Faves of 2014: NEIL'S FAVES

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

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

1. Paul Bergmann and the Fair Moans - 1
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

and here we go...

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

Faves of 2014: SIMONE'S FAVES

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

1. Slint - Spiderland
2. Unwound - Kid Is Gone, 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

1. Girl Tears - Tension
2. Obliterations - Poison Everything
3. Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
4. Jonwayne - Cassette On Vinyl
5. Le Butcherettes - Cry Is For The Flies
6. Dub Thompson - 9 Songs
7. Ty Segall - Manipulator
8. Kill The Capulets - The Stranger
9. Fever The Ghost - Crab In Honey
10. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell

and of course... 

1. Ghosty - S/T
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

NEW RELEASES: Look Mom, it's NEW RELEASES! Can we keep one? ...please?!

Slint - Spiderland (Remastered Deluxe Edition)

Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit (Reissue)

How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart?

The Fresh & Onlys - House Of Spirits

Ben Frost - Aurora

The Cleaners From Venus - Volume 3 | Box Set
Donovan Blanc - S/T
Ghostface Killa & BadBadNotGood - Six Degrees | Tone's Rap 10"
Godflesh - Pure (Reissue)
Gram Parsons - GP (Reissue)
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (Reissue)
Earth - Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method (Reissue)
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Reissue)
Eccentric Soul: Capital City Soul
Jad Fair & Danielson - Solid Gold Heart
Mike Cooper & Steve Gunn - FKWYS Vol 11: Cantos De Lisboa
Mirah - Changing Light
OM - Pilgrimage (Reissue)
Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend 
Slavve - S/T
Strand of Oaks - Heal
Tonstartssbandht - Overseas
1951-1964 (Reissue)
Vacationer - Relief
White Hex - Gold Nights

TONIGHT: FYF & Cinefamily Present Breadcrumb Trail (Slint) w/Neil DJing!

Neil says:

"In 1995 I was in my sophomore year in college. At that point I was mainly into heavy metal and alternative music. Tool, Faith No More, and Smashing Pumpkins were some of my faves. I had also started to discover hardcore music thanks to my roommate who played me Minor Threat, Swiz, Judge, and Fugazi. With those genres all coming together I had discovered and became a fan of a band called Helmet. I liked them, but wasn't a super fan. One thing they did have though was a very active chat room community on the internet. Each night while procrastinating my studies I would log on and talk to people about music. It became a daily obsession and I would learn so much about new underground bands that spanned all genres. One day a person mentioned a band called SLINT. I had never heard of them, and neither had most people in the chat room. But this person was swearing by them. A couple weeks later I flew out to Colorado to spend a week with my parents. We stopped off at a Best Buy and I headed straight for the music section while my parents were shopping. I decided to go look for this Slint band (mind you this was before things like youtube and streaming music online so I couldn't just listen to this music. I had to either buy it on CD or go to a store where they would let you listen before buying). Low and behold Best Buy had Slint's CD for "Spiderland" (which is crazy in hindsight that Best Buy even had indie music much less an obscure band's CD). I bought it with such excitement I couldn't wait to get in the car and give it a listen. We left the store and my parents put the CD in. After the 3rd song I was extremely confused. "What is this?!" I thought. It was kind of bumming me out actually. I was ready for riffs or some more formulaic form of music I had been used too. This was weird. No real traditional song structures. Spoken word over sporadic drumming and mountains and valleys of volume. I think we shut it off after the fourth song. I didn't know how to take it.

A couple weeks later I was back at school studying. I decided to throw the CD back on in my Discman, put on my headphones and give it another shot with undivided attention. It is then that I started to understand the approach. I was hooked. I was obsessed. It broke down everything I understood about how music was created, recorded, represented, and distributed. It opened up a huge can of worms for me. The radio was boring, MTV was bullshit, underground independent music was really where it was at. From there I became obsessed with Touch and Go, Jade Tree, Dischord, Sub Pop, and other small labels. I started going to so many more underground shows and I started buying 7"s from all the bands playing. I bought a record player and would go down to Rhino Records in Claremont and Bionic Records in Fullerton on a weekly basis. Most importantly, I starting taking music business classes in college that would lead to a career in the industry.

Slint was that band for me. They're records amaze me and surprise me to this day.

Over the weekend I was asked by my good buds Sean and Bennett over at FYF if I wanted to DJ at Slint's event on Wednesday knowing about this story and my fandom. It's come full circle for me and I couldn't be more excited.

If you can, please join me tonight at The Silent Movie Theater for Cinefamily's screening of "Breadcrumb Trail" a documentary about Slint that will feature a Q&A session with the Director, Lance Bangs, members of Slint and David Yow (Jesus Lizard). This will be a night I remember for the rest of my life."

Here are the deets:
Cinefamily and FYF Present "Breadcrumb Trail: A Slint Documentary"
Wednesday, March 12th @ The Silent Movie Theater
611 North Fairfax Ave, LA, CA 90036
930pm - DJ Set, 10pm - screening, Q&A after | $12
If you can't make it tonight the movie will be screening  on 3/15 (No Q&A), 3/17 (No Q&A), and 3/18 (No Q&A)
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OV WEEKLY: Daylight Savings Time Means MORE OV!

So the time changes and then all of a sudden its summer weather in L.A? Props to Mother Nature for that convenient change, now we have time to spin records and get our tan on! We suggest you do the same and come on down to Origami this week while the sun lasts! 

Monday, March 10th (that's today!)
Dead Ghosts In-Store! OV Presents Moses Sumney @ The Bootleg! Tony Molina @ The Echo!

Today's a doozy by OV standards, as we've got our eyes on three sets of music coming your way throughout the afternoon and night. Check 'em all out below!

First off, tonight at 6PM, we've got an awesome set from Dead Ghosts lined up! An OV favorite for a while now, their newest record, Can't Get No (Burger Records), was one of our favorite records of 2013 and is the perfect soundtrack for too-hot March nights. Featuring fuzzed out vocals and plenty of 60s garage influences, the band syncs up with just about any punk rock activity you can think of and we hope you can stop by to engage in some with us tonight at 6! In the meantime, give a listen to their track "Summer With Phil" below!



Next up, Origami is super-stoked to be presenting rising L.A singer-songwriter Moses Sumney at the Bootleg Theatre every Monday in March! A UCLA alum, Moses' craft is a intoxicating mix of soul and folk arranged around liquid guitar lines and unique looped arrangements. Popping up as a special guest for many soon-to-be-big bands, Moses has been receiving glowing reviews across the board without a single physical release to his name, and looks to be moving up in the L.A music world. With talent to spare, Moses' residency at the Bootleg is sure to be a breakout success and we look forward to seeing him and you there every Monday this March! Give a listen to a live performance of "Replaceable" and we'll see you tonight at 9PM!



In case that wasn't enough, tonight at The Echo, the super-talented Tony Molina will be gracing the world with a face-melting solo set for FREE! If you haven't heard us gush about his latest album Dissed and Dismissed (which happens to be available for pre-order here), then just know that Tony's newest LP is a loving tribute to the 90s that takes Thin Lizzy leads, Radiohead lyrics, and Replacements sneer to their most absurd highs. It is an entirely unapologetic album that distills the best of the past in 12 less-than-a-minute bursts. We've been stoked on this show since it was announced and really hope to see you there at 8PM!




Tuesday, March 11th
Slint Documentary Breadcrumb Trail @ Cinefamily! Record Club!

We love Slint. To the point where we can't say anything intelligent, especially in regards to Lance Bangs' newest documentary on the post-rock gods. So here's Cinefamily's preview of the show while we drool a little more:

Two definitive epochs mark underground rock of the last few decades: BS (Before Slint) and AS (After Slint). A staple of the Louisville, KY scene before their 1990 album Spiderland definitively laid down the gauntlet and provided a road map for untold scores of “post-rock” bands around the globe to follow, the short-lived but long-loved Slint has remained one of music fandom’s most mythical, sphinxlike bands — but Breadcrumb Trail, the brand-new documentary by Lance Bangs, now reveals the minds behind the life-changing music.

Wanna go? Breadcrumb Trail is playing at Cinefamily from today until Saturday! If you're at tonight's show, why not head on down to El Prado afterwards for a weekly dose of Record Club goodness? It'll be the perfect musical nightcap, we promise!


Wednesday, March 12th
Pre-Orders Are Part of Every Healthy Breakfast!

It's a quieter week on the new releases front, but that means you've got plenty of time to catch up on your pre-orders, because the next two weeks at Origami are going to be crazy with new music! Check out the list of pre-orders below and grab them all over at our online shop! Make sure you act soon, as a couple of these are close to selling out!

Cloud Nothings "Here and Nowhere Else" (Deluxe Version: Ltd. Light Blue Vinyl + Cloud Nothings Slipmat) GET IT!
Wye Oak "Shriek" (Ltd. Ed. Orange Vinyl) GET IT!
James Supercave "The Afternoon" GET IT!
Tony Molina "Dissed and Dismissed" (Reissue) (Ltd. Ed. Red Vinyl + Poster & Sticker) GET IT!
The War On Drugs "Lost In The Dream" (Ltd. Ed. Purple Vinyl + Signed Poster) GET IT!
Metronomy "Love Letters" (Limited Edition Deluxe Pressing) GET IT!
Future Islands - Singles (PRE-ORDER | Signed LP) GET IT!
Sharon Van Etten - "Are We There" (PRE-ORDER | Ltd. Ed. Clear Vinyl w/ Bonus 7") GET IT!

Personal favorite? The War On Drugs. Check out the new video for "Red Eyes" below!




Thursday, March 13th
OV + Church On York Tickets!

We posted about this last week, but we wanted to make sure y'all know that OV has started selling tickets to all Church On York shows! This brand new venue in Highland Park has some killer acts coming up, and we're glad to get you tickets to all of them! Just remember kids, all tickets are cash only!



Friday, March 14th
Go To The Beach.

Seriously it's perfect outside. Dip work early and go to the beach. We'll take all your calls for you. Recommended album: Tacocat - NVM



Saturday, March 15th
Songs: Molina @ Church On York!

Speaking of Church On York, this Saturday, members of Magnolia Electric Co. and Hiss Golden Messenger will be paying tribute to the life and work of Jason Molina (of Songs: Ohia & Magnolia Electric Co.). One of our favorite songwriters of the last couple decades, we certainly won't miss this one, and hope you can make it out too!


Sunday, March 16th
Post-Script

Hey you know that Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. giveaway we had last week? The one with the copy of the new record and specially designed turntable? Well, it never got claimed, so we're putting out there again for you, reader who actually makes it to the bottom of our Weeklys. Claim it by sending an email to highfive@origamiorigami.com with the subject "I Read Everything!" and we'll send it your way!


Giveaways This Week!

Real Estate @ The Fonda 3/11 - 3 pairs!

Keep an eye on our Twitter/Facebook for future giveaways!

Now that we've planned your week, you better be put on some SPF-50 and get down here ASAP!