Saturday In San Diego: SLEEP ∞ OVER, PURE ECSTASY & HEAVY HAWAII

poster by Anthony Gerace/Friends Explode

I'm so excited for this show this Saturday! It's our first night at Tin Can Ale House, and we're looking forward to joining forces. San Diego's mutant beach Boys, Heavy Hawaii (Art Fag Recordings, Wild World) are playing with Austin dreams, SLEEP ∞ OVER & Pure Ecstasy. For extra added bonus feature, djs Brandon Welchez, Mario Orduno & Charles Rowell will be playing records all night long. It's sure to not only be packed but ridiculously memorable. It's only 5 dollars. Practically free. C-ya there if yr in San Diego.

Shows In San Diego July/August

These shows are presented by Art Fag Recordings and are happening soon in San Diego. Take a look.

Saturday, July 31 - Heavy Hawaii, SLEEP ∞ OVER, Pure Ecstasy + djs Brandon Welchez, Mario Orduno & Charles Rowell @ Tin Can Ale House - $5

Friday, August 6 - Ariel Pink & His Haunted Graffiti, Puro Instinct (formally Pearl Harbor) & Dunes + djs Mario Orduno, Charles Rowell & Brandon Welchez @ The Casbah - $12adv/$14 day of

Tuesday August 10 - Happy Birthday (King Tuff, Sub Pop), Residual Echoes, Neon Dick + djs Charles Rowell, Brandon Welchez & Mario Orduno @ Tin Can Ale House - $7

Friday August 20 - Crocodiles, Woven Bones, Heavy Hawaii + djs Brandon Welchez, Charles Rowell & Mario Orduno @ The Casbah - $12


C-ya there!!

Coming in September: Cold Cave, Hunx & His Punx, Frankie & The Outs, Delorean, Abe Vigoda, Procedure Club + more!!

Coming in October: Zola Jesus, Chromatics, Glass Candy + more more more!!

Abe Vigoda / All Saints Day / Heavy Hawaii @ The Casbah Tomorrow!! 6/16

poster by Anthony Gerace/Friends Explode


TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16TH!!

Abe Vigoda
All Saints Day (7" due on Art Fag soon!!)
Heavy Hawaii (6 song 12" on Art Fag soon!!)

Ridiculous.

Spectrum (Sonic Boom/ex Spacemen 3) In San Diego

Art By Anthony Gerace/Friends Explode


The best night in the history of nights.

Friday In San Diego!!

Friday in San Diego. Some treats from New York City. Two bands with releases on the Captured Tracks label, German Measles and The Beets are coming to town to play Tower Bar. SD's Christmas Island are also playing theur first show with a bass player and a gang of new jams. BIG FRIDAY IN SD.

Internet Forever 7" (AF008) SOON

We are excitedly waiting for the new Internet Forever 7" (AF008) to arrive. If you're into it, then join the Art Fag Recordings mailing list here for first dibs. It's pressed in an edition of 500 on black as sin vinyl. Artwork by Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls.


Track listing:

A. Break Bones
B. 3D

Dum Dum & Croc FUN On The West Coast

We're super excited to announce these dates!! West Coast FUN.

Wed-Jun-23 Oakland, CA New Parish
Fri-Jun-25 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Sat-Jun-26 Seattle, WA High Dive
Tue-Jun-29 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp
Wed-Jun-30 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Thu-Jul-01 Los Angeles, CA Echo
Fri-Jul-02 San Diego, CA Casbah
Sat-Jul-03 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar

Shows/Nights/Fun In San Diego

Friday, May 8 - Christmas Island, German Measles, The Beets, DJ Mario Orduno @ The Tower Bar

Friday, May 28 - Spectrum (Sonic Boom, Spacemen 3), Pearl Harbor, Heavy Hawaii, DJ Mario Orduno @ The Soda Bar

Wednesday, June 16 - Jeremy Jay, All Saints Day (Vivian Girls, Cat Power), DJ Mario Orduno & guests TBA @ The Casbah

Tuesday, August 3 - Yellow Fever with guests TBA @ Soda Bar

Friday, August 6 - Ariel Pink/Haunted Graffiti, Pearl harbor, Heavy Hawaii, DJ Mario Orduno @ The Casbah

Art Fag Poster Artist Gets Props! Read!

Our good friend Anthony Gerace of Friends Explode had his work for Art Fag and other projects featured on a blog and you can read it here at the Blank Blog. His art is rad and we love all the posters he's done for us!! Thanks Anthony!! And while props are being thrown around, Blank Blog is kinda bad ass too so thanks Blank Blog!!

New Best Coast Video

Taylor Swift can suck it, this is the best video of all time.

Shows/Nights/Fun In San Diego

Saturday April 17 - Love is All, Dum Dum Girls @ The Casbah w/ djs Charlie Rowell, Branson Welch and Marty Orlando

Saturday April 24 - Crocodiles, Blank Dogs, Cosmetics @ The Casbah w/dj Mario Orduno

Monday May 3 - Growing, Heavy Hawaii, The Illuminauts @ The Casbah w/ djs Mario Orduno, Charles Rowell & Brandon Welchez

Friday May 28 - Spectrum/Sonic Boom, Pearl Harbor, Heavy Hawaii @ Soda Bar.

..and there's more special shit coming soon, news as soon as it's all confirmed!!

Veronica Falls 'Found Love In A Graveyard' Video

My track of 2010 (so far) got the video treatment and it RULES. Veronica Falls is hurriedly becoming my favorite band, and I can't wait to hear more. Their cover of Roky Erikson's 'Starry Eyes' is perfect too. But I digress....here's the vid, check it. Song's called 'Found Love In A Graveyard' and you can get the 7" via Captured Tracks.

Poster/Flier For Crocodiles/Blank Dogs

Art By Anthony Gerace/Friends Explode

Fun Updates At Art Fag Recordings

Yeah!! Go check at Art Fag Recordings' website!! Sorry for yelling, but there's new surprise stuff on there that we're SOO excited about!! 2010!!

Crocodiles / Blank Dogs In San Diego April 24

This show is going to be bananas. Saturday, April 24. New York's Blank Dogs is coming and Crocodiles' first show in ages and performing songs from their upcoming and freshly recorded LP. Cosmetics open and Mario Orduno is djing between and after groops. This takes place at The Cabah in San Diego. Tickets are 10 dollars in advance and 12 dollars at the door. You can buy them
here. This is NOT one to miss!! BANANAS.

San Diego Tonight: Dirty Beaches & Jeans Wilder...FUN!

Tonight in San DIego is a special special thing. Montreal's Dirty Beaches and San Diego's Jeans Wilder are playing for free. FREE. To add extra bonus, Brandon Welchez, Charles Rowell, and I will be playing oldies records between bands and all nite long.

Check out Dirty Beaches' video for True Blue which not only channels Roy Orbison, but will also be featured on a 7" on Zoo Music soon!!

DUM DUM GIRLS CASSETTES BACK IN STOCK

Limited quantity. Available at artfagrecordings.com. Last chance to not pay dumb ebay prices.

Dum Dum Girls Los Angeles Times Review

Dum Dm Girls got a fairly stellar Los Angeles Times
review.

Dum Dum Girls' New York Times Review

Dum DUm Girls got a fairly stellar New York Times review.

Sleep Over / Bathetic / New 2xTape

Hi hi hi, my new favorite band Sleep Over has a new double cassette and booklet out on Bathetic and you can buy it here. For fans of moonlit, dreamy, haunting, pretty perfection for the ear holes. And after you go buy that, go listen to Sunspots on their myspace thing.

DANCING NIGHT In San Diego

Hey this is in San Diego in one week. Next Friday, March 26. Non stop dancing to the best 60s records. Or the best we could find I mean. The best are rare, hard to find and wayyy expensive. Plus, Heavy Hawaii is playing and they're like the best. FREE!!

Chloe Sevigny / Mika Miko

Here.

Tuesday: Super Kool Junk In San Diego

San Diego Schedule, Bookings By Art Fag Recordings

March 16 - TUESDAY - Past Lives (ex Blood Brothers, Chromatics), Heavy Hawaii (Art Fag Recordings, Wild World), Neon Dick, Jungle Fever. DJs Mario Orduno and some other fool. THE CASBAH.

March 26 - FRIDAY - Oldies/60s/Ska/Rock Steady DANCING NIGHT @ THE WHISTLE STOP. FREE. PLUS JUST ADDED, Heavy Hawaii LIVE!!

March 28 - SUNDAY - Too Many Creeps - BLACK TAMBOURINE & DUM DUM GIRLS record release party. Listening party and giveaways courtesy of Sub Pop and Slumberland. Limited Art Fag cassettes also available. FREE. WHISTLE STOP.

March 31 - WEDNESDAY - Dirty Beaches & Jeans Wilder. Oldies and 60s tunes by DJs Brandon Welchez, Charles Rowell & Mario Orduno. FREE @ THE WHISTLE STOP.

April 24 - SATURDAY -Blank Dogs & Cosmetics @ THE CASBAH.

May 8 - SATURDAY - Christmas Island, The Beets & German Measles @ SODA BAR.

June 2 - WEDNESDAY - Woods, Fresh & Onlys, Heavy Hawaii @ SODA BAR.

New Woodsist Records Blog

Check out the new Woodsist Records blog.

Best Coast 7" On Sunny Orange Vinyl Available NOW

It's rad, it's sunny, it's orange, and it's badass and also you can buy it here.

Best Coast Talks New LP

Best Coast talks to Pitchfork about their new album here.


More tour dates:

Feb 24 2010 CAFE DU NORD W/ HARLEM San Francisco, California
Mar 5 2010 REED COLLEGE PORTLAND, Oregon
Mar 13 2010 BLOOMINGDALES BEVERLY CENTER IN-STORE PERFORMANCE LA,California
Mar 17 2010 SXSW AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 18 2010 SXSW AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 19 2010 SXSW AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 20 2010 SXSW AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 29 2010 THE BIKO HOUSE W/ SURFER BLOOD + TURBO FRUITS GOLETA, California

Cold Cave / Best Coast + More Tonight In LA!!

Magic times in California tonight. Also perfroming: Avi Buffalo, Smith Westerns, djs and junk. FUN. Best COast will have Art Fag 7 inches for you and your loved ones..

Chain And The Gang, The Strange Boys, Heavy Hawaii In San Diego

Next Thursday (2/25) in San Diego at The Casbah go to this. I hope it's bananas, cuz it really really should be.

And if you don't know, now you know:




CHAIN AND THE GANG



THE STRANGE BOYS



HEAVY HAWAII

Art Fag Facebook

Art Fag Recordings is on Facebook and you can be a friend/fan by going here.

And here are the Art Fag related groops that have FB too:

Best Coast
Dum Dum Girls
Graffiti Island
Heavy Hawaii
Internet Forever
Pearl Harbor

Veronica Falls

If you like melodies, harmonies, oooo ooo back ups, good songs, boy/girl vocals, and all around goodness you'll like Veronica Falls. These people must listen to the best records to sound like this. You can buy their new record from Captured Tracks. It has the brilliant Found Love In A Graveyard and the Roky Erickson cover Starry Eyes. And (WTF) listen to Beachy Head on their Myspace thing...it's perfect. Oh, and they're from London, where they have some shows soon with PENS and Dum Dum Girls. Alright, there you go.

Best Coast 7" Is Sold Out, Repress Coming ASAP

The Best Coast 7" sold out today on the Art Fag Recordings website. The sunny orange repress is coming SOON, like a week or so. Again, the mailing list will let you know all the 411 you need, so join. Also, if you have purchased the record, you are guaranteed to receive it don't trip.

Lastly, Best Coast has a grip of them on the current Vivian Girls west coast tour, so go say hi and buy one.

Dum Dum Girls Cassette / Mailing List

We're nearing the release of the long awaited Dum Dum Girls cassette, the next release on Art Fag Recordings. There are going to be 300 of these available exclusively via our mailorder. We are also making 2 special colors (blue and grey) available via Sub Pop and Rough Trade respectively. To ensure you get first dibs on these and all other Art Fag titles, in addition to news and updates on all things Art Fag, go to the new website and sign up for the mailing list. Go here now.

New Strange Boys Video, 7" & LP 'Be Brave' On Rough Trade

The Strange Boys' new Rough Trade LP, Be Brave will be released on February 22. The new video and single with the same title are out now (via In The Red in US). They are better than ever, and Jenna Thornhill deWitt's (ex Mika Miko) sax is a brilliant addition. This song rules!

Dum Dum Girls DJ Nite Thing In San Diego: Blank Girls

Fun gals + perfect records + suds + free = BIG FUN IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. Wednesday nite.

LA Times Article: Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Nite Jewel, Pearl Harbor

The LA Times did thing on Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Nite Jewel and Pearl Harbor. It came in today's Sunday edition and I was shocked to see how big it was. The picture was like the whole page! Anyway go read about the queens of LA noise or whatever.

San Francisco Bay Guardian Offers Props To Best Coast

SFBG is getting the Frisco fools all hyped up for the big Tuesday night show at Bottom Of The Hill. Read their take on the situation here.

Tomorrow In San Diego: Vivian Girls, Best Coast & Dunes

This is the tour kick off spectacular! FUN. By the way, Best Coast will have the last of the first press black Art Fag 7 inches!! Congratulations west coast, congratulations.

BEST COAST / VIVIAN GIRLS TOUR

Feb 4 2010 The Casbah San Diego, California
Feb 5 2010 Detroit Bar Cost Mesa, California
Feb 6 2010 The Smell Los Angeles, California
Feb 8 2010 The Crepe Place Santa Cruz, California
Feb 9 2010 Bottom of The Hill San Francisco, California
Feb 11 2010 Holoscene Porland, Oregon
Feb 12 2010 Biltmore Vancouver
Feb 13 2010 Seattle, Washington
Feb 17 2010 The Glasshouse Pomona, California
Feb 18 2010 The Echoplex Los Angles, California

Video Rewind: White Mice By Mo-Dettes

I'm surprised this video had 20,000 plays w/o me being aware of it. Mo-Dettes' (pronouncd MOE, not mod) LP is one of my favorites of all time. 'White Mice' is like one of the best songs on it, although it's perfect all the way through. Anyway, this is my jam. Thank you to my good friend Lil' Duenas for bringing this to my attention.

New Xiu Xiu LP & Video

Video courtesy of Stereogum


The new record by Xiu Xiu comes out on 2/23 on Kill Rock Stars and I'm kinda into it. At least what I've heard, which is limited to the above video. This song is so weird, but oddly melodic. The video on the other hand is a bit much. Self induced vomiting kinda sucks. Actually any vomiting generally sucks. Below are a mess of tour dates.

On tour:
03/06 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn #
03/07 - Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree #
03/10 - Norman, OK @ Opolis Productions #
03/11 - Dallas, TX @ The Cavern #
03/12 - Houston, TX @ The Studio @ Warehouse Live #
03/13 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 #
03/16 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture %
03/17 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah $
03/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo $
03/19 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place $
03/20 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill $
03/23 - Olympia, WA @ Northern ^^
03/24 - Portland, OR @ Holocene ^^
03/25 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux @
03/26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge !!
03/27 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive !!
03/29 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon !!
03/30 - St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center !!
03/31 - Iowa City, IA @ The Picador !!
04/01 - Northfield, MN @ The Cave at Carleton College !!
04/02 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry !!
04/03 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ##
04/05 - Oberlin, OH @ The Dionysus Discotheque !!
04/07 - Cleveland, OH @ The Spot !!
04/08 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place ^^
04/09 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom %%
04/10 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs ^^
04/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^^
04/14 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel ^^
04/15 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 ^^
04/17 - Detroit, MI @ Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
# w/ Noveller
% w/ Extra Life, Noveller
$ w/ Tune-Yards, Noveller
^^ w/ Tune-Yards
@ w/ Tune-Yards, Scout Niblet
!! w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal
## w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal, Zola Jesus
%% w/ Tune-Yards, Zola Jesus

Last Of The Ye Olde Maids LPs

Speaking of Cold Cave and Art Fag Recordings, there are about 30 LPs of the Ye Olde Maids record left, and you can buy them at artfagrecordings.com. It was limited to 500 so here's your last chance!!

Cold Cave 'Life Magazine' Video

Everybody's favorite song from Cold Cave's Love Comes Close LP just got a video. Matador just premiered this weirdo gem for 'Life Magazine. It's directed by Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown of Focus Creeps. Evidently 'Life Magazine' is going to be released as a single soon and you can read all about it and their crazy amount of new dates announced on the Matador site.







For the record, my favorite song from LCC is 'Youth And Lust', but it's pretty much a perfect record anyways so who cares.

New Art Fag Recordings Website

The new Art Fag Recordings site is up. Go to www.artfagrecordings.com. There will be tons of updates and news coming soon.

Cold Cave Southern California Dates: 2/17 & 2/18

Cold Cave is coming to Southern California for two dates. They are going to be rad and junk. THESE SHOWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FYF & MFG.

Wednesday, February 17th
Cold Cave
Smith Westerns
Best Coast
Avi Buffalo
+ Keith Morris (Circle Jerks / Black Flag) will be djing between bands.
@ the Glasshouse
200 West 2nd St
Pomona, CA
$10 / All Ages / 7:30pm
BUY TICKETS



Thursday, February 18th
Cold Cave
Smith Westerns
Best Coast
+ DJ Mario Orduno (Art Fag Recordings)
@ the EchoPlex
1154 Glendale Blvd
LA, CA 90026
BUY TICKETS



FUN.

Get Up To Speed With PENS

PENS have posted up some new music and it's awesome. Homegirls finally recorded the jam of last summer's tour, "Sorry". It's their best song I believe. There are a few other jams on there too, so go have at it. Below are their upcoming shows.

Jan 30 2010 Friends of Manchester Festival Manchester
Jan 31 2010 Nation of Shopkeepers Leeds
Feb 6 2010 Girls Girls Girls @ Old Blue Last w/ La La Vasquez London
Mar 6 2010 KRAAK Festival @ Netwerk Aalst, Belgium

Check Out This Radio Show - CEASE TO EXIST!

M'Lady's Records , the fine folks that brought you records by Finally Punk, Yellow Fever and Exploding Colors have launched a radio podcast, Cease To Exist. The radio show is hosted by Veronica Ortuno (Finally Punk, The Carrots, Mutating Meltdown) and if her premiere show is any sign, it's going to rule. You can go listen to it here. Also, while you're at it go to their site and gobble up the new records by City Center and Felt Letters while they are available! M'ladys shreds!

Art Fag Recordings Mailing List

2009 was a great year for us here at Art Fag Recordings. Three records we're really proud of, Ye Olde Maids LP, the 4 way split 7" and of course Best Coast's debut 7" all came out and to a great response. Admittedly, things at times got disorganized and we found it tough to to keep up and communicate properly. A lot has been worked out in order to organize better and things should be running far smoother this year. One thing we have now is a mailing list. Mailing list members will receive updates on all releases as they come in. When we have a new record ready, a repress ready, or when things are about to sell out an email will be sent. Mailing list members will always get first dibs on records one to two weeks before shops, regular mail order and distribution. To become part of the Art Fag Recordings mailing list please write to artfagrecordings@gmail.com and write MAILING LIST in the subject line. You'll be added and on your way to a far more enjoyable life. 2010!

Media Day For Beaters, Dum Dum Girls & Woven Bones

So today was like media day for all the affiliates. Dum Dums, Woven Bones, and Beaters all got a lil' piece of hype. Cool.

Woven Bones did a "Quit Your Day Job feature on Stereogum and you can peep it
here. Also, look out for the new repress of their 12" on Zoo Music. It's gonna be on clear vinyl and it's coming soon.

Beaters' second 7" is now out on Zoo Music and you can read about it all on Stereogum
here, then you can show som respect nd buy it at Zoo Music here. There's like 500 or a thousand or something. Whatever it is, it's a tiny number. Go see them play with Soft Pack on a US tour soon, go get the dates here.

Lastly, Dum DUm Girls were featured today on the Pitchfork Rising thing. You can read a nice lengthy interview with Dee Dee
here. It's good!

Vivian Girls + Best Coast + Dunes + San Diego = FUN

What in the HELL is up with this night, right? It's perfect and fun and it's in San Diego Feb 4. Vivian Girls is one of the best groops of the last couple years, every record/song they've put out has been tops. My love for Best Coast goes w/o saying. A big part of Art Fag Recordings' wild and fun 2009, Best Coast always knocks everyone's socks clear off. Dunes is (along with Pearl Harbor) the most happening new shit in Los Angeles. Art Fag is releasing a 7" in 2010 and we're kinda ecstatic. Between groops you'll be listening to punk rippers and oldies magic. $10. You can get tix here, and maybe you should cuz you never know...

San Diego's Casbah Turns 21 / Partytime

Flier by Anthony Gerace/Friends Explode



This coming Wednesday, The Casbah, San DIego's finest and most famous joint is celebrating it's 21st birthday. Art Fag Recordings and The Casbah have come together to put together a night of extreme fun. Christmas Island, Beaters, Heavy Hawaii and Nude Boy are all playing. That's like the raddest bullshit ever, but for extra added bonus, DJs Brandon Welchez, Charles Rowell and Mario Orduno (me) are playing all kinds of noise & junk between bands. It costs 6 dollars. Starts at 8:30. If you're in the Southern California area come say hello and help celebrate or whatever.

New Pearl Harbor Jams And Dates

New Pearl Harbor jams are up on their Myspace thing. 'Slivers Of You (demo)' and 'Hubbsian Lament (Can't Take U Anywhere)'. They're tight and I love them but go see for yourself. There are also new dates added and I've posted them below.




Jan 28 2010 The Smell w/ Silk Flowers, Abe Vigoda, Bronze L.A., California
Feb 6 2010 Estrogen International AKA TML Fest w/ VG, BC & Dunez @ The Smell L.A.
Feb 12 2010 Valentines’ Fantasy LUV Spectacular @ Space 1520 HOLLYWOOD, CA
Feb 16 2010 The Echo w/ Dunes + Magic Kids L.A., California
Mar 19 2010 SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2010 SXSW Austin, Texas

Dum Dum Girls 7" Due Soon

Here's the cover of the new Dum Dum Girls 7" due out on Sub Pop February 16 with non album B side, Play With Fire. The Jail La La version on the album and single is so perfect you'll be in disbelief, mouth agape, straight trippin'.

Annette & The Beach Boys - Monkey's Uncle

Yesterday I bought this cool 80's comp, Annette Funicello's Best Of. You know, that beachy, teeny girl from the movies? She's all girl groupy and silly? Anyway, I had never heard this jam she did with The Beach Boys and it's super cool. It's sandy, bubbly, California GOLD from 1964. So check it below if you want.

Dum Dum Fun Tonight In San DIego

Free fun with records and alcohol. If you've never been to Tin Can Ale House, you can find directions here.

More Pearl Harbor? Ok.

If you want to get more PH cuz you're addicted go here and read Piper eloquently answer question after question and then as a bonus check out a mixtape selected by homegirl too. It's all from Heeb Magazine.

Pearl Harbor : Pitchfork Rising

Photo by Andrew Youssef



Our favorite golden girls and co. got a cool write up and interview on Pitchfork this morning. Go check it out here.

This seems like a good time to let all a y'all know Art Fag Recordings will be releasing a 6 song 12" record by Pearl Harbor in the next few months. It's going to be recorded soon, and we're ECSTATIC about. Count on great new sounds this year.

New Blog Alert / Reading Rainbow

Our top dogs from Philadelphia have just started a blog and you should go peep it for updates, live shows, SXSW news, influences and all things RR. Go here and go NOW!

Also, you can still purchase their perfect 7" at ZOO MUSIC, and it has a Velvet Underground cover so go go go buy it while you can!

Pitchfork Readers Poll Results: Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Zola Jesus

So, remember that Pitchfork Readers Poll we posted a while ago? The one with all the homies all over it? Well the results are in and 3 of the 10 "Best Hope For 2010" winners are top dogs! Best COast, Dum Dum Girls and Zola Jesus. You can click and read here and you have to scroll all the way to the bottom (they saved the best for last).

So since 2 of those bands (Best Coast & Zola Jesus) are going to play in San Diego on Thursday with Abe Vigoda, that must mean that it's the most important show in America. No more hope has ever been under one roof.

Abe Vigoda
Best Coast
Zola Jesus
DJs Brandon Welchez, Chralie Rowell & Mario Orduno
Thursday, Jan 7TH
Soda Bar in San Diego
$8

Free Best Coast Download At NIKE.COM

I didn't even know Nike had a blog or a division called Nike Women but then again I don't know anything about Nike 'cep for the swoosh and Just Do It. Well there is a Nike Women blog and you can go over to it and see that Best Coast is the featured artist. But even better than that, you can get a free download of 'This Is Real'. Only for a limited time though. You can also read the super positive and loving story of Bethany Cosentino and Bobby Bruno aka Best Coast. Go now here quick!