Come party with us and Lana Kim tomorrow at Space 15 Twenty from 7-10 pm to celebrate the launch of her new site, The Lana Show. When Lana is not doing her duties as the Music Video Executive Producer at The Directors Bureau, she is usually hiding in her work's broom closet conducting silly, fun, and off-the-wall interviews with the widest range of musicians. You are definitely in for a treat! There will be Scoops Vegan ice cream, Vegan cupcakes by Clara, trophies, and gift bags!
Puro Instinct (formerly known as Pearl Harbor) will do a live set with special DJ sets by sarah soquel and NO AGE... yup, NO AGE!
Plus a sneak peek of upcoming episodes! Here's a preview of past Lana Show episodes:
Tuesday, September 21st is the day that the debut album of Maximum Balloon drops and Space 15 Twenty is excited to be hosting its release party. Not quite a solo album and not quite a side-project, Maximum Balloon features TV on the Radio David Sitek, whose beat-making, songwriting and collaborative production skills all at once, authored with different singers he calls, "his favorite voices in the world."
To celebrate its eponymous release, Maximum Balloon is hosting a contest inviting the contestants to be inspired by the album and Sitek himself will be picking the winner, giving them $1000(!) and showcasing their work and the finalists at the album release party here at Space 15 Twenty on the 21st of September. For more information, check out the official Maximum Balloonsite. There's only two days left as the deadline for entry is September 10, 2010 by midnight.
Laura is an old friend of ours who works at Los Angeles’ sometimes musical NPR affiliate, KCRW. Laura’s always keeping up on her music so it was only fitting that she spent the day taking on L.A.’s Labor Day festival – FYF 2010.
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The day began with a running start. Intent on catching FYFest openers Cults, I arrived with just enough time to enjoy their last couple of songs, which did not disappoint – Madeline’s dancing, long waving hair and short jumper pretty much set the scene for the rest of the day. Downtown LA was having its own dirt field festival and the kids were excited.
Less of a party atmosphere, more like a village, long lines for entry and longer lines for water, I caught Origami Vinyl selling their wares, local music journal L.A. Record holding court, lots of spangle chic clothes for sale and daylong tattoos from LA Weekly. Oh yeah! NY’s own Babycakes NYC (now serving Los Angeles!) fed me some of their delicious vegan treats too.
With a full day’s work of bands to choose from, bits were enjoyed by the mellifluous Vetiver, new pop heroine Best Coast with meetings scheduled later for Ariel Pink, !!! and Panda Bear, all while the great Dublab Soundsystem filled the interstitial voids with cool tunes.
To say the least, LA sun, we loved you. Thanks for helping end our summer the best way we could – by making a day at the Fuck Yeah Fest really, really hot.
Waiting for it... free water lines
- Laura Shumate, KCRW Drive & Fringe Benefits Director
Space 15 Twenty is thrilled to host an exclusive concert by NY darlings, Interpol, this Tuesday, September 7th, on the day of the release of their eponymous fourth album. We are giving away 5 pairs of tickets so email us at info@space15twenty.com to enter to win. We'll let the winners know on Labor Day!
Without the pressure of a monthly deadline, art & culture quarterlies have freedom to produce something inspired. The best are like art objects disguised as magazines. This quarter I am reading Apartamento, Whitewall and Cabinet.
Apartamento is a challenge to classify: it's the Un-Interior Design, Interior Design journal exploring the way people appropriate spaces. Sterile living rooms and manicured gardens are avoided. Apartamento's spaces are admired for their innovation in "hominess," with interviews and contributions from international creatives. "Gardening" is a casual snapshot of an unusual plant with instructions for care. Photo essays are travel logs of hotel rooms. Poems and short stories are on spaces loved and places missed. All this is with an emphasis on ways inhabitants and design coexist. Somehow the small journal feels intensely personal like we've been invited past the doorstep and straight up to the bedroom.
If the white cube is the gallery than Whitewall is the magazine as the gallery. The sleek and stylish journal is a highly curated selection of reviews, profiles, new artists, artists to watch and an in-depth focus topic. Fashion and design as art are incorporated too. Whitewall is cutting edge (the current issue features an interview with the music and fashion exec Damon Dash on his new Tribeca gallery). Still, it's not afraid to be cutthroat (Jeff Koons' curatorial project "Skin Fruit" is ripped to shreds). This quarter performance art and artists are explored. This said, the $20 magazine contains $10 worth of ads. Be suspicious of the "too-cool" glossy format.
Cabinet consistently informs and inspires. Like a cabinet of curiosities, each issue explores peculiarities on a chosen topic. This quarter Cabinet takes on the idea of islands like Pulau Pejantan in the Indonesian archipelago. Zhao Renhui's photographs share some of Pulau Pejantan's wonders- a black geyser, white sand dunes, rare species of animals and fauna that aren't seen anywhere else in the world. The island's perpetual thick fog makes Renhui's photos of the exotic ghost hare, pejantan paradise birds and iromondi cat look dreamlike. Per usual, art, culture, science and history are an integral part of Cabinet's story telling.
Ted Leo will be among the many playing the long-awaited FYF Fest, finally happening this Saturday! The lineup this year includes the Rapture, Panda Bear, the Mountain Goats, Man Man, Ariel Pink, Washed Out, Best Coast, and many many more.
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We have two additional pairs of tickets for the FYF Fest to give away: send an email to info@space15twenty.com for your chance to win! Winners to be notified tomorrow!
Check out the FYF Fest website for everything you need to know about the festival - schedule, map, the pre-parties and the after-parties!
Diving into deep internet lands, Nothing is New surfaces historic images and visual treasures in hope to enliven your creative spark. I spent alot of time virtually digging through this site finding collage goodies one right after another.
Interpol - They'll be seeing you in the parking lot...
Space 15 Twenty Presents
INTERPOL OUT-STORE PERFORMANCE
Next Tuesday, September 7 Interpol will be playing an exclusive event in the parking lot of Space 15 Twenty to kick off the release of their new self-titled album which drops that day. Pre-order now or buy the album on 9/7 at any of the stores listed below* to receive a guaranteed-entry wristband to the event while supplies last.
**If you preorder the album online via the Matador Store, simply put “LA OUTSTORE” in the comments section to receive guaranteed entry while supplies last.
Documenting the highs and lows of living fast, Please Take Me Off the Guest List is the latest collaboration by NYC-based artists and friends Zachary Lipez, Nick Zinner, and Stacy Wakefield. Like with the trio's previous releases -- No Seats On The Party Car, Slept in Beds, and I Hope You Are All Happy Now -- Zinner lends his photographic eye, Lipez contributes text, and Wakefield designs the book.
Shooting on tour with his band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zinner captures the seemingly endless stream of images during these peripatetic periods, including hedonistic late nights as well as ebullient, sun-dappled landscapes. The book's clever layout presents these photographs as a continuous narrative, while interspersed throughout are Lipez’s comically self-deprecating essays, chronicling everything from cocaine-induced ramblings to dreary shifts as a bookstore clerk.
Please Take Me Off the Guest List will be officially released on October 1, but Akashic Books is offering a special limited edition pre-order for a signed copy of the book, a 7" with original songs performed by the authors, and a one-of-a-kind photograph signed and numbered Zinner. Get it here.
The Lana Show new season & new website launch party!
Preview of new episodes! Reveal of new website! Vegan Ice Cream by Scoops! Vegan cupcakes baked by 13 year old dessert chef Clara! No Age and sarah soquel are DJing! Puro Instinct are performing! Gift bags! Trophies!
Sep 10 2010 07:00PM What Goes Around Comes Around Fashion's Night Out Party
What Goes Around Comes Around celebrates Fashion's Night Out 2010 with husband-and-wife design team Ashley Lowengrub and Dara Gerson of Alkemie Jewelry. The popular eco-friendly line will host a truck show at WGACA featuring exclusive pieces for the evening. WGACA will partner with neighbor salon Hairroin for free on the spot 'dos perfect for a snapshot in the Smilebooth. Enjoy the evening, complete with DJ, drinks and dancing, and 20% off everything in the store.
Sep 11 2010 12:00PM Saturday DJs in the Courtyard
Saturday DJs in the Courtyard
12-4 pm
Sep 14 2010 08:00PM Umami Dinner and a Movie
Umami Dinner and a Movie
8-10 pm
Sep 18 2010 01:00PM Super Sexy Saturday Book Signing
Featuring: Aaron Aldorisio Amoeba Music B-Music/Finders Keepers Records (LA/UK) Burger Records (Fullerton CA) Chris Guttmacher (Rocksteady Lounge) Danny Holloway (Dublab) Dave Orlando + Dina J (Dr. Who) Drag City (Chicago IL) Howie Pyro Ian Marshall Jackie Hoodoo (Blackeyed Soul Club) Jackpot Records (Portland OR) Jazzman Records (exclusive 45s! London UK) Jeremy Rendina + Brooks Rice Jimi Hey John Tottenham Kevin Fitzgerald (400 Blows/Cureation) Light In the Attic (Seattle WA) Living Tapes (LA) Now Again (LA) Numero Group (Chicago IL) Mexican Summer (NY) Oliver Wang (soul-sides.com) Origami Vinyl Rotter and Friends (NY) Tita Ortega Travis “TK” Disco Duke from yousetthescene.blogspot.com Zach Cowie + Scott Craig (Records LA) Wierd Records (Brooklyn NY) + Killing Spree DJs (LA)
DJs: Adam Bennati (Early Man) Jesspeleta Jackie Hoodoo + Jason Pandora (Blackeyed Soul) Tony Presedo Turquoise Wisdom Joel Black (Sweaters LA)
Sponsors: Amoeba Music Dublab B-Music Finders Keepers Records Wax Poetics
Since its creation the French label Record Makers has cultivated, with the help of gifted artists, a peculiar visual identity. The exhibition 10 Years of Art is the celebration of the art of Record Makers since 2000, seen in a collection of diverse graphic images and objects driven by the love of music.
Opening party on September 29th from 7-10pm With special guest DJs
