New Adds & Restocks 5/28

13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
Band Of Horses - No One's Going To Love You 7"
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Can - Tago Mago
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Daft Punk - Discovery
Dan Deacon/Adventure Split 12"
Nick Drake - Family Tree
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Eels - Hombre Lobo
PJ Harvey - The Peel Sessions
King Khan & His Shrines - Three Hairs & You Are Mine
Neu - Neu!
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (Record Store Day Release)
The Specials - Ghost Town
Vetiver - Vetiver
Weezer - Pinkerton
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

Hello Friends,
Tonight at 9pm, our 3rd installment of Record Club graces El Prado! Tonight's guests include:

- Imee - who is a neighborhood vinyl junkie who still thinks its cool to buy records at thrift stores and still plays cassette tape. She is excited to play a record at El Prado that gives everyone a nice little head nod while sitting on their stools

- Kim Hell - Bassist for local band Future Ghost has a fantasy for playing records super loud in a living room, full of sunshine, with wide open windows. But for now she is going to settle for doing this at a bar.

- Wes Armstrong - You might know him for slanging drinks at the Edendale. His vinyl collection has been growing steadily lately and he's having a hard time narrowing down the selection for tonight. Pressure is on!

- Ashley Jex - Runs Jaxart Records. Has released records from the Parson Red Heads, Henry Clay People, The Valley Arena, and other local faves. Also plays bass for the Monolators. Sure to bring something really cool, guaranteed.

+ some some other last minute guests.

Your hosts Neil and Sean from Origami Vinyl will also play you some stuff that we think is kinda neat. Our sign-up sheet will be at the bar for those that would like to participate in a future record club night.

Here are the details:

Origami Vinyl Presents Record Club
Every Tuesday Night at 9pm 'til 1am
@ El Prado 1805 W. Sunset Blvd in Echo Park across the street from Origami Vinyl

Hope to see you tonight!

New Releases 5/26/09!!!

Not only have we been graced with a new Grizzly Bear record this week that some may say is a strong candidate for record of the year, but we also have 11 (or 10) other newbies that may require some listening...

check it!

Veckatimest is upon us!!

Today we will be listening to Grizzly Bears new album 'Veckatimest'. This an album we have been awaiting for some time and we are so very excited that it is finally here.

So come down and join us at 6pm and snatch up an early copy for yourself.

Pizza & beer provided.

See you soon!

Reminder!!! Grizzly Bear "Veckatimest" Listening Party on May 25th @ 6pm

To Do:
1. Check this video out
2. Get super psyched
3. Head down to Origami Vinyl on May 25th
4. Eat pizza, drink beer, and chill out to what might be your favorite record of the year

Pizza & beer provided. See you soon!

New Adds & Restocks 5/22/09

Just a couple added titles in time for the weekend. Happy memorial day weekend!

- Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (Gold Vinyl)
- Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul
- Bob Dylan - Modern Times
- Miles Davis – Nefertiti
- Bruce Springsteen – Magic
- Xiu Xiu - A Promise
- Pattern is Movement - All Together
- The Wrens - The Meadowlands
- Pearl Jam – 10
- Rodrigo y Gabriela - S/T
- R.L. Burnside - First Recordings

New Adds & restocks 5/21/09

Oh yeah! more great stuff in today...

Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
Okkervil River - Down the River of Golden Dreams
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Explosions In The Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
Explosions In The Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever
Phosphorescent - To Willie
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Magnolia Electric Co - What Comes After the Blues
Vollmar - Tell The Dirt
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Advance Base Battery Life
Richard Swift - Kisses For The Misses 7"
DJ Roger Mas - Baila Hihi 7"
These Arms Are Snakes - Good Friday 7"
Antony & The Johnsons - Epilepsy is Dancing 7"
Final Fantasy - Has a Good Home
Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
Fol Chen - Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made
Thee Oh Sees - Tidal Wave 7"
Psychedelic Horseshit - Shitgaze Anthems
Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets
Jason Crumer + Roxann Spikula - Suppression in the Third
Intelligence – Deuteronomy
Real Estate - Fake Blues 7"
Mount Eerie - Live in Copenhagen 3xLP
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Elliott Smith - S/T
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
400 Blows - The Sore Thumb 7"
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up (Orange vinyl)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin' With...
The Chapin Sisters w/The Winter Flowers - Split Picture disc
Gossip - Arkansas Heat
Horse Feathers - House With No Home
Trainwreck Riders - The Perch
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have you Done, My Brother?
Los Straitjackets - The Further Adventures of
The Zeros - Don't Push Me Around (Rare and Unreleased Classics from '77)

New Adds and Restocks 5/19/09

Hey everyone,
Here are some new records we received today.

Iron And Wine - The Sea & The Rhythm
Iron And Wine - Woman King
Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Iron And Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
Blitzen Trapper – Furr
CSS - S/T
Murder City Devils - S/T
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Vetiver - Tight Knit
Beachwood Sparks - Make the Cowboy Robots Cry
Beachwood Sparks - Once We Were Trees
The Rapture - Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
The Faint - Wet From Birth
Daedelus - Impending Doom/Just Briefly
Islands - Arm's Way
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Ekranoplan
Fucked Up - Year Of The Rat
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Witch – Paralyzed
Public Image Ltd – Album
Dr Dog – Fate
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Scott Walker - Scott 4
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
V/A - Last Kind Words (Mississippi Records)
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind
Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Sun Araw - Boat Trip
School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
Ladytron - Light & Magic
Love Is All - A Hundred Things To Keep Me Up At Night
The Black Keys – thickfreakness
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera
Serge Gainsbourg - L'Homme A Tete De Chou
Graham Moore / Thurston Moore – Split
The Velvet Underground - S/T (3rd Album)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' Shoes
Parson Red Heads – Orangufang 7”
Henry Clay People - Working Part Time 7"
Okkyung Lee - I Saw The Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said...
Wire - Chairs Missing
Wire – 154
Venetian Snares – Filth
Woods - Songs Of Shame
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Deerhunter – Cryptograms
Clues - S/T
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate
The Strange Boys - And Girls Club
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Jawbreaker - Etc.
Butthole Surfers - Humpty Dumpty LSD
Butthole Surfers - Brown Reason To Live
Black Lips - Let It Bloom
The Hospitals - S/T
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Beirut - March Of The Zapotec & Realpeople Holland
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Vivian Girls - I Can't Stay 7"
The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
Thee Oh Sees – Help
The Deadly Snakes - Porcella or A Bird In The Hand Is Worthless
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction 7”
Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
Dinosaur Jr – Bug
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone & Concern - Split 8"
Why? - Elephant Eyelash
Wooden Shjips – Dos
Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave 7"
Dolphins Into the Future -...On Sea Faring Isolation
Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want
The Manhattan Love Suicides - S/T
Ganglians - S/T
Bricolage - S/T
Eat Skull - Wild and Inside
Boxcutter - Arecibo Message
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Snake
Cause Co-Motion! - Because Because Because
James Ferraro – Clear
James Ferraro – Discovery
Neko Case - Black Listed
Elfin Saddle - Ringing For The Begin Again
Zola Jesus - Soeur Sewer 7"
Zola Jesus - Tsar Bomba
Teeth Mountain - Live On
Heavy Winged + Inca Ore - Ring Mining
Brandi Carlile - Downpour 7"
The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams 7"
Heaven & Hell - Bible Black 7"
Sublime - April 29th 1992 7"
Jenny Lewis - Carpetbaggers 7"
The Stooges - 1969 7"
Lykke Li / El Perro Del Mar - Split 7"
Black Kids - Wizards of Ahhs 10”

a little recap on record club last night...

I must say, last night was a blast! El Prado was packed and we had fun chatting it up with a lot of you about music. The best part about all of this is just getting the chance to interact with everyone and get to know all of you better. I really cannot wait 'til next Tuesday.

Here is a little recap of what was played and by whom...

- I started things off with a record I have been digging since the middle of last year, Pattern is Movement's All Together. I played the A side, which ended up being a theme for the whole night, weird... Anyways, I came across PIM, because of Ben Heywood. He had a heard a thing or two about 'em, so we spontaneously went down to the Echo to go check em out. It was a pretty empty show, which was too bad, because these 2 guys laid it down! I couldn't believe the complexity and beauty of the music that came out of only 2 people. It was quite the treat.

- Next up was Sean Foye. Sean is a local music producer and audio engineer. He is currently working on a couple of projects that include the new Summer Darling album, Brandon Hardy of Future Ghost's side project, and some odds and ends for Wait.Think.Fast. Sean played the A side of Sleater-Kinney's album, Dig Me Out, because he loves girls who rock (see Kissing Cousins). that was a plug...

- Zach, a local screenwriter and blogger for music site www.welistenforyou.com was our next guest. He brought the Silver Jews album, American Water, because he feels that lyrically it's one of the greatest albums ever written. Like Leonard Cohen, Silver Jews frontman David Berman is a poet first and a songwriter second. (highly recommend Berman's book of poetry, Actual Air). With this said, the melodies are nothing to turn your nose up at, catchy guitar riffs will have many tracks off this album stuck in your head for days. It also helps that Stephen Malkmus (Pavement) plays lead guitar on the album.

- Following Zach was Chris Stewart, aka Stew to his buds, helps run the mixed use space / vintage store called, The Clinic, which is a couple dooors west of Origami Vinyl. Bringing a freight train to El Prado, Chris, played Wu-Tang's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), only because he has always wanted to hear that record at El Prado and this was his chance to fulfil his fantasy.

- Heather Heywood stepped up the plate next and delivered, playing the A side of Department of Eagle's In Ear Park, because she is so excited for the new Grizzly Bear album to come out next week. Heather, sings and plays guitar in Kissing Cousins and plays bass in Summer Darling, both rad local bands. Kissing Cousins new album drops in June so keep a look out for it.

- Ben Heywood, Heather's husband, and lead singer / guitarist for Summer Darling was up next. He had a rough day at work and needed to unwind. So he played These Arms are Snakes' album Easter to get all of his aggression out. It totally worked. Musical Therapy!

- To close out the night Brandon Hardy, the drummer for Future Ghost, a local band from Echo Park, played Time Out by Dave Brubeck. When Brandon was learning drums at the age of 12, he was told to listen to this album and pay attention to the odd time signatures. The album ended up being a big influence on his playing.

Hope you enjoyed Record Club and we look forward to hanging out with you again next Tuesday night!

Neil

New Releases 5/19/09 and Record Club Tonight!!

Hey Y'all!

Don't forget Record Club tonight at El Prado @ 9pm. We've got some cool gems coming out tonite. Also a couple peeps cancelled, so if you got a record and wanna play it, shoot me an email at neil@origamiorigami.com

Hope to see you there tonight!

And now on to our new releases for this week. There were so many of them we couldn't fit 'em all on the board...

- MC5 / Blue Cheer - Split 7"
- Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
- Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin
- Hopewell - Good Good Desperation
- Headlights - Remixes
- Desolation Wilderness - No Tomorrow 7"
- Faux Hoax - Your Friends Will Carry You Home 7"
- Joker's Daughter - The Last Laugh
- Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I

And on the board we have...
Hope to see you soon!

Neil

New Adds & Restocks 5/18/09

New Adds & Restocks 5/18/09

Constantines - Hard Feelings 7"
Constantines - Our Age 7"
St. Vincent – Actor
St. Vincent - Marry Me
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (Mono Version)
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
Death - ...For The Whole World To See
The Coathangers - Shake Shake 7"
J.T. IV - Cosmic Lightning
Sir Richard Bishop – Improvika
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Glorify Astrological Martyrdom
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Spoon - Anticipation 7"
Matt Sweeney / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Superwolf
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Darker My Love / Moccasin – Split
Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes 7"
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Drippers
Maritime - Glass Floor
Dan Melchior und das Menace - 'Thankyou very much'
Minutemen - The Punch Line
The Knife - Like a Pen
Health - Heaven 12 Inch Single + RMXS
The Handsome Family - Honey Moon
The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
The Presets – Apocalypso
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
Deerhunter – Cryptograms
The Slits – Cut
Tortoise + The Ex - In the Fishtank 5
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - S/T
Silver Mt. Zion - Horses in the Sky
Low + Dirty Three - In the Fishtank 7
Brother JT3 - Jelly Roll Gospel
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Beware
Doug Martsch / John Michael - Split 7"
Scout Niblett - It's Time My Beloved 7"
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened 7"
Au Revoir Simone - Summer Lines 7"
V/A – Everything is Nice Matador 10 year Anniversary
V/A – Dark Was the Night
Cat Power – The Greatest
Brightblack Morning Light – Motion to Rejoin
Mogwai – Batcat EP
Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling
Fucked Up – No Epiphany 7”
Earles & Jensen Present Just Farr the Record
Camera Obscura – French Navy 7”
Department of Eagles – In Ear Park
Pixies – Surfer Rosa
Belle and Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini
Arthur Russell – Love is Overtaking Me
Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
Devendra Banhart – Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Ratatat – Classics
Tunng – Good Arrows
Pontiak – Maker
Arbouretum – Song of the Pearl
Mountains – Choral
Lithops – Ye Viols!
Pit Er Pat – High Time
The Sea and Cake – Car Alarm
The Sea and Cake – Everybody
Trans Am – Sex Change
Extra Golden – Ok-Oyot System
Trans Am – TA
Death Vessel – Stay Close
Kurt Vile / Beat Jams – Split 7”
Mi Ami – Ark of the Covenant
Kurt Vile & The Violators – The Hunchback EP
Cave – The Ride 7”
Double Dagger – Bored Meeting 7”
High Places – Vision’s the First… 7”
Pit Er Pat – High Time Remix 12”
White Hills / The Heads – Collisions V.01
Sunray feat. Sonic Boom 0 Ocean EP
Ponytail - Kamehameha

Grizzly Bear "Veckatimest" Listening Party

Just a reminder to join us on Monday, May 25th for a sneak peak of Grizzly Bear's new album Veckatimest.


We will be getting underway at 6pm. Pizza & Beer provided. Make sure to mark your calendars.

New Adds & Restocks 5/16/09

Masters Of Reality – Masters Of Reality
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II
The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia
The Pharcyde – Running 7”
V/A - JayDeelicious: 95-98 (The Delicious Vinyl Years)
V/A – RMXXOLOGY
Chris Darrow – Under My Own Disguise Box Set
Herman Dune – Next Year In Zion
Cornelius – Gum
Don Cavallo – Cryland
Wendy & Lisa – White Flags Of Winter Chimneys
Velvet Cacoon – Genevieve
Velvet Cacoon – Northsuite
Asbestosdeath – Dejection, Unclean
Oren Ambarchi – In The Pendulum’s Embrace
Glorior Belli – Manifesting The Raging Beast
Weedeater – God Luck & Good Speed
Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull
Lair Of The Minotaur – War Metal Battle Master
SUNN O))) – Domkirke: Live In Bergen Cathedral
The Iceburn Collective – Power Of The Lion
Wolves In The Throne Room – Malevolent Grain
Matt & Kim – Grand
Aceyalone & RJD2 – Magnificent City
Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville
The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
Earth Wind & Fire – Gratitude
Charlie Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
Johnnie Cash – 16 Biggest Hits
Blue Oyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune
Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
Sam Cooke – One Night Stand: Live At The Harlem Square
Peter Bjorn & John – Living Thing
Peter Bjorn & John – Seaside Rock
Herbie Hancock – Thrust
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Miles Davis – In A Silent Way
Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain

The Amateurs In-Store TODAY, 4pm

Join us tonight for a special in-store performance by the Amateurs!

We'll be celebrating the release of their new vinyl ep, If We Dare Win, with an acoustic set in the loft and some Tecate on the floor... both are free, so feel free to drop by! See you at 4pm...

Last Night at Record Club...

We did the following:

- Interrupted the bar to make an announcement about Record Club to 98% cheering and 2% jeering. the 2% got chewed out by 98%

- Neil played an unknown Neil Young bootleg, Side 3 of a 2xLP set. It was recorded in the early 70's and featured "Sugar Mountain", "Don't Let It Bring You Down", and "Love in Mind". The album is white labeled and has my late father's handwriting all over it, which makes it really cool.

- Melissa played the B side of The Doors "The Soft Parade". Melissa talked about how her and her dad would lay on the floor and listen to "The Soft Parade". It totally shaped her love for music and is one of her favorite memories of her Dad.

- Sean S. played the A side of the Self Titled album from The La's. Sean explained that to him it is one of the best pop albums ever made that has never been heard. And even though they were looked over as a one-hit wonder, it's the album cuts that really make this band.

- Sean F. played the A side of the Fugazi's "The Argument". Sean didn't really say much about the record other than he found the record sealed at Heather's house and was excited to open it and play it for it's first time at Record Club.

- Heather played the B Side of Starflyer 59's album "Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice". SF59 is one of Heather's all time favorite bands and has been a huge influence on her songwriting. Her bands; Kissing Cousins and Summer Darling have worked with Frank Lenz and have become friends with Jason Martin, which is like the raddest thing.

- Beth, unbeknownst to what Sean F was playing, also brought Fugazi's "The Argument" (What are the chances of that happening?) and played the B side of the record. Luckily for both of them, they wanted to play the opposite sides. Whew! Conflict averted...

- And swooping in at the nick of time, was Ben who concluded the night with the perfect comedown, Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". The A side helped us fade out from the bar and into a swirling buzz on Sunset.

Thanks to Catherine, Jeff, and Leonel at El Prado for making it all happen. We have already filled up our slots for the next two weeks, so be sure to come out and sign up for a future night. We are really excited about all of this and hope you are too.

'til next week...