TONIGHT: Moomaw In-Store @ 7PM!

Tonight, we have Moomaw in our loft to perform at 7pm!

If you've ever heard Moomaw, then you'd probably agree with D.M. Collins of L.A. Record, "It’s rare that an album can stump my musical palate, but this recording sounds like so much and yet like nothing specific, other than maybe “haunting” and “deep.”" He goes on to say, "I would never expect a white dude in his thirties with 330 Facebook likes to be this good!" Heh.

So, prepare yourself for this unique experience by listening to his track "Lights Out" queued up below, and come on down to OV at 7pm tonight to see him in person!

GET YR MITTS ON SOME SWEET ASS-USED (fun with hyphens)

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (USED-GOOD)
Kiss - Hotter Than Hell (USED-VG)
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (USED-VG)
Cream - Fresh Cream (USED-GOOD)
The Big 6 - Ready To Rock…! (USED-VG)
Wildfire Willie & The Ramblers - Rarin’ To Go (USED-GOOD)
Air - Moon Safari (USED-GOOD)
Pattie Smith Group - Wave (USED-GOOD)
Red Rockers - Condition Red (USED-VG)
V/A - Prime Cuts 1: The Double Dance Album (USED-VG)
Marley Marl - Droppin Science feat. Craig G. 12" (SEALED-MINT)
Biz Markie - This Is Something For The Radio 12" (SEALED-MINT)
Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop 12" (USED-VG)
V/A - Battle of the Garages (USED-VG)
V/A - Sixteen Candles OST (Original 1st Pressing)(USED-VG)

8/31: OV Presents Torches at EAT | SEE | HEAR's screening of Pulp Fiction!

Zed's dead, baby, and it's time to celebrate tomorrow with this week's EAT| SEE | HEAR. Before this week's showing of Pulp Fiction, OV will present Torches!

Torches is a three piece band winning over the Los Angeles music scene left and right. The band comprised of singer Azard Cheikosman, drummer Eric Fabbro, and bassist Braedan Henderson releeased their debut LP Heads Full of Rust in 2012 and recently released their EP If the People Stare - both of which garnered national and local recognition. The Deli LA cooed, "Heads Full of Rust balances beguiling, crisp guitar pop arrangements with a gloomy undercurrent, but it does so in a way that’s always tuneful. Ambience is also a big part component of their sound, which soaks most of their tingling strums and crescendoing choruses.” Come out tonight to check them out!

This week's Eat|See|Hear will take place at LA State Historic Park at 1245 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012. Check the event page for parking instructions. The food trucks for this week will be: Asian Cravings, Flippin Yolk, Fresh Fries, Ludo Truck, Rounds Burgers, The Bun Truck, VCHOS, Coolhaus, Brasil Kiss, and Royal Red Velvet Cupcakes.

Doors open at 5:30pm, the band plays at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm. For more info and tickets go HERE.So, be like little Fonzies with us and come out to enjoy a cult classic and some freakin' awesome tunes.

TONIGHT: Neko Case Premier Party For 'The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You'

Neko Case has returned with her sixth full-length. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You will be released on September 3rd through Anti-. Come down to the shop tonight to get a sneak preview of the album before anyone else! Free pizza and beverages will be provided.

Here's what Consequence of Sound had to say about the new record:

"According to a press release, the album was executive produced by Case and recorded recorded at Wavelab in Tuscon, as well as Portland, Los Angeles and with Phil Palazzolo in Brooklyn. She was joined in the studio by guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, vocalist Kelly Hogan and multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, along with M. Ward, Steve Turner, Howe Gelb, and members of The New Pornographers, My Morning Jacket, Calexico, Los Lobos and Visqueen.

The tracklist spans 12 songs, including a cover of “Afraid” by Nico. The material is described as Case’s “most precise, urgent record to date, marked by a melodic immediacy, a loving embrace of the big rock gesture, and a lyrical frankness.”

You won't want to miss this! We'll see you tonight at 8! 

THE BETTER-LATE-THAN-NEVER NEW RELEASE BLOG POST

Belle & Sebastian - The Third Eye Centre

Dent May - Warm Blanket

King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions

Jail Weddings - Meltdown A Declaration Of Unpopular Emotion

Yo La Tengo - Ohm 3x12”

Dodos - Carrier

Joseph Childress - The Rebirth

Lumerians - The High Frontier

Sampha - Dual

Pangea In-Store Tonight @ 7PM!

Hey, punks! We got some indie garage punk for ya'll tonight with Pangea at 7PM!

This LA-based garage punk band began with - at the time, teenager - William Keegan (singer-songwriter) recording songs on a 4-track tape machine. With the arrival of Danny Bengston (bass), Erik Jimenez (drums), and Cory Hanson (lead guitar),  they found their sound and began performing shows in DIY spaces throughout the West Coast. They've released two albums,  Jelly Jam (2010, cassette-only) by Lost Sound Tapes and Living Dummy (2011) by Burger Records, followed by the Killer Dreams EP in early 2012. Pangea will be releasing their 7-inch Snakedog on July 30th off Harvest Records in anticipation of their next full-length album.

We've got the upbeat track "I Don't Wanna Know You" off Living Dummy to get you through this summer heat. Tune in, and check out Pangea tonight at 7pm in our loft!

FYF Fest Schedule of Artist Signings @ OV Tent!

Hey, everyone! Can you believe FYF Fest is tomorrow?! Here at OV, we're working on bringing all your favorite vinyl to the festival and, of course, finalizing all the cool opportunities for ya'll to interact with artists. We now have the list of the artists signings at our tent for Saturday and Sunday!

Saturday:
3pm: Charles Bradley
4pm: Dan Deacon
5pm: Flag
6pm: STRFKR
8pm: Toro Y Moi

Sunday:
3pm: Washed Out
6pm: Mac DeMarco
8pm: No Age

So, come out to our tent tomorrow and Sunday to see all the great music we have for ya'll, meet the artists you love, and say hey to us in person!

8/24: OV Presents So Many Wizards at EAT | SEE | HEAR's screening of The Warriors!

Not at FYF? Well, we still have other options for y'all! Come out to tomorrow's EAT| SEE | HEAR as OV presents So Many Wizards!

LA natives So Many Wizards started out in 2009 as the solo project of musician Nima Kazerouni. In the beginning, it was merely  Kazerouni performing in front of television sets stacked on top of each other, playing synced-up backing tracks. During the creation and release of their two EPs - Tree and Love Songs for When You Leave Me - and their debut full-length Warm Nothing, the band grew to include drummer Erik Felix, lead guitarist Frank Maston, bassist Geoff Geis, and guitarist Melody Carillo. Their unique dream pop casts the listener under a spell, and you'll have the opportunity to see it live tomorrow!

This week's Eat|See|Hear will take place at Los Angeles Trade Tech College at 400 West Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90015. Check the event page for parking instructions. The food trucks for this week will be: Schmuck Truck, Joe's Pizza Truck, Slammin Sliders, Coolhaus, Brasil Kiss, Waffles de Liege.

Doors open at 5:30pm, the band plays at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm. For more info and tickets go HERE.
 

FYF Is This Weekend!

FYF Fest is finally upon us! Can you believe it? I certainly can't! This may be the best festival line-up I've ever been witness to. My Bloody Valentine to top it all off. Oh yeah!!!

 For the 4th year straight, Origami Vinyl is the official retailer for FYF Fest. We will have a 20x40 foot pop-up record shop out there. Just to put that into perspective, Origami Vinyl is 10x40 feet!!! So this tent is actually BIGGER than the shop itself. We'll be hauling EVERYTHING down there + more!! We will also be the only place to purchase music from all the bands playing the fest. So be sure to get your hands on your fave bands' LPs and CDs. We will also have our new ZINE out at the fest, free to all those who purchase records from us. The first 50 peeps get the limited edition version with a surprise inside!! We will also have a FREE vinyl valet service for those who purchase records from us at the tent, so you don't have to lug that ish around with you all day.

 In addition to all that good stuff, we will also have our signing booth back. This year we have confirmed the following artists to sign your butts, records, ticket stubs, and foreheads:

Saturday:
 - 3pm :: Charles Bradley
 - 4pm :: Dan Deacon
 - 5pm :: FLAG
 - 6pm :: STRFKR
- 8pm :: Toro Y Moi

 Sunday:
 - 3pm :: Washed Out
 - 4pm :: Les Savy Fav
 - 6pm :: Mac Demarco
 - 8pm :: No Age

We may still announce more in the coming days so stay tuned! Times and appearances are subject to change, so for the latest updates follow us on twitter (@origamivinyl) or stop by our tent on Saturday! 

As a HEADS UP! OV's regular shop will be closed ALL DAY this Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Sorry for any inconvenience to you non-FYF'ers.

TONIGHT: Charlie Clark In-Store @ 7PM!

Join us tonight for the beautiful indie folk songwriting of Charlie Clark!

Charlie, now a resident of Los Angeles, originally hails from Scotland where he got his start with his former band, Astrid. He was also a member of The Zephyrs, and The Reindeer Section, which also featured members of Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Teenage Fanclub, and The Vaselines. With an impressive line of work already under his belt, Charlie Clark has finally released his own solo material. The Feel Something EP was released last month on AED which features beautifully smart songwriting with pop sensibility.

To put it simply, you won't want to miss this in-store! Check out the video for the EP's title track below and we'll see you tonight at 7!


Charlie Clark - Feel Something from Building Dreams on Vimeo.

8/27 in-store: together PANGEA + you

Our love affair with the dudes in PANGEA has been no secret over the years, so it should be no surprise that we are hosting an in-store release party for their brand new 7" single for "SNAKEDOG/OFFER" out on Harvest Records 8/20.
The demand for this in-store is overwhelming, so the ONLY way to reserve your spot in line is to purchase the 7" from us starting today. Once you purchase the 7", your OV receipt will act as your ticket to the in-store next Tuesday, August 27th at 7pm. We only have 50 spots in the shop and 50 copies of the 7", so be sure to act fast. The 7" is only $5, so it's like cheaper than buying a ticket to one of their upcoming shows + you get their new 7" as a bonus. Pretty sweet!!

 See ya Tuesday yo!

Watch the brand new video for SNAKEDOG HERE!

TONIGHT: Lazy In-Store @ 7PM!

Join us tonight for an in-store with Kansas City's very own Lazy! They'll be bringing their party punk jams to our loft, and it's going to be awesome!

Following in the footsteps of west coast fuzz garage bands Pangea, Fidlar, and Meat Market, Lazy have  brought their own frantic, upbeat punk rock to the table. They have a new LP, Obsession, out now on Moniker. It's denim jackets and clouds of cigarette smoke in musical form in the middle of a Friday night house party. If that's not enough to convince you, they have a song called "Party City" which you can stream below. Check it out and we hope to see you tonight at 7!

Mountains, Mountains, Mountains of New Releases! 8/20/13

Pangea - Snake Dog 7"

Ty Segall - Sleeper

Julia Holter - Loud City Song

Superchunk - I Hate Music (Regular & Deluxe versions)

 

No Age - An Object

Zola Jesus - Versions

Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
Bent Shapes - Feels Weird
Bird Nest Roys - Me Want Me Get Me Need Me Have Me Love
Buffalo Killers - Ohio Grass
Andrew Cedermark - Home Life
Destruction Unit - Deep Trip
Diana - Perpetual Surrender
Gap Dream - Chill Spot 7"
The Garden - The Life And Times Of A Paperclip
Golden Suits - S/T
His Electro Blue Voice - Ruthless Sperm
Kandodo - K20
Alexander von Mehren - Aeropop
Mountains - Mountains Mountains Mountains
Native - Orthodox
Sara Neufeld - Hero Brother
Pelican - Deny The Absolute 7"
Porcelain Raft - Permanent Signal
Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides
Rokk - I Want To Live High
Sombear - Love You In The Dark
Telekenesis - S/T
Their / They're / There - T / T / T
Tomorrows Tulips - Experimental Jelly
White Hills - So You Are... So You'll Be
Zorch - Zzoorrcchh

TONIGHT: Superchunk Premiere Party For 'I Hate Music'

We're thrilled to be able to share the new Superchunk album with you all! Come down to the shop tonight and listen to the premiere of I Hate Music before anyone else gets the chance. Free pizza and beverages will be provided. 

Here's what Merge Records had to say about the new album:

"Superchunk will release I Hate Music, their tenth studio album, on August 20.

After taking nearly a decade off following the release of Here’s to Shutting Up, Mac, Laura, Jon, and Jim decided to shout it out again in 2010 with Majesty Shredding, an album perfectly described by its own title. It’s a celebratory set of whoa-whoa-whoas from a group so thrilled by making music together again that they can’t contain themselves.

The band’s forthcoming release, I Hate Music, is Majesty’s dark twin. It’s similarly aggressive—often moreso (see “Staying Home”)—and every bit as energetic. It reflects the joys of a life spent immersed in music (“Me & You & Jackie Mittoo,” “Trees of Barcelona”), but there’s a dark undercurrent as well. That title isn’t tongue-in-cheek, but it’s really more a question than a statement: When you’re 20, lazy co-workers and romantic missteps number among your biggest worries; two decades later, life’s bigger questions knock louder and louder, demanding answers.

I Hate Music is an album about love more than anything else: love of life, love of living, love of people, and yeah, love of music. It defies its own title so completely and diligently that it never even seems like a fair fight: There’s no pain this deep or yearning this severe without the type of love earned over a lifetime. “I hate music – what is it worth? / Can’t bring anyone back to this earth” goes the first line in “Me & You & Jackie Mittoo.” That song and its ten companions can’t relive the past or resurrect those lost, but they can keep them close enough to see and hear and celebrate. It’s dark in here, but if we conjure the right words and sounds, maybe we’ll find our way out."

Sounds awesome, doesn't it?! You won't want to miss this. We hope to see you there! 

RSVP on Facebook here. 

Set times for Echo Park Rising at OV!

Echo Park Rising is this weekend: Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th!

Our third year is already on point to top last year's stellar event. We've expanded it to two days, have stages not only here at OV, but at the Taix parking lot, and inside Taix's Champagne Room, The Echoplex, The Echo, Lot 1 Cafe, Echo Country Outpost, Little Joy, and Stories Books & Cafe. Best of all the entire thing is FREE!!! So come out ans see over 100 bands performing all over Echo Park. Enjoy our neighborhood, eat and drink at all of our local restaurants and bars, and take a stroll around the lake.

OV's complete Echo Park Rising schedule is below:

Saturday, August 17th 

 - 2pm :: Debt ..........................Listen HERE

 - 3pm :: Victory ...........................Listen HERE

 - 4pm :: Synthetic ID ....................Listen HERE

 - 5pm :: Coastwest Unrest ..............Listen HERE

 - 6pm :: Tony Molina ....................Listen HERE

 - 7pm :: Terry Malts ...................Listen HERE

- 8pm :: Sebadoh Premiere Party with Lou Barlow ....More info HERE

 Sunday, August 18th

 - 2pm :: Corners .....................Listen HERE

 - 3pm :: Virginia Reed ..................Listen HERE

 - 4pm :: QunQ ..........................Listen HERE

 - 5pm :: Upset ......................Listen HERE

 - 6pm :: Free Moral Agents .......................Listen HERE

 - 7pm :: Fol Chen ..................Listen HERE

 - 8pm :: Cy Dune .......................Listen HERE

For more details and the full schedule for all 190-something bands playing HERE

No Age Added To FYF Line-Up!

We're stoked to see that LA's very own NO AGE have been added to the FYF line-up! Yet another reason to get excited about the fest. The official set times were released earlier today, and you can check that out and start planning your weekend right over here. Haven't purchased your FYF ticket yet? No sweat! We'll be selling 2-day passes for $105 (cash only) up until the day of the fest.

Be sure to stop by the Origami Tent while you're at FYF! We're taking our entire inventory with us and setting up a pop-up shop, so you can buy records all weekend long. On top of that, we will be hosting a bunch of band signings with some of your (and our) favorites including No Age, Mac DeMarco, Dan Deacon, FLAG, Washed Out, Charles Bradley, STRFKR, and more TBA! Signing times will be announced soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

We'll see you next weekend at the Historic Park for what's sure to be an unforgettable FYF.

TONIGHT: Neil DJs @ Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft & Ingenuity at Space 15 Twenty!

It's tonight, folks! OV's own DJ Neil Schield will be providing the tunes at the the grand openings event for Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity from 6pm-9pm at Space 15 Twenty!

Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity is a month long pop-up shop and educational happening in collaboration with Space 15 Twenty in Los Angeles, California. Hand-Eye Supply is a retail store in Portland, Oregon which serves the design and making communities on a local, national and world-wide level. It is the official store of one of the Internet's oldest websites – Core77 – which has been covering design and providing resources to creative professionals for the past 18 years. Space 15 Twenty is a unique retail setting which collaborates with creative brands and includes a performance space, pop-up, gallery, book shop and restaurant.

The grand opening event features Tabletop Made doing live letterpress printing, our own DJ Neil Schield rockin' the turn tables, and drinks provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon. So, bring your shop talk and dance pants, and bask in the company of other creative geniuses TONIGHT from 6pm-8pm at Hand Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity! We'll see you there!

8/17: OV Presents Loomis & The Lust at EAT | SEE | HEAR's screening of Big!

Come out to tomorrow's EAT| SEE | HEAR as OV presents Loomis & The Lust!

Loomis & Lust - hailing from Santa Barabara, CA - have been producing ridiculously catchy pop-rock jams since 2008. They utilize classic pop hooks, bits of soul, brit pop, and California sunshine into their light-hearted, ultra-catchy sound. In 2009, they received huge praise for their single "Bright Red Chords" - and its accompanying music video, which won mtvU's "Freshman" video award. Come out tomorrow night to experience their awesome amalgamation of pop, funk, and Cali surf rock for yourself!

This week's Eat|See|Hear will take place at La Cienga Park, 325 S. La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211. Check the event page for parking instructions. The food trucks for this week will be: Kogi BBQ, Grilled Cheese Truck, Lobsta Truck, Umami Burger, The Fry Girl, Flatiron Truck, Steel City, Slummin Gourmet, Coolhaus, Brasil Kiss, and B Sweet Mobile.

Doors open at 5:30pm, Loomis & The Lust plays at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm. For more info and tickets go HERE.

TONIGHT: The Spyrals In-Store @ 7PM!

Join us tonight for an in-store with The Spyrals at 7pm!

These guys hail from San Francisco and craft toe-tapping psych/garage music filled with jangly guitars reminiscent of contemporaries such as Thee Oh Sees or Ty Segall, all the while paying homage to the jam bands of the late 60s and early 70s.

Check out the video for the title track off of their latest record, Out of Sight (available now on Mock Records) and we'll see you tonight at 7!

TOMORROW 8/17! Lou Barlow in-store + Sebadoh "Defend Yourself" Listening Party @ 8pm!!

DUDES! Just when we thought Echo Park Rising couldn't get any better, we've been proven wrong. The folks at OV are really jazzed to announce that we'll be premiering Sebadoh's new record, Defend Yourself (Joyful Noise), in its entirety during a classic OV listening party 
TOMORROW 8/17 at 8pm!!

Everyone is welcome as we consume free pizza and fine beverages, debut Defend Yourself one month before its release date, and hang with fellow music enthusiasts like Lou Barlow. YUP! Lou will be hanging out in the shop and bringing his guitar along!

Pre order Defend Yourself for a chance to win a signed test-press, as well as two signed posters and many more Sebadoh goodies. Lou Barlow creatively titled all of these super rare signed and hand-numbered test pressings. Check this out:

Tomorrow is going to be the best day ever. We really hope you'll join us at OV the entire day to see the awesome line up we have for EPR... but if you can't, BE HERE AT 8pm for the listening party and in-store!

8/15: OV Co-Presents Ojai Rancho Inn Summer Series w/ Nite Jewel!

Join us tonight at the Ojai Rancho Inn for the second installment of the Cool Summer Series featuring Nite Jewel! 

California native Ramona Gonzalez first began her transcendent minimalist dance-pop escapades in the privacy of her Los Angeles home. With the aid of her multitrack cassette recorder and whatever keyboards, drum machines, and other instruments she could find, she quickly developed her sound and began performing live in the L.A. area under the moniker Nite Jewel. Over the past few years, Nite Jewel has honed its pop-funk craft with releases on reputable indie labels Italians Do It Better, Mexican Summer, and L.A.’s own Gloriette Records. In that time, her airy but often distant voice has found new gravitas and charisma. Meanwhile, the synth lines have gotten more agile and the bass pops tighter, with stuttered ‘80s synths and R&B melodies that unfold into one another in ways both giddy and deceivingly nonchalant.

Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Just wait until you see where this show is being held! Located in the picturesque mountains of Ojai, CA and just a short drive from Los Angeles, Ventura, or Santa Barbara, the Rancho Inn offers a welcome escape from the routine city venues, as well as a scenic spot to catch intimate performances by these hand-selected artists. (Think California campground meets rustic charm.)

Besides providing a magical backdrop, the Ojai Rancho Inn will be opening its doors at 4 p.m. for ticket holders to enjoy a meal on the venue lawn (bring a picnic or grab a bite from the on-site food truck), sip a drink, or cool off with a dip in the pool.

Throughout the next three months we will be teaming up with our media sponsors, KXLU 88.9 FM Los Angeles and KCSB 91.9 Santa Barbara for on-air ticket giveaways. Tickets are also currently available for purchase online at coolsummerpresents.com or in person at OV and Warbler Records and Goods in Santa Barbara. All shows are all-ages and start at 8 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. Tickets are $12 +$2 service fee.

We really hope you can make the trek. It's gonna be a blast! All shows are presented by: Cool Summer, Shelter Social Club, Origami Vinyl, KXLU, KCSB, and Warbler Records & Goods.

You can check out the Facebook event page HERE.

The Ojai Rancho Inn is located at:
615 W Ojai Ave
Ojai, CA 93023

To book a room at the Rancho call (805) 646-1434 and be sure to let them know that you are coming for the show!

TONIGHT: Buildings + Hawks In-Store @ 7PM!

Join us tonight at the shop as Buildings (Georgia) and Hawks (Minnesota) team up to play together for what's sure to be a night of rad, heavy noise distortion.

Both bands just released a split 7" on Cash Cow Production earlier this year. The split features four songs total, with Buildings showcasing "more of the chugging, churning, rhythmic" math rock; distorted bass and buzzing guitars abound, accompanied by wild drums. Hawks offers "their own take on mathy, noisy heaviness, starting off with a weird sample, and a slow swell of distorted guitar"; heavy grunge with a hint to pop.

 Check out "Snag" from Hawks, off of the new 7" and be sure to join us tonight at 7pm!

Peruse These News On Tues

Washed Out "Paracosm"

Harry Nilsson "Flash Harry"

Nirvana "Nevermind" (Reissue)

Royal Teeth "Glow"

Moondoggies "Adios I'm A Ghost"

8/16: Neil DJs @ Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft & Ingenuity at Space 15 Twenty!

Hey, folks! OV's own DJ Neil Schield will be providing the tunes at the the grand openings event for Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity this Friday, August 16th from 6pm-9pm at Space 15 Twenty!

Hand-Eye Supply's Pop-up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity is a month long pop-up shop and educational happening in collaboration with Space 15 Twenty in Los Angeles, California. Hand-Eye Supply is a retail store in Portland, Oregon which serves the design and making communities on a local, national and world-wide level. It is the official store of one of the Internet's oldest websites – Core77 – which has been covering design and providing resources to creative professionals for the past 18 years. Space 15 Twenty is a unique retail setting which collaborates with creative brands and includes a performance space, pop-up, gallery, book shop and restaurant.

The grand opening event features Tabletop Made doing live letterpress printing, our own DJ Neil Schield rockin' the turn tables, and drinks provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon. So, bring your shop talk and dance pants, and bask in the company of other creative geniuses this Friday from 6pm-8pm at Hand Eye Supply's Pop-Up Institute for Craft and Ingenuity! We'll see you there!

Summer Cannibals In-Store Tonight @ 7PM

Tonight, we have Summer Cannibals - yes, named after the Patti Smith song - in our loft to rock us at 7pm!

Summer Cannibals is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Jessica Boudeaux, guitarist Marc Stewart, bassist Kyle Brittain, and dummer Casey Frantum. Their anticipated debut album No Makeup was just released on New Moss Records on August 6th, and it's already receiving rave reviews. Impose Magazine said, "No Makeup takes a deep breath of burning gusto to show up superficial crowds that act too cool to notice anyone or anything else around them; endemic of the appease and please game."

Check out their catchy rock ballad "Wear Me Out" off of No Makeup, and come on over to experience them live in our loft at 7pm!

Set times for Echo Park Rising at OV!

Echo Park Rising is this weekend: Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th!

Our third year is already on point to top last year's stellar event. We've expanded it to two days, have stages not only here at OV, but at the Taix parking lot, and inside Taix's Champagne Room, The Echoplex, The Echo, Lot 1 Cafe, Echo Country Outpost, Little Joy, and Stories Books & Cafe. Best of all the entire thing is FREE!!! So come out ans see over 100 bands performing all over Echo Park. Enjoy our neighborhood, eat and drink at all of our local restaurants and bars, and take a stroll around the lake.

OV's complete Echo Park Rising schedule is below:
 

Saturday, August 17th 
 - 2pm :: Debt ..........................Listen HERE
 - 3pm :: Victory ...........................Listen HERE
 - 4pm :: Synthetic ID ....................Listen HERE
 - 5pm :: Coastwest Unrest ..............Listen HERE
 - 6pm :: Tony Molina ....................Listen HERE
 - 7pm :: Terry Malts ...................Listen HERE
- 8pm :: Sebadoh Premiere Party with Lou Barlow ....More info HERE

 Sunday, August 18th
 - 2pm :: Corners .....................Listen HERE
 - 3pm :: Virginia Reed ..................Listen HERE
 - 4pm :: QunQ ..........................Listen HERE
 - 5pm :: Upset ......................Listen HERE
 - 6pm :: Free Moral Agents .......................Listen HERE
 - 7pm :: Fol Chen ..................Listen HERE
 - 8pm :: Cy Dune .......................Listen HERE For more details and the full schedule for all 190-something bands playing HERE

Compassion In-Store Tonight @ 7PM!

We're excited for this locally-grown in-store with Compassion tonight at 7pm! Compassion just released a sweet self-titled 12" EP, all recorded in Los Angeles and the Joshua Tree Inn, and TONIGHT is the debut live performance. We'll be giving away a few copies of the new record tonight so don't miss out.

Here is a short and sweet lil haiku:

Los Angeles band,
Compassion is August Brown.
Facebook event here.


Of course, a single haiku cannot encompass how great tonight will be, so listen to "Step Out" before you get to steppin' to the shop at 7pm tonight!

You can download the entire LP for FREE here.

YES! Lou Barlow in-store + Listening Party for Sebadoh's "Defend Yourself" 8/17 @ 8pm!

DUDES! Just when we thought Echo Park Rising couldn't get any better, we've been proven wrong. The folks at OV are really jazzed to announce that we'll be premiering Sebadoh's new record, Defend Yourself (Joyful Noise), in its entirety during a classic OV listening party on 8/17 at 8pm!!

Everyone is welcome as we consume free pizza and fine beverages, debut Defend Yourself one month before its release date, and hang with fellow music enthusiasts like Lou Barlow. YUP! Lou will be hanging out in the shop and bringing his guitar along to play for us!

Pre order Defend Yourself for a chance to win a signed test-press, as well as two signed posters and many more Sebadoh goodies. Lou Barlow creatively titled all of these super rare signed and hand-numbered test pressings. Check this out:

Saturday, August 17th is going to be the best day ever. We really hope you'll join us at OV the entire day to see the awesome line up we have for EPR... but if you can't, BE HERE AT 8pm for the listening party and in-store!

8/10: OV Presents George Glass at EAT | SEE | HEAR's screening of Kingpin!

While Compassion performs in our loft tomorrow night, OV will be presenting George Glass at this week's EAT| SEE | HEAR!

This three-piece rock band met in a drab, beer-soaked LA bar in autumn of 2009. Three weeks later, Nicholas Ceglio (singer/guitarist), Peter DiBiasio (bassist), and Nathan Kondor (drummer) began playing gigs in Silverlake and Echo Park venues. They released their EP Sunshine in 2011, and their sound is an honest, introspective rock n' roll, influenced by the like of the Kinks, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Elliott Smith.

This week's Eat|See|Hear will take place at Paul Revere Middle School, 1450 Allenford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Check the event page for parking instructions. The food trucks for this week will be: Komodo, Smokin Willie's BBQ, India Jones, Tortas 2 Die 4, Lomo Arigato, Baby's Badass Burgers, Coolhaus, Brasil Kiss, and Waffles de Liege

Doors open at 5:30pm, George Glass plays at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm. For more info and tickets go HERE.

TONIGHT: Hundred Visions In-Store at 7PM!

We can think of a hundred of reasons to come out tonight and see Hundred Visions tonight in our loft at 7pm!

This Austin killer rock quartet is made up of Ben Maddox (Vocals, Guitar), Eric Loftis (Drums), Wes Turner (Bass), and Johnny Krueger (Guitar). They formed and released their EP Last Cab Tunis in 2011, and after posting a few more digital singles on their Bandcamp, they released their debut album Permanent Basement in 2012.

Everybody Tastes raved about the album - and frontman in particular-, saying,"... [Maddox] really kicks down the listener's front door and leaves nothing but a pile of smoldering splinters...The immediacy of these ten tracks as a whole is undeniable: you hit play and you're sucked into a 31-minute-long vortex containing some of the year's very best musicianship and songwriting"

Watch their uber trippy music video to "Where Do I Sign" filled with corn dogs, Rambo-esque fighting, and odes to Japanese film. Come out tonight to see 'em live in our loft at 7pm ... we won't make you sign anything!

Luke Jon Shearer In-Store Tonight @ 7PM!

Tonight, we have Luke Jon Shearer in our loft at 7PM!

Luke Jon Shearer is a multi-instrumentalist and solo artist from Newcastle, Australia. Originally part of the Sydney band Temple Of Sorrow, he imprinted his sound on the bands two albums using his beautiful and vast walls of sound. Luke, after touring Australia and abroad for three years, finally entered the studio in 2012 for his own solo project under his full name. His debut album Close Your Eyes, Open Your Mind is set to release sometime this year and feature his talents with multiple instruments and emotional lyrics.

Facebook event deets here!


So, check out "Black Rain" queued below, and come out to see Luke Jon Shearer tonight in our loft at 7pm!

BAG YR'SELF SOME OF THESE NEW USED RECORDS...or at least get an eyeful

Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil (USED-GOOD)

Morgen - S/T (USED-VG)    

V/A - Psychedelic Dream (USED-GOOD)   

Of Montreal - Cherry Peel (USED-VG)       

Of Montreal - The Gladiator Nightstick (USED-VG)

Sitar Beat - Vol. 3 (USED-VG)

Sitar Beat - Vol. 2 (USED-VG)         

Moon Duo - Mazes (USED-VG)

Experimental Audio Research - Delta 6 10" (USED-VG)

The Kinks - Candy From Mr. Dandy 10" (USEd-VG)        

Kaleidoscope - Faintly Blowing (USED-VG)

Siouxsie and The Banshees - Through The Looking Glass (USED-VG)       

The Aisler's Set - Mission Bells (USED-VG)

Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - S/T (USED-VG)  

Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop (USED-GOOD)       

Drive Like Jehu - S/T (USED-VG)

The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes (USED-VG)  

Sex Pistols/Ex-Pistols - The Swindle Continues (USED-GOOD)    

The Koala - S/T (USED-VG)

Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair (USED-GOOD)    

Wipers - Youth Of America (USEd-VG)

Philly Joe Jones Sextet - Blues For Dracula (USED-VG)     

Martha & The Vandellas - Heat Wave (USED-VG)

Clinic - Do It! (USED-VG)                                   

V/A - Sub Pop Employee Of The Month: Curtis W. Pitts (USED-VG)

Osanna - L'Uomo (USED-VG)          

Ray Barretto - Acid (USED-VG)

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (USED-VG)        

Broadcast - Drums On Fire 12" (USED-VG)

Dungen - Tyst Minut 12" (USED-VG)        

Tame Impala - S/T EP (USED-VG)

Truman's Water - Godspeed The Vortex (USED-VG)          

Kenny & THe Kasuals - Nothing Better To Do (USED-VG)          

Native Hipsters - Tenderly Hurt Me (USED-VG)

Spectrum & Silver Apples - A Lake Of Teardrops (USED-VG)      

Tame Impala - Lonerism (USED-VG)

The Doors - Absolutely Live (USED-VG)   

The Doors - S/T (USED-FAIR)

Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (USED-VG) 

Om - Variations On A Theme - Purple Vinyl (USED-VG)  

Big Boys - Where’s My Towel / Industry Standard (USED-VG)

Experimental Dental School - Hideous Dance Attack!!! (USED-VG)

Thurston Moore / Golden Calves Century Band / Dr. Gretchen's Musical Weightlifting Program - Split 12” (USED-VG)

Az - Music For Scattered Brains (USED-VG)

Les Savy Fav - 3/5 (USED-VG)

The Cure - Quadpus 12” (USED-VG)

Swiz - Hell Yes I Cheated (USED-VG)

Doris Monteiro - Serie Coletanea Vol. 3 (USED-VG)

OOIOO - ∞8∞ (USED-VG)

The Cynics - Twelve Flights Up (USED-VG)

V/A - Styles Upon Styles Volume Two (USED-VG)

The Arthur Doyle Electro-Accoustic Ensemble - Plays The African Love Call (USED-VG)

Clarinette - Haze (USED-VG)

Chris Brown - Branches (USED-VG)

Fursaxa - S/T (USED-VG)

Shit Spangled Banner - No Dolby No DBX (USED-VG)

Mouthcrazy - Open/Openwide (USED-VG)

Crude - Refute A Myth Society (USED-VG)