The Freeze-B-Q
Its usually always interesting to see what Machine Project will come up with next. But especially so on holidays like the Fourth of July (remember that liquid psychedelic projection?) This year they did two events. One a Freeze-B-Q members party and then immediately following, a Fourth of July Sing-a-long, which was open to the public. →

Teengirl Fantasy – Portofino

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Don’t mind the tacky Myspace layout and Angelfire “fan” website of electronic duo Teengirl Fantasy, the bedroom project of Ohio students Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss. The two craft pulsating 8-bit rhythms informed by bass-heavy house and dub music. “Portofino” is part of Dublab and Anticon‘s In the Loop vinyl compilation, the fifth installment of new music from diverse genres and regions. Its soothing arpeggios and foot-stopping bass make this a formidable track for the summer. →

Photo courtesy of Jeff Croft, licensed under Creative Commons

39th Annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival
Seattle Center – Seattle, WA
9/5/09 – 9/7/09
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Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival presents a truly comprehensive arts festival that includes performances and events in music, comedy, literature, visual arts, dance, theater and cinema. Across three days and 74 acres, the festival is located beneath the city’s iconic Space Needle. More event information and full music lineup after the jump… →

8th Annual FANATIC Soccer Tournament
Chelsea Waterside Park – New York, NY
7/25/09
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adidas is pleased to announce the 8th installment of the annual FANATIC soccer tournament to be held Saturday, July 25, 2009. Twenty-four teams will turn out to compete for this year’s title and special prizes that will be awarded to the winning team, runner-up and those with the best customized jerseys and best team spirit. →

The Cinespia Screening of Kenneth Anger’s Films
Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Los Angeles, CA
7/19/09
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Beautiful, erotic, phantasmagoric, the films of Kenneth Anger are a national treasure. Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull, Jimmy Page, and a  parade of other 60s luminaries collaborate on this collection of short films . They range from rich mystcal imagery and visual essays of psychedelic color to insider documentary footage of bikers and a glittering love letter to early black and white film. →

Daniel Zana, who has been in the vinyl toy and art community for some time now, is working on a documentary film entitled “The Vinyl Frontier”. The film captures the minds of artists and collectors of the world of vinyl toys and gives you a glimpse of what keeps fans wanting more and what makes artists want to give more. →

Photo courtesy of Clap Your Mirror Say Yeah, licensed under Creative Commons

The Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Live Review: 7/8/09
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The Dirty Projectors played to a sold-out crowd at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, filling up both floors of the venue with an eager audience. Bitte Orca is the band’s latest record, and it is easily the band’s most ambitious—and oddly most accessible—record to date. Band leader Dave Longstreth’s musical experimentations have frequently showed great promise, like nascent future pop songs →

The Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Live Review: 7/8/09
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The music of What’s Up? is the perfect marriage between the 8-bit nostalgia of video game music and technical virtuosity of prog rock. Opening for the Dirty Projectors, the Portland-based three-piece band played an entire set of their debut record Content Imagination, reproducing their distorted loops and riffs to a Los Angeles audience →

Frontman of electro-pop band Burnside Project, Richard Jankovich (aka Pocket) moved to Los Angeles after having lived in New York for a little over a decade. His current project is music-by-pocket, a compilation of remixes being digitally released, one song at a time. Remixes include songs by The Chameleons, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power and Radiohead, and they are just a few of many musicians on his checklist of  collaborations and remixes. Richard recently dropped by at our studio in Echo Park and spoke with us about Los Angeles and the art of remixing. →

It’s Friday, which means that most of you are probably working hard at pretending to work.  Since there are still five whole hours until happy hour, here are a few links to pass the time and help you bone up on some of the finer points of style.  You don’t want to hit the town looking like a hayseed, do you?  Part of being a man is dressing like one, so step your game up. →