Monday, December 29, 2014

OV WEEKLY: New Year, New You, New Weekly!


What a crazy year it's been. It's almost 2015! You made it!!! Reach for your dreams next year, even if your dreams are just puppies (ours are).

Monday, December 29th
Last Chance Tickets to LetsPartyNYE @ Legendary Park Plaza Hotel! OV Presents Kissing Cousins @ The Satellite!

Ok so NYE is two days away. That means if you don't got plans, you need plans quick. Good thing OV is here to save the day - we've got tickets to the best party in town: LetsPartyNYE at the Legendary Park Plaza Hotel! It's a crazy good live/DJ lineup at a killer venue with an open bar?? Uh, yes please! Check the full deets below and come dance away 2014 with us on Wednesday!

LetsPartyNYE @ Legendary Park Plaza Hotel
Dec 31, 2014 8:00 PM - 3:00 AM
21+
Every ticket is open bar!

Performances from: Blood Orange, Classixx (live), IO Echo, Kindness (DJ), TOPS, Warpaint (DJ), Blake Anderson (DJ), De Lux, thee Mike B, Copper Saver and many more! Three stages! Food trucks! Portrait studio & more!

TICKETS ONSALE NOW AT OV!






And if your looking for some partyin' for tonight, look no further than our Residency @ The Satellite with Kissing Cousins! The whole shindig is totally free, and more info can be found below. Tonight's the last night, so get out there and party!

OV Presents Kissing Cousins December Residency @ The Satellite
Kissing Cousins
Fakers (Members of The Henry Clay People, Piebald, Summer Darling, Vanaprasta)
Facial
Hustle Roses

Kissing Cousins:
Kissing Cousins is an all girl band from Los Angeles, California. As the main creative outlet for songwriter Heather Bray Heywood, Kissing Cousins has had a variety of female musicians comprise the lineup. Most of whom were friends prior to joining the band as part of the greater East Side Los Angeles music scene. Heywood's songwriting is stark, baroque, and often sexually charged. With haunting melodies over noisy guitars and pounding rhythms, Kissing Cousins' music belies the sweet appearance of their name and image.


While you wait for tonight to roll around, check out Kissing Cousins' song "You Bring Me Down" below and stop on by The Satellite every Monday this December. We'll see you there!




Tuesday, December 30th
Together Pangea + Audacity @ The Echo! RCLA!

Looking for a warm-up NYE bash? One that's more spilt-beer-in-your-face than champagne-with-the-pinky-up? Well hot damn man, then you best not pass up the NYE Eve lineup at The Echo tonight: together Pangea & Audacity! Perpetual OV faves, rockers and list-toppers, these two local bands have been all over the country lately, but tonight, they are coming back home to lay down a set sure to keep The Echo bumpin' and your ears ringing well into the New Year! We've written about these dudes too many times to count, so just take our word for it and make sure to be right in the thick of it tonight at The Echo! See you there!





If ya can't make it to The Echo tonight (or if it's sold out), then you best be bringing your fave vinyl down to RCLA at El Prado to give it a public spin! The best place to hear what your local buds are digging, RCLA gives YOU the opportunity to spin your records and even snag a free drink in the process! The fun gets started at 9PM, so dig out those LPs and get ready for a night of great music!




Wednesday, December 31st
New Years Eve: Time To Party Baby!

OV's closed today: Neil's already drinking so he can get to bed early, Steen's gotta rest her voice, Simone's in like another state to party, Emily is out shopping for the perfect NYE leather jacket (which apparently is a thing?), and Sean is practicing midnight kisses with Lyra. Sorry friend, guess you'll have to wait a bit to get some wax. Or y'know, you could just order something from our online store. Problem solved.

As for me, well, I'm busy getting hype to Kidz Bop:




Thursday, January 1st
New Years Day: Time To Rest Baby!

OV's also closed today. Sippin' mimosas and watching the Rose Parade's 7th telecast. KTLA or bust. See you Friday for our regularly scheduled programming!




That's all we've got this week hombre, we gotta start picking out our feather boas out for Wednesday. See you next year, 2014's been great!

OV PRESENTS: Kissing Cousins Residency TONIGHT @ The Satellite!


Another month, another OV rezzie! This December, OV is presenting Kissing Cousins at The Satellite every Monday for free! More info can be found below.

<><><> Kissing Cousins <><><>

OV Presents Kissing Cousins December Residency @ The Satellite:

Doors 8:30pm
Kissing Cousins
Fakers (Members of The Henry Clay People, Piebald, Summer Darling, Vanaprasta)
Facial
Hustle Roses



Kissing Cousins:
Kissing Cousins is an all girl band from Los Angeles, California. As the main creative outlet for songwriter Heather Bray Heywood, Kissing Cousins has had a variety of female musicians comprise the lineup. Most of whom were friends prior to joining the band as part of the greater East Side Los Angeles music scene. Heywood's songwriting is stark, baroque, and often sexually charged. With haunting melodies over noisy guitars and pounding rhythms, Kissing Cousins' music belies the sweet appearance of their name and image.

While the last record, Pillar Of Salt, produced by Richard Swift, took a decidedly lo-fi approach, the new EP / double 7 inch Unfortunate End is heavier, darker, and meaner. Produced By S Foye, the music utilizes more experimental instrumentation like Autoharp strummed through delay pedals and drum machines played manually through distorted amps. There is still plenty of reverb soaked vocals, vicious guitar tones, and stomping drums, but for the first time, the songs twist and turn within time signatures and tempos. With Unfortunate End Heywood and Kissing Cousins continue in a long tradition of redefining what it is to be in a "girl band" and what it is to sound feminine, southern, and ultimately, unique.


While you wait for tonight to roll around, check out Kissing Cousins' song "You Bring Me Down" below and stop on by The Satellite every Monday this December. We'll see you there!



Sunday, December 28, 2014

IN-STORE: Whitman TONIGHT @ 5 PM!!


Whitman is rolling by TONIGHT @ 5 PM! Knowing him, it will be a one of a kind performance!

Whitman, and his rusted and forlorn sound are really one of a kind. You can't tell his music is made with broken down instruments, scraps of metal and trashy guitars,  but once you find out its all the more impressive. Whitman infuses his music with the essence of LA in the purest sense. You can taste the smog and imagine the vacant lots, and soiled mattresses on the sidewalks.

His new album Restoring Darkness comes out on Folktale Records December 30th, and is sure to be filled to the brim with all of the joy and brutality that we know and love in LA. His lyrics are sometimes painful, and so emotional that its impossible not to feel the disconnect Whitman is portraying. Don't let the pink towel and beach babes fool you, its about as deep as it gets.

Come check Whitman out Live TONIGHT to get the full experience. You won't forget this in-store.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

NEW RELEASES: LAST MINUTE XMAS NEWBS & RESTOCKS!

One of these beauties might just be thing to finish off your gift list..
The Knife - Shaken Up Versions

Daft Punk - Alive 2007

Daft Punk - Alive 1997
New In Stock
Jack + Eliza - No Wonders | 10"

The Czars - Best Of

The Fat White Family - Champagne Holocaust
Xylouris White - Goats

Restocks 

A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes, and Life
A Tribe Called Quest - Hits, Rarities & Remixes
A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology
Alvvays - S/T
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Beach House - Devotion
Caribou - Andorra
Caribou - Swim
Chet Faker - Built On Glass
Cliff Martinez - The Knick OST
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
Dilly Dally - Candy Mountain 7"
Ex Hex - Rips
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit (Reissue)
Gust - S/T
Hospitality - Trouble
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power (Reissue)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (Reissue)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Nick Waterhouse - Holly
Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone
Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Reissue)
Otis Redding - Dock Of The Bay (Reissue)
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
Radiohead - Kid A | 180g Dbl 10"
Radiohead - The Bends
Talking Heads - 77
The Acid - Liminal
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
The Strokes - Room On Fire
Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams

Monday, December 22, 2014

OV PRESENTS: Kissing Cousins Residency TONIGHT @ The Satellite!


Another month, another OV rezzie! This December, OV is presenting Kissing Cousins at The Satellite every Monday for free! More info can be found below.

<><><> Kissing Cousins <><><>

OV Presents Kissing Cousins December Residency @ The Satellite:

Kissing Cousins
The Bulls
Western Bells



Kissing Cousins:
Kissing Cousins is an all girl band from Los Angeles, California. As the main creative outlet for songwriter Heather Bray Heywood, Kissing Cousins has had a variety of female musicians comprise the lineup. Most of whom were friends prior to joining the band as part of the greater East Side Los Angeles music scene. Heywood's songwriting is stark, baroque, and often sexually charged. With haunting melodies over noisy guitars and pounding rhythms, Kissing Cousins' music belies the sweet appearance of their name and image.

While the last record, Pillar Of Salt, produced by Richard Swift, took a decidedly lo-fi approach, the new EP / double 7 inch Unfortunate End is heavier, darker, and meaner. Produced By S Foye, the music utilizes more experimental instrumentation like Autoharp strummed through delay pedals and drum machines played manually through distorted amps. There is still plenty of reverb soaked vocals, vicious guitar tones, and stomping drums, but for the first time, the songs twist and turn within time signatures and tempos. With Unfortunate End Heywood and Kissing Cousins continue in a long tradition of redefining what it is to be in a "girl band" and what it is to sound feminine, southern, and ultimately, unique.


While you wait for tonight to roll around, check out Kissing Cousins' song "You Bring Me Down" below and stop on by The Satellite every Monday this December. We'll see you there!

Kissing Cousins "Cover Me" Official Music Video - HD from Kissing Cousins on Vimeo.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

FAVES OF 2014: Round up!

Here's our full list of our Faves of 2014! Enjoy!


Neil
1. Tycho - Awake
2. The Acid - Liminal
3. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire No Witness
4. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
5. Last Ex - S/T
6. Hospitality - Trouble
7. Mogwai - Rave Tapes
8. Metronomy - Love Letters
9. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
10. Ex Hex - Rips

Emily
1. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
2. Billy Childish - Archive From 1958: The Billy Childish Story
3. The Shivas - You Know What To Do
4. The Orwells - Disgraceland
5. The Acid - Liminal
6. Last Ex - S/T
7. Coathangers - Suck My Shirt
8. Caribou - Our Love
9. Jungle - S/T
10. Naomi Punk - Television Man

Sean
1. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
2. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
3. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
4. Bill Callahan - Have Fun With God
5. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
6. Caribou - Our Love
7. The Horrors - Luminous
8. Last Ex - S/T
9. Ultimate Painting - S/T
10. Scott Walker/Sunn O))) - Soused

Simone
1. Ghosty - S/T (Reissue)
2. Young Widows - Easy Pain
3. The Phantom Family Halo - Raven Town Witch
4. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
5. Naomi Punk - Television Man
6. Gust - S/T
7. Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
8. Creepoid - S/T
9. Broncho - Just Enough Hip To Be Woman
10. Popstrangers - Fortuna

Ian
1. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
2. St Vincent - S/T
3. Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo
4. Beck - Morning Phase
5. Andrew Bird - I Want To See Pulaski At Night
6. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
7. Spoon - They Want My Soul
8. Frankie Cosmos - Zentropy
9. Radiator Hospital - Torch Song
10. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

Christine
1. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
2. Mac Demarco - Salad Days
3. The Shivas - You Know What To Do
4. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
5. Alex G - DSU
6. Radiator Hospital - Torch Song
7. Caribou - Our Love
8. Protomatyr - Under Color Of Official Right
9. Liars - Mess
10. La Dispute - Rooms Of The House

Willow
1. Tijuana Panthers - Wayne Interest
2. Yo La Tengo - Extra Painful
3. Com Truise - Wave 1
4. The Shivas - You Know What to Do
5. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
6. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Christmas Island
7. Sqürl - Ep 3
8. The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
9. Celestial Shore - Enter Ghost
10. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

Neil
1. Slint - Spiderland Box Set
2. Beatles - Mono Box Set
3. Death and Vanilla - EP
4. Mogwai  - Come On Die Young
5. Sleater Kinney - Box Set
6. Can - Ege Bamyasi
7. Eels - Beautiful Freak
8. Unwound - Rat Conspiracy
9. Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
10. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

Emily
1. The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
2. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
3. Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive...
4. Eels - Beautful Freak
5. Pulp - Different Class
6. Bratmobile - Pottymouth
7. Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard
8. The Intelligence - Boredom & Terror
9. Cursive - The Ugly Organ
10. The Nevermores - Lock Your Doors
Sean
1. Slint - Spiderland
2. Flake Music - When You Land Here, It's Time To Return
3. Can Discography
4. The Clientele - Suburban Light
5. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
6. Unwound - No Energy box set
7. Scott Walker - Til The Band Comes In
8. OST - Once Upon A Time In The West
9. The Clean - Anthology
10. Bedhead - Transaction De Novo

Simone
1. Slint - Spiderland
2. Unwound - Rat Conspiracy, No Energy Box Sets
3. Fugazi - First Demo
4. Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Transcriptions LP
5. Toadies - Rubberneck
6. Constantines - Shine A Light
7. Bratmobile - Pottymouth
8. Shellac - 1000 Hurts
9. The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard
10. Botch - An Anthology Of Dead Ends

Ian
1. Belle & Sebastian Discography
2. Of Montreal - Cherry Peel
3. Beatles Mono Discography
4. Led Zeppelin Discography
5. Eels - Beautiful Freak
6. The Clientele - Suburban Light
7. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
8. The Clean - Anthology
9. Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive...
10. William Onyeabor - Vol. 1

Christine
1. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
2. Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive...
3. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
4. The Clean - Anthology
5. Beatles Mono Discography
6. KMD - Mr. Hood
7. The Intelligence - Boredom & Terror
8. Barbara Lynn - Here Is Barbara Lynn
9. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
10. The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard

Willow
1. The Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard in my Backyard
2. Flake Music - When you land here, its time to return
3. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
4. Fugazi - First Demo
5. Belle and Sebastian Discography
6. Bratmobile - pottymouth

Neil
1. Paul Bergmann and the Fair Moans - S/T
2. Ty Segall - Manipulator
3. James Supercave - The Afternoon EP
4. Plague Vendor - Free To Eat
5. Girlpool - S/T
6. Fever The Ghost - Crab In Honey
7. Froth - Patterns
8. Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo
9. White Fence - For The Recently Found Innocent
10. Morgan Delt - S/T

Emily
1. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
2. Girlpool - S/T
3. The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
4. Girl Tears - Tension
5. Wand - Ganglion Reef
6. Ty Segall - Manipulator
7. NO - El Prado
8. GRMLN - Soon Away
9. Together Pangea - Badillac
10. The Bots - Pink Palms. Morgan Delt - S/T

Sean
King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
Girlpool - S/T
The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
Girl Tears - Tension
Wand - Ganglion Reef
Ty Segall - Manipulator
NO - El Prado
GRMLN - Soon Away
Together Pangea - Badillac
The Bots - Pink Palms

Simone
Girl Tears - Tension
Obliterations - Poison Everything
Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
Jonwayne - Cassette On Vinyl
Le Butcherettes - Cry Is For The Flies
Dub Thompson - 9 Songs
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Kill The Capulets - The Stranger
Fever The Ghost - Crab In Honey
King Tuff - Black Moon Spell

Ian
1. Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo
2. Beck - Morning Phase
3. Ty Segall - Manipulator
4. LAPD - S/T
5. Girl Tears - Tension
6. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
7. Girlpool - S/T
8. Together Pangea - Badillac
9. Dub Thompson - 9 Songs
10. Wand - Ganglion Reef

Christine
1. Ty Segall - Manipulator
2. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
3. Girlpool - S/T
4. Wand - Ganglion Reef
5. The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
6. Morgan Delt - S/T
7. Jack Name - Light Show
8. Froth - Patterns
9. Meatbodies - S/T
10. The Bots - Pink Palms

Willow
1. Together Pangea- Badillac
2. Froth - Patterns
3. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
4. Paul Bergman and the Fair Moans - S/T
5. The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
6. Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again
7. Girlpool - S/T
8. Ty Segall- Manipulator
9. Beck - Morning Phase
10. GRMLN - Soon Away

Neil
1. Talk In Tongues - Still Don't Seem To Care
2. Hooray For Earth - Keys
3. Ty Segall - Feel
4. Ex Hex - Hot and Cold
5. Amason - Duvan
6. J. Mascis - Fade Into You
7. Audacity - Counting The Days
8. Steppe People - One
9. Kevin Morby - My Name
10. Cass McCombs vs. Meat Puppets

Emily
1. J Mascis - Fade Into You 7"
2. Ryan Adams - 1984 7"
3. MOTHXR - Easy 7"
4. Moses Sumney - Scratch The Surface 7"
5. Cherry Glazerr - Had 10 Dollaz 7"
6. Audacity - Counting The Days 7"
7. The Specials - Sock It To 'Em JB | Rat Race 7"
8. Heathers - Fear 7"
9. Steppe People - One 7"
10. Budos Band - Burnt Offering 7"

Sean
1. Budos Band - Burnt Offering
2. MOTHXR - Easy
3. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
4. Amason - Duvan
5. Julia Holter - Don't Make Me Over
6. SOAK - B a noBody
7. Ryan Adams - 1984
8. LA Font - Teen Bazooka
9. Hooray For Earth - Keys
10. Kelley Stoltz - Cross Your Mind

Simone
1. Pile - Special Snowflakes / Mama's Lipstick
2. Jaye Jayle - Pull Me Back To Hell / Evil Windows
3. Cass McCombs vs. Meat Puppets - Split
4. Heathers - Fear / Life Is Everywhere
5. Waylon Jennings - Louisiana Man, Kentucky Woman
6. Tomahawk - M.E.A.T.
7. LA Font - Teen Bazooka
8. The Ukiah Drag - Dirt Trip / Poison Ivy
9. Steppe People - One
10. Fat White Family - Touch The Leather

Ian
1. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Simple And Sure
2. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
8. J. Mascis - Fade Into You
9. Bleached - For The Feel

Christine
2. J. Mascis - Fade Into You
4. Joyce Manor / Toys That Kill - Split
10. Diarrhea Planet - Aloha

Willow 
1. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
2. Ra Ra Riot - 
6. Diarrhea Planet - Aloha
8. Joyce Manor/Toys That Kill - Split

Monday, December 15, 2014

OV PRESENTS: Kissing Cousins Residency TONIGHT @ The Satellite!


Another month, another OV rezzie! This December, OV is presenting Kissing Cousins at The Satellite every Monday for free! More info can be found below.

<><><> Kissing Cousins <><><>

OV Presents Kissing Cousins December Residency @ The Satellite:

Doors 8:30pm
Kissing Cousins
Dekades
The Breakups
Light FM
DJ: Sean Stentz!!!!! Give ya boi a high five!



Kissing Cousins:
Kissing Cousins is an all girl band from Los Angeles, California. As the main creative outlet for songwriter Heather Bray Heywood, Kissing Cousins has had a variety of female musicians comprise the lineup. Most of whom were friends prior to joining the band as part of the greater East Side Los Angeles music scene. Heywood's songwriting is stark, baroque, and often sexually charged. With haunting melodies over noisy guitars and pounding rhythms, Kissing Cousins' music belies the sweet appearance of their name and image.

While the last record, Pillar Of Salt, produced by Richard Swift, took a decidedly lo-fi approach, the new EP / double 7 inch Unfortunate End is heavier, darker, and meaner. Produced By S Foye, the music utilizes more experimental instrumentation like Autoharp strummed through delay pedals and drum machines played manually through distorted amps. There is still plenty of reverb soaked vocals, vicious guitar tones, and stomping drums, but for the first time, the songs twist and turn within time signatures and tempos. With Unfortunate End Heywood and Kissing Cousins continue in a long tradition of redefining what it is to be in a "girl band" and what it is to sound feminine, southern, and ultimately, unique.


While you wait for tonight to roll around, check out Kissing Cousins' song "You Bring Me Down" below and stop on by The Satellite every Monday this December. We'll see you there!

Kissing Cousins "Cover Me" Official Music Video - HD from Kissing Cousins on Vimeo.