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Have no fear, there are even more reviews, interviews, new release announcements, etc., over there!

HANG ON TO YOUR WIGS AND SPECTACLES...CUZ THESE HERE ARE THE WILDEST NEW RELEASES IN THE WILDERNESS!!

Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man

Tanlines - Highlights

Jim O’Rourke - Simple Songs 

Talk In Tongues - Alone With A Friend

D’Angelo - Brown Sugar | Reissue

Downtown Boys - Full Communism 

Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth | Resissue

Holly Herndon - Platform

Kopecky - Drug For The Modern Age

Poets Of Rhythm - Path Of Life | 7"

Shamir - Ratchet

Shilpa Ray - Last Year’s Savage

The Howling Hex - Butterfly | 7”

V/A - The Darjeeling Limited OST

UPCOMING IN-STORE: TOMTEN TONIGHT @ 5PM!!

Laced with dream-like melodies and reverberating sounds, Seattle's Tomten will stop in Origami for an intimate performance! They'll fill the store with their take on Baroque Pop alongside romantic ballads and entrancing keyboard riffs. So stop by tonight for an evening of tranquility, and check out their new singles below!

IN-STORE: LASER BACKGROUND TONIGHT @ 7PM!!

Fresh off their new EP Kelly Wisdom, Philadelphia's own Laser Background continue their California tour by stopping in Origami for an exclusive performance! Recorded in rural Pennsylvania and Lake Balaton in Hungary, Kelly Wisdom showcases a fusion of sounds, spanning traditional tech-pop to bossanova licks. Stop by for an incredibly eccentric show you won't want to miss!!

UPCOMING IN-STORE: TOMTEN 5/17 @ 5PM!!

Laced with dream-like melodies and reverberating sounds, Seattle's Tomten will stop in Origami for an intimate performance! They'll fill the store with their take on Baroque Pop alongside romantic ballads and entrancing keyboard riffs. So stop by this Sunday for an evening of tranquility, and check out their new singles below!

"It Follows" Soundtrack Signing!! Tonight @ 6 PM!!

Tonight at 6, Disasterpeace and David Robert Mitchell, the composer and director respectively of It Follows – our favorite horror film in years – will be gracing the shop and signing copies of the movie's soundtrack on vinyl. Combining elements of classic John Carpenter soundtracks with modern synth atmospherics, Disasterpeace has truly crafted a masterful film score. Order the record right here to secure a copy for the signing!

FYI: If you aren't planning on coming into the shop tonight and want the soundtrack shipped to you, we cannot guarantee that the record will be signed.

UPCOMING IN-STORE: LASER BACKGROUND 5/16 @ 7PM!!!

Fresh off their new EP Kelly Wisdom, Philadelphia's own Laser Background continue their California tour by stopping in Origami for an exclusive performance! Recorded in rural Pennsylvania and Lake Balaton in Hungary, Kelly Wisdom showcases a fusion of sounds, spanning traditional tech-pop to bossanova licks. Stop by for an incredibly eccentric show you won't want to miss!!

NEW RELEASES: It's another big one folks. I'd say a 5.9 on the release scale.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home | White Vinyl

Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms | Blue Vinyl
Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms | Ltd. Edition Blue & White Swirl Vinyl

OST - Beetlejuice (Music Composed by Danny Elfman)
OST - Rocky (Music by Bill Conti)
The Beach Boys / Carl And The Passions - So Tough
V/A - Trojan Records: Dub Volume 1
V/A - Trojan Records: Reggae Volume 1
V/A - Trojan Records: Rock Steady Volume 1
V/A - Trojan Records: Roots Volume 1
V/A - Trojan Records: Ska Volume 1
Abram Shook - Landscape Dream
Blanck Mass - Dumb Flesh | Ltd Edition Clear Vinyl
Crocodiles - Boys
Guantanamo Baywatch - Darling… It’s Too Late | Limited Edition Peaches-And-Cream Vinyl 
Jad Fair & Norman Blake - Yes
Kenny Knight - Crossroads
Loren Connors - Blues: The Dark Paintings Of Mark Rothko
Novella - Land | Includes Bonus 7”
Pfarmers - Gunnera | Colored Vinyl
Prefuse 73 - Rivington Não Rio
The Holydrug Couple - Moonlust
The Weather Station - Loyalty
White Eyes - S/T
Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
Coachwhips - Bangers Vs. Fuckers (Reissue)
Spirit Club - S/T
Areski & Brigitte Fontaine - Je Ne Connais Pas Cet Homme
16 Horsepower - Olden (Reissue)
Jon McCallum - Surf Nazis Must Die OST | Ltd Edition Colored Vinyl

HIGH FIVE FEST 2015 - THIS WEEKEND @ THE ACE HOTEL & SWIM CLUB, PALM SPRINGS

High Five Fest is back!!! So pack your bags and head on over to the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs and relax by the pool to the "killer vibes" emanating from DJ sets by OV and some of Southern California's best selectors PLUS a live performance by LA's Mating Ritual!! Did I mention it's free?! Check out set time below...

Friday, May 8th

Amigo Room
10pm - Neil Schield
11pm - Mating Ritual (Live Performance)
12am - 2am - Clifton Weaver III (Funky Sole) 

Saturday, May 9th

Poolside
12pm - 2:30pm - Justin Gage (Aquarium Drunkard)
2:30pm - 5pm - Emily and Caleb from Zig Zags

Amigo Room

10pm - Chris Ziegler (LA Record)
11pm - Nick Waterhouse
12am - 2am - Rodrigo Amarante

Sunday, May 10th

Poolside
12pm - 2:30pm - Mark ‘Frosty’ McNeill
2:30pm - 5pm - Emily and Caleb from Zig Zags

UPCOMING IN-STORE: GAZOOTA 5/8 @ 7 PM!!!

This Friday, Fullerton's Gazoota are bringing their sunny psych-pop to OV for a special in-store performance! The band recently released their debut piece of wax on the HOTT MT affiliated Mutation Records and trust me, you're gonna want to give it listen. So come on down to our shop Friday at 7 PM and check out this "merry band of spiritual weirdos!!!"

NEW RELEASES: Restocks, how'd you get in here?

Best Coast - The Only Place

Blur - The Magic Whip

Mikal Cronin - MCIII | Ltd. Edition Clear Vinyl

Metz - II | Loser Edition

Palma Violets - Danger In The Club 

V/A - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night OST

Balms - S/T 12” EP
Bill Fay - Who Is The Sender
Bonnie Stillwatter - The Devil Is People 12” EP
Braids - Deep In The Iris | Ltd. White/Green Vinyl 
Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were The Way She Was
D'Angelo - Voodoo (Reissue)
David Kauffman & Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge
Death - N.E.W.
Death & Vanilla - To Where The Wild Things Are | Blue or Orange Vinyl
Django Django - Born Under Saturn
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Jacco Gardner - Hypnophobia
Jackson Scott - Sunshine Redux
Mac McCaughan - Non-Believers
My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
Nosaj Thing - Fated
NWA & The Posse - S/T
Other Lives - Rituals
Paul Bergmann - Old Dream | 7" | Ltd. Edition White Vinyl
Paul de Jong - IF
Prefuse 73 - Forsyth Gardens
Rat Fist - S/T 7”
Rose Windows - S/T | Loser Edition
Super Furry Animals - MWNG (Reissue)
Ty Segall / King Tuff - Recorded Live At Pickathon
V/A - Juice OST
V/A - Theme From Kaffee 12”

RESTOCKS & NEW ADDITIONS
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Built To Spill - You in Reverse
Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
Bill Callahan - Dream River
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ask Forgiveness
Joanna Newsom - & The Ys Street Band 12" EP
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
Silver Jews - Starlite Walker
Smog - Julius Caesar
Smog - Red Apple Falls
The Red Crayola - Malefactor, Ade
The Red Crayola with Art & Language - Correct Slogans
The Red Krayola - Amor And Language
Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Ty Segall - Singles 2
White Fence - S/T (Reissue)
HTRK - Marry Me Tonight
Alan Watts - This Is It
Cheena - S/T | 7”
Fort Romeau - Insides
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
Inventions - Maze Of Woods 
Mourn - S/T
Palmbomen II - S/T
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
The Soft Moon - Deeper
Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
Lord Huron - Strange Trails
San Fermin - Jackrabbit
Barbara Lynn - Here Is Barbara Lynn
Cat’s Eyes - The Duke Of Burgundy OST
Monks - Black Monk Time
The Supreme Jubilees - It’ll All Be Over
Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Reissue) 
Atoms For Peace - Amok
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (Reissue)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (Reissue)
Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare | Loser Edition
FKA Twigs - LP1
Future Islands - Singles
Girl Band - The Early Years
Interpol - Antics
Interpol - El Pintor
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (Reissue)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me

IN-STORE: PHOEBE BRDIGERS TONIGHT @ 7 PM!!!!

TONIGHT Phoebe Bridgers is bringing her world-weary Americana to our loft for a special in-store performance in celebration of her new 7" on Ryan Adams' Pax-Am Records. In Adam's words, Bridgers is a "a 'musical unicorn' who “could make a jar of sand sound like ‘Blood On The Tracks.’”