kodachrome first hit the shelves in 1935 in the form of 16mm movie film. 35mm slide film and 8mm “home” movie film came a year later. Ironically it was two musicians, not photographers that invented the miracle medium. Both had the first name of Leopold. After world war two masses of mom and pop photogs embraced Kodachrome and generously documented the colorful cultural explosion of Americana.

»continue reading Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: THE END in Kodachrome, Somewhere, USA, 1969

Free of charge, we are excited to present a downloadable MP3 sampler of 13 Los Angeles-based artists. We drew up a list of artist names in collaboration with the LimeWire Store and here’s what we came up with. It’s a mix of newer and older tracks selected by the artists themselves. We’re sure you will recognize (and dig) most, if not all of them. The tracklisting runs like this:

Inara George with Van Dyke Parks- “Accidental”
Mika Miko - “Totion”
Nosaj Thing - “Coat Of Arms”
Kenan Bell – “All About”
David Liebe Hart & Adam Papagan – “Korendian Honk”
Daedelus (feat. Michael Johnson) - “For Withered Friends”
Foreign Born - “In The Shape”
Olin & The Moon - “Drivin’ West”
Princeton – “Eminent Victorians”
Willoughby – “Frankenstein”
Gliss – “Kick In Your Heart”
The Henry Clay People – “Something In the Water”
Busdriver – “Me-Time (with The Pulmonary Palimpsets)”

Dive in and download at LimeWire and let us know what you think.

Set list below.

»continue reading Dinosaur Jr., Troubadour, June 22, 2009

»continue reading Grizzly Bear, Troubadour, June 20, 2009