Record Store Day April 17th!

Saturday, April 17th is Record Store Day. It’s an event started a few years ago to celebrate independent record stores around the world. Stores all over are going to have live music and events lined up for the celebration, along with many limited vinyl releases made exclusively for the day. There are a few different records stores in the city, but head over to Origami Vinyl in Echo Park to see some bands, buy some music, and have an all around good time.

The store opens at 10:00AM for those of you looking for that rare release. Check their blog (http://origamimusic.blogspot.com/) the day before for the list of records they’re getting and show up early to shop. Things are very limited, especially since it’s a small store, so you don’t want to miss out on that 69 Love Songs box set or limited edition Blur single (I don’t even know if they’ll have those. They’re just two of the many things I want.).

At 2:00PM, after you’ve emptied your wallet and then some on cool reissues and limited singles, the music kicks off. The bands set to play are: Dum Dum Girls, Male Bonding, One AM Radio, Adam Harding, and Lou Barlow + The Missing Men. Lou Barlow will definitely be headlining, but I’m not sure of the official order or times. You’ll be there early enough to figure things out though. Neil and Sean are friendly guys so don’t feel shy to get there and chat it up until the music begins. You’ll even get some free beer out of the deal (if you’re 21 or older, of course).

The guys have obviously put a great lineup together for the festivities. Dum Dum Girls are a buzz band with a poppy, melodic yet garagy sound. The One AM Radio is kind of a straightforward electro influenced indie pop band out of Los Feliz and Adam Harding is a director/sound guy who will be playing his first show in ten years. Male Bonding come from London with a kind of DIY/lo-fi approach to music. They’re definitely the louder, more aggressive band playing. And any talk of lo-fi has to include Lou Barlow, one of the genre’s pioneers. He’ll be playing his newer stuff with the help of Mike Watt’s band, The Missingmen. That sounds like a pretty fun time to me.